CURRENT MISSION

Wonder. Joy. Aliveness. Community. Finding spirit wherever I go.

ABOUT ME

I love learning about cultures around the world, still fantasize about being an astronaut, and find this universe to a very curious place.

I love traveling to foreign lands, filmmaking, bike riding, seeing live music, being a beach bum, hiking, meditating, yoga, cooking and sampling fruit at farmer's markets. I'm running my own business (film/video production) and am passionate about what I do. I make documentaries, experimental films, and music videos. The 9-5 lifestyle is not for me (and never has been). I've always been on the entrepreneur path. I am also an avid fan of meditation and yoga. I've been a vegetarian for 13 years now- it's a personal choice I don't push on anyone but I am happy to discuss my reasons.

Other hobbies include: hiking, biking, spontaneous road trips, animal rescue, art shows, and seeing live music.

PHILOSOPHY

Live. Love. Serve. Meditate. Create.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had some good experiences with CS and some bad. I choose to participate because I believe in building community and participating in a shared economy.

Interests

Biking. Hiking. Drinking strong coffee. Dark Chocolate. Buddhist meditation. Fun.

Fun., Pavement, The Flaming Lips, Air, New Pornographers, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Absofacto, Wilco, My Bloody Valentine, Weezer, M Ward, Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, Dengue Fever, Bad Brains, The Shins, My Morning Jacket, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill, Badly Drawn Boy, Interpol, Gomez, Lou Reed, Danger Mouse, Cold War Kids, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Sonic Youth, Magnetic Fields, Bright Eyes, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus, Weezer, Cake, Bob Marley, Beck, Moby

Baraka, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Wasteland, Kids, La Haine, Trainspotting, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Slumdog Millionaire, Shortcut to Nirvana, Rivers and Tides, The Cruise, SLC Punk, Tarnation, Unmistaken Child, Dogtown and Z Boys, Amelie, Up, Grizzly Man, Baraka, Everyday Sunshine, Man on Wire, Burma VJ, Born into Brothels, anything by the Coen brothers, Gus Van Sant, Larry Clark, David Lynch (almost anything), Werner Herzog, Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and Darren Aronofsky

Buddhist books like anything by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (Eight Steps to Happiness, Universal Compassion), Pema Chodron, Jack Kornfield, and lately Deepak Chopra. I read mostly non-fiction- though some fiction interests me.

• animals
• horses
• arts
• books
• documentaries
• film making
• cooking
• chocolate
• coffee
• vegetarian
• yoga
• running
• meditation
• drinking
• shopping
• movies
• traveling
• music
• live music
• cycling
• hiking
• business
• entrepreneurship
• road trips
• beaches
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

Eight Steps to Happiness by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
Omnivore's dilemma.
Anything by Alan Watts.
No Matter What.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've travelled all over the UK, Paris, Amsterdam, Brazil, and Cuba. I grew up on the East Coast, lived in NYC for 4 years, and have been in the SF Bay Area for 11.5 years.