CURRENT MISSION

mixing Marcel Proust and Richard Hell real gritty style

ABOUT ME

I work and live in the Bay Area and take photos and write in my spare time. I work as a cook, and this has afforded me the ability to pursue my true passions which are eating things and making fun of people. I really like good stories and I often end up talking to people only to realize that 4 hours have passed and I need to go to sleep right then so that I won't miss work. I don't scar, Im very upset about this because of the number of injuries I have suffered and it is impossible to tell. I am terrible at building things but I keep trying with some small noticeable improvement. I am fundamentally easy going in my heart of hearts.

PHILOSOPHY

Optimistic Nihilism. At it's heart there is nothing, but it's ok because it's not so bad all in all

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently i have no sleeping accommodations to offer. I'm always thrilled to go for a drink with new people especially if they're from far away.

Interests

Food, history, avant garde movements, politics, current philosophy, psychology, bicycles, modern art, literature, walking aimlessly,

• arts
• literature
• modern art
• dining
• cooking
• walking
• drinking
• politics
• history
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

-Movies: a prophet, the wrestler, bring me the head of alfredo garcia, santa sangre, the obscure object of desire, predator, dr. strangelove, the killing of a chinese bookie, harland county usa, chinatown, a fish called wanda, mad max

-Music: dead moon, t-rex, new york dolls, the clash, the heartbreakers, gladys night, r.l. burnside, tom waits, talking heads, ugk, the coup, biggie smalls, velvet underground, wu tang, neutral milk hotel, rolling stones, fela kuti

-Books: Faulkner, Henry Miller, Zizek, Dennis Cooper, Jennifer Eagan, Jonathan Franzen, Proust, Haruki Murakami, Pynchon

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i've butchered a whole pig.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you a little about cooking, or I once drew a wholly inaccurate map of the intellectual trajectory of Continental philosophy since the enlightenment. I also have American hip-hop basically on IV.
I'm much better at learning things at this point.

Countries I’ve Visited

United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States