CURRENT MISSION

to live in the moment and embrace chaos

ABOUT ME

I love learning, traveling, reading, writing, singing, and laughing. My interests include languages, math, the human mind, wilderness, homesteading, foraging, literature, and more.

PHILOSOPHY

Kindness over fairness.
Beards over babies.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've surfed a lot but have not been in a good position to host until now.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed everywhere from Tokyo to Freiburg. The experience of making friends and being generously hosted by locals is infinitely superior to staying in hostels.

兴趣

languages, grammar, culture, literature, reproductive justice, education, politics, mathematics, the meaning of life, the universe, & everything, seeing the world, coffee, tea, beer, and wine, wilderness, camping and hiking

• culture
• writing
• literature
• singing
• education
• dining
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• homesteading
• hiking
• camping
• teaching
• languages
• law
• mathematics
• language exchange

音乐、电影和书籍

Music: Regina Spektor, Ray LaMontagne, Cake, Cat Stevens, Elliott Smith, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Claire Lise, Jacques Brel, and Van Morrison, Josh Ritter, Kino, Trampled by Turtles, the Avett Brothers to name a few.

Books: "The Language Instinct" by Stephen Pinker; "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" and "Seymour: An Introduction" by J.D. Salinger; "The Forsyte Saga" by John Galsworthy; "The End of the Affair" by Graham Greene; "Demons" and "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky; "War and Peace," "Anna Karenina," and "Resurrection" by Leo Tolstoy; short stories such as "A Joke," "The Opera Girl," and "Verochka" by Anton Chekhov; most any version of the Tristan legend; "The Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James; the poetry of Jacques Prevert and Victor Hugo; and so on.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Desert sunsets in Golden Valley Wilderness, California. Frost and fog at -45 C. An old bearded wanderer dominating at mahjong. The sun rising over the Sierra Nevadas.

教，学，和分享

I love language exchanges and teaching or learning new board or card games.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Food, songs, games, stories...you name it!

我游览过的国家

Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Moldova, Myanmar, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States

我居住过的国家

China, France, Russian Federation, United States