CURRENT MISSION

take every opportunity to have an adventure.

ABOUT ME

live music, leather-bound books, and Life.

PHILOSOPHY

every person has a history that lives behind their actions and words.

let thy food be thy medicine and let thy medicine be thy food.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

host, surf, meet, be ambassador-ish.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i started hosting in chicago and met awesome people from all over the world, made wonderful friendships, and did all the fun things. i surfed in scotland and made some terrific musical connections there - my band's been touring so much that i haven't been able to host in a while, but i'm eager to get back in the game.

Interests

Pink Floyd, hugs, dancing on the hood of cars, the 60's, PIT, loitering, building a time-traveling delorean, oklahoma, listening to records, baking, reading, going for walks by myself in the middle of the night, shows, cooking, crafts, grilled pork roast, tea, giving foot massages and shoulder rubs, garlic, wooden spoons, travelling, writing, language, polaroid photographs, old photographs, rain, sleep, animation, dreams, translucent plastic, thrift stores, PBS, green plant life, riding the L, riding the metro, poetry, old couches, card games, symbolism, walking dogs, anything more than 100 years old, movies listed as comedies that are actually really deep/intense/thoughtful, explosions, the ancient world, linen, spontaneous dance breaks, battle scars, chap stick, candelabras, handwritten letters, optimism, fajitas, art nouveau, arcades, seeing the sun rise, cheese curds, faux pas, turning up unexpectedly, 2am, the beach, product design, gardening, wandering, teenagers, sitting on large rocks, solitude, hobo dinners, spring, big productions that last a few minutes, holding pretzel sticks like cigarettes, documentaries about the titanic, watching other people play nintendo, tacky theme parties, scratchy fiddle tunes, 4 part harmony among friends in the car, yardburn, owning books, epic songs, getting chills, cowboy bebop, and really fluffy pillows.

• dogs
• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• poetry
• singing
• design
• documentaries
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• cheese
• baking
• walking
• partying
• crafts
• gardening
• thrifting
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• cars
• music
• live music
• animation
• history
• medicine
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

music: jazz, bluegrass, folk, funk - especially kimbra, pink floyd, the head and the heart, beacon james (http://www.facebook.com/beaconjames), mathieu chedid, girl talk, glen hansard and marketa irglova, stevie wonder and anything from the motown era

movies: back to the future, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, what dreams may come, scent of a woman, the blues brothers, the lord of the rings trilogy, the truman show

books: the giver, le petit prince, leaves of grass, notre dame de paris, the illustrated man, harry potter, anything by lemony snicket or jane austin, and cookbooks.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i sat on the pillar of sugar, the place where heaven and earth meet, and talked to something.

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach you how to sing some harmonies, how to cook a few yummy dishes on a budget, how to bad dance, how to bad dance, and even explain the complicated problems with youth in rural communities and how solutions can be accomplished through the arts, food, and an open-mind. also, bad dancing.

as far as learning, i am open to just about anything. please culture me!

Countries I’ve Visited

Colombia, France, Greece, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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