CURRENT MISSION

to wander and to wonder

ABOUT ME

sometimes I'm mellow... sometimes I'm a mile a minute... sometimes I wear clothes that make people wonder if I got dressed in the dark... sometimes I learn the rules just so I know how to break them correctly... sometimes I realize I don't have music playing and I should... sometimes I question whether or not vegans should eat animal crackers... sometimes I wonder if I have A.D.D. - but obviously not for long... sometimes I wonder what I want to be when I grow up... sometimes I wear costumes just because... sometimes I follow my muse...sometimes she escapes me... oh, and apparently I like ellipses...

YOU can help me fill in more info when we meet...

I run and play with these ridiculous, rowdy, bizarre beauties so be prepared...
http://www.voodoohash.com/
http://www.neworleanshash.com/

Come! Educate & entertain me with your exciting, exotic foreign ways!

PHILOSOPHY

One united world - on a couch!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

my world is not big enough (or small enough) yet: my door is open, my couch available... Join Me!

Please be patient. We get TONS of requests in New Orleans:

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

~surfing and kayaking in Savannah
~skydiving in VA Beach
~drinking in church, almost lost w/ an Austrian and gaybashed in Pittsburgh
~deer and bear in the yard @ Leach House, mountain climbing and motorcycling in the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenendoah Valley, Smithsonian Conservation and Research fun in Front Royal and DC
~nights in (and on) the ZeroPak Apple Factory, multinational (Germany, Israel, US) CS Jam and a totalled FJ in Winchester
~Big Franconian Meeting in Nürnberg
~hitchhiking with a magical autobahn sign, CS and non-CS multinational parties, an all-nighter in a gaybar in Vienna
~Rhine cruising and wine festivals from Mainz to Koblenz
~missed connections and new referals in Heidelberg
~missed connections, lost and new friends in Bratislava
~wrong train exit, Deutschlandtour, Hans the Animal Whisperer, and sculpture garden in Seckach and Mosbach
~Volksfest and 10km walk home, accidentally finding another CS gathering in Schwieberdingen and Stuttgart
~New Year's lost and found virgin and dashiki
~CS explosion of 3 different groups descending on my place, 8 bodies scattered about
~meeting CSers not through CS in New Orleans

Interests

exploring cultural differences/similarities; new travels, new experiences (especially those that bring the world closer together such as CS); meeting new people with stories to tell; live music - especially New Orleans music; computer geekery; orange; martial arts; Goodwill/Salvation Army and other thrift stores (i rarely shop anywhere else); craft beer; Scotch; space; rocks; wood; water; fog; lightening; night; biodiesel; windmill farms; wandering

http://www.offbeat.com
http://www.bestofneworleans.com/
http://www.whereyat.com/neworleans/

• animals
• arts
• festivals
• wine
• beer
• running
• partying
• drinking
• gardening
• shopping
• thrifting
• clothing
• music
• live music
• kayaking
• surfing
• skydiving
• martial arts
• hitchhiking
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; Snatch; K-PAX; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; Weird Science; Philip K. Dick; Neil LaBute; Tarantino; Park Chan-wook; Tim Burton; Oliver Stone; David Fincher; Gregg Araki

David Bowie, bauhaus, Billie Holiday, Sinead O'Connor, Imogen Heap, Tom Waits, Immortal Technique, the doors, Tricky, Thievery Corporation, Bob Marley, The Roots, Morphine, Ani DiFranco, Koko Taylor, Diana Krall, Louis Prima, Manu Chao, Rasputina, Jah Wobble, Alice in Chains, Dead Can Dance, The Waterboys, Kula Shaker, Kid Cudi, Ocean Colour Scene, Cibo Matto, Portishead, The Supreme Beings of Leisure, Luscious Jackson, Rusted Root, Tech N9ne, The White Stripes, James Singleton, Jazz, Blues, "World" music; this list could go on forever...

My radio is usually here: http://www.wwoz.org/

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas, Empire of the Summer Moon, Dragonlance, Mistborn, The Tao of Pooh, Calvin and Hobbes, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Paulo Coelho, Kurt Vonnegut, guidebooks, atlases

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Possibly saved Bill Clinton's life.

Teach, Learn, Share

Ready, Willing, Able

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Guam, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Panama, Philippines, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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