Finding the best way to conduct the business of living. Working hard to keep it simple.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Looking to give back by participating in this wonderful community, after having had many good experiences on our 2016 road trip when my friend used this site to find hosts for us. I met some of the most interesting people I've ever known and have high hopes to continue doing so. Y'all rock!

Interests

Reading, writing (just short stories at the moment), music (collecting it, making it), biking, hiking, museums, being present, new people, new ideas, uninhibited debates, film, history, the future, ping-pong, meditation, strength training.

• writing
• dining
• yoga
• meditation
• drinking
• reading
• music
• cycling
• business
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

(Music:) Amps for Christ, Belle and Sebastian, Blur, Camera Obscura, Deerhunter, Everything Everything, Frank Zappa, Guided by Voices, Interpol, Jack White, King Crimson, Link Wray, Mac Demarco, Merle Haggard, moe., Moondog, Nerve City, Os Mutantes, Parquet Courts, Pell Mell, Real Estate, Rooney, Rodriquez, Royal Headache, Spoon, Steely Dan, Stereolab, Sturgill Simpson, Talking Heads, The Flaming Lips, The Monks, The Modern Lovers, The Shins, The Strokes, The Vaccines, War on Drugs, Vampire Weekend, XTC, Zomes

(Movies:) A Bigger Splash, Badlands, Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight, Black Narcissus, Blue Ruin, Brazil, Buffalo 66, Closely Watched Trains, Come and See, Cosmos, Drive, Europa, Fight Club, Frankenhooker, Her, Hesher, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Holy Mountain, In Order of Disappearance, Kicking and Screaming, Kill List, Kin Dza Dza, Kolja, Leviathan, Memento, Nebraska, Poetry, Posession, Revanche, Scanners, Shade, Son of Saul, Stalker, The Third Man, The Great Beauty, THX 1138, Trees Lounge, Victoria, Wild Tales,

(Authors:) Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, W.G. Sebald, Gunther Grass, Philip K Dick, Thomas Bernhard, Jorge Borges, Richard Brautigan, Vonnegut, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Nabakov, Turgenev, non-fiction, psychological works, textbooks.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Learned to live happily with myself. Sometimes it seems like we're conditioned to be discontent. Don't buy into all the doom and gloom. Love yourself and then use that love to positively affect the world. Even a tiny gesture can have a huge ripple effect.
(I'm afraid I went a little off topic. Well, I'd rather not brag!)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Laughter, music, good conversation, ideas, and of course food and drink!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States