I'm 28, currently living and working in Santa Barbara. I spend my time climbing all the rocks for fun and fixing damn near anything for my living.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I see this as a refreshing change from sterile hotel rooms and as an alternative to the lack of hostels in the US. I'd much rather have a night spent with new company swapping stories!

Interests

Climbing, cooking, slacklining, outdoors anything, reading, going down the endless hole of the internet looking for music, festivals, traveling

• festivals
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - Douglas Adams, Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, Larry Niven, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Orson Scott Card, any interesting biography/non fiction, this is a very large list to put here.

Music - Anything that isn't angry unless the mood strikes then I may get my metal fix. Bluegrass, old country, blues, jazz, swing, big band brass, folk, americana, calypso, reggae, classic rock, some hiphop/rap, classical, flamenco, afrobeat, etc.

Movies - History of Future Folk, Groundhog Day, old war movies, great documentaries, anything by Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, Terry Gilliam, anything music related

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I had a huge part in raising a child for the better part of 9 years, from 9 to 18. She's an awesome person and an excellent auto mechanic!

What I Can Share with Hosts

My IT troubleshooting skills, a hand with cleaning the place up, whipping up some preeeety decent tacos and salsa, a peaceful, positive, helpful attitude!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Netherlands, Switzerland