CURRENT MISSION

"To mingle with the Universe, and feel / What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal."

ABOUT ME

One of my biggest motivations is to live more lightly on the Earth. I'm vegetarian/vegan, fly rarely, very rarely drive, cycle through the rain, pay for green electricity, try to eat local and organic, grow a garden, and keep my purchasing of 'things' (especially new ones) to a minimum. My research is in ocean physics, to help build better climate models.

I've been a residence don (elsewhere known as an RA). I enjoy socializing and meeting new people but I can be content in silence too.

In 2009 I packed my life onto my bicycle and rode with my friend Ian from Waterloo, ON to Victoria, BC. It was an incredible experience and has shaped me as a person to be sure. To say the least, it's left me wanting more! In 2011 I rode from Victoria to San Francisco to Yosemite. In 2012 I rode solo around Washington and Oregon, particularly around the Sisters volcanoes. In 2013 I did some shorter trips with friends: San Juan Islands and Sunshine Coast.

I aspire to be an amateur endurance athlete. My first marathon was at age 18, at 20 after crossing Canada by bike I joined the Seattle to Portland ride: 200 miles in a day. And then came the 600km solo ride from Toronto to Montreal, in which I contracted my IT band but good and rode the last 150km basically one-legged and was left questioning why I do these things... Concurrent with my move to Oxford in late 2013, I began to cycle less and run more; I totally relearned how to run (in the barefoot style) and took the long view, working up to an ultramarathon (100km) in August 2015.

I think modern windmills and road bikes represent the best and most beautiful of human craftsmanship. I get quite flustered by bright objects such as street lights against the night sky; they often trick me into thinking that they are the moon. "My, what a beautiful moon we have toni---whaaat?!"

PHILOSOPHY

I believe good communication takes effort, and I strive and work for it.

I think it important to undertake personal experiments (call them "(short scale) resolutions" if you will) if there is _any potential_ for gained insights.

If I want to achieve something, I might tell everyone I know of my impending attempt and have them ask me after the fact how it went. In this way I turn my pride into a well of motivation.

From donning, I learned that influence follows respect (and that takes time). Without respect, one is not truly inspiring, but merely preachy.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I believe that strong local communities are integral to our well-being, both mentally/socially/emotionally and politically.

I surfed on some great couches while bicycle touring, mostly via a sort of sister-site called WarmShowers. I've hosted a few people so far, and had all positive experiences, though many of my years I've not been able to host because of a living situation (e.g. college residence, or roommates who didn't subscribe to the CS ideal).

兴趣

Cycling and running; fluid dynamics and climate physics; poetry; music (esp. British folk); squash, badminton, bouldering, soccer, ultimate; seasonal foods, cooking, gardening, living simply, organic farming. *Achieving sustainability*.

• poetry
• cooking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• marathon
• running
• athlete
• gardening
• socializing
• bouldering
• music
• cycling
• rock climbing
• soccer
• badminton
• mathematics
• physics
• squash
• climate change

音乐、电影和书籍

Movies: Into the Wild, Dr. Strangelove, To Kill a Mockingbird, Across the Universe, Life is Beautiful

Books: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Fahrenheit 451, Island, A Short History of Progress, Guns Germs and Steel, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Shogun, The Call of the Wild, Ishmael, The Golden Spruce, Born to Run

Music: Cannot live without it. Right now I'm super into British folk (Fairport Convention, The Pentangle, Steeleye Span, and surrounding bands/solo acts). I also like jazz (eg. Pat Metheny, Al Di Meola, Keith Jarrett). And that 60's and 70's hippie stuff and singer-songwriters: Bruce Cockburn, Nick Drake, Paul Simon, Mark Knopfler, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Al Stewart, John Martyn, The Beatles/Kinks/RollingStones/Zombies/Yardbirds, Grateful Dead, Donovan...
(http://last.fm/user/pii0)

Poetry: *Walt Whitman*, Kahlil Gibran, William Blake, Lord Byron, DH Lawrence, Dylan Thomas, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson...

教，学，和分享

Can Teach: ("Barefoot") running form; bicycle mechanics; how the Earth works (minimally)

Want to Learn: how to climb better!

我游览过的国家

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

我居住过的国家

Canada, United Kingdom, United States

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