ABOUT ME

I'm a Madison, WI native and will always come back here, but I do enjoy the occasional journey elsewhere. I run a small business selling antiques online, and also help run our local co-op bike shop and a DIY music performance space. I'm slowly working my towards a degree at UW when time permits. I love hiking and biking year round, seeing all kinds of live music, from symphonies to grindcore, building stuff, reading and writing. I'm extremely busy, all the time.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

To be completely honest, there is probably a huge stack of unanswered emails asking me if I have a couch. I'm just getting back into the site (since I haven't traveled in a couple years, and haven't lived in a big enough place to host people).

I am, as I said above, extremely busy. School, work, nonprofit endeavors and sleep eat every single day. So I'm probably not the best person to host travelers, since I never know when I'm going to get home or wake up in the morning. However, I do enjoy showing people around Madison, so hit me up if you want a whirlwind tour of local history and peculiarity.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've used the site to travel on the East Coast a few times and had a great time. My old roommate had an account and often brought travelers home, sometimes whole touring bands. I should probably mention that I can help with show booking in Madison (if I like your music, and the details fit, of course!).

兴趣

• writing
• books
• singing
• performing arts
• diy
• running
• shopping
• reading
• traveling
• music
• live music
• cycling
• hiking
• swimming
• business
• geography
• history

音乐、电影和书籍

Music-- black, thrash, and doom metal, old punk, folk rock a la Fairport Convention, classical music, sixties rock, industrial...I have wide but picky tastes.

I don't really watch many movies, but I like Dead Man, Vagabond, Taxi Driver, anything by Kieslowski, flashy gangster movies like Layer Cake.

Books: Far, far too much to list, but...history, sci-fi, Tolkien, Shakespeare, myths, archly British mystery novels, travel guides, maps.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Swimming above shipwrecks in the Hebrides...singing Bach in a choir in a 9th-century church in Poland...running away from a lightning storm on a bluff in northern WI.

教，学，和分享

I have a good grasp of history, geography, and english lit, mostly self-taught, so there are some gaps, but I warn you, stay with me and you'll leave with more books in your pack than you know what to do with. I know my way around tools, and can do carpentry and fix bikes.

我游览过的国家

Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

United States