CURRENT MISSION

Enjoying the Midwest and writing

ABOUT ME

I moved out to Evanston, a little city on the outskirts of Chicago a few months ago for work. I'm big on writing and music - I've written two novels, and I think a book of my short stories is going to be published this summer.

I'm also big into stuff like comics and self-publishing.

PHILOSOPHY

Be nice and tough.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am prepared to host! This site was a great source for me a few years back, and I'm finally capable of returning the favor.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A few years back I traveled the country by Greyhound and made use of this site in Portland and Phoenix.

Interests

Writing, music, comedy, alcohol- or caffeine- induced conversation

• writing
• books
• singing
• dancing
• comics
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen to a lot of music. I don't think I could really list everything, but I prefer punk shows and shows hosted at apartments or houses as opposed to bigger venues.

Movies? No Country for Old Men? I'll be honest, I'm not big on movies. I like to put them on mute and listen to music while drinking with friends.

Books, huh? Manhattan Transfer and USA by John Dos Passos, a bunch of Hemingway, Burroughs, and a slew of Russians.

And in an additional category, comics: Pete Bagge, Johnny Ryan, Los Bros Hernandez, Al Columbia, probably others I can't remember.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent a night dancing around a keg with a friend and two strangers who would later become good friends, dancing and singing and screaming along with the Thermals, punching walls, bloody knuckles.

I read my first novel in its entirety to a big audience a little ways back and took a shot between every chapter. 14 chapters! I don't remember much.

Teach, Learn, Share

It's not what you know but how you use it. There is always enough time to do the things you want to -- whether you do them or not is a matter of will. The world is far far far too complicated to believe that there is one right way to do everything.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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