CURRENT MISSION

My mission is to be as human as possible

ABOUT ME

Hopeful, yet realistic. I love education, coffee, tea, good books, movies, the arts, friends, music, concerts, and travel.

PHILOSOPHY

We are all, each of us, broken. And most of us want to be fixed. I live my life because I was given it, and it would be a waste of a gift not to live it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am currently only available for coffee or lunch. As soon as I am able I wish to make my couch available.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've spent some time couch surfing before I even knew about this website. After I graduated college, I spent a few months couch surfing on friend's couches while I got my own stuff together. That was a "fun" time of no job, no money, no home. Learned the art of dumpster diving. It isn't always fun, living but you sure learn a lot.

Interests

I am into good movies, good music, good books, interesting people... I love stories, real and fake. I like good food. You know, the usual things.

• arts
• books
• concerts
• education
• dining
• coffee
• movies
• traveling
• dumpster diving
• music
• surfing
• scuba diving
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Damien Jurado, Rosie Thomas, Denison Witmer, Sufjan Stevens, Iron and Wine, Bon Iver, Anathallo, Great Lake Swimmers, Over the Rhine, Tom Waits, Dolorean, Waterdeep, Explosions in the Sky, Owen, Rocky Votolato, and many more.

Books: Windblown World, On the Road, Blue Like Jazz, The Brothers Karamazov

Movies: The Shawshank Redemption, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The New World, The Secret Life of Words, The Princess Bride, Evil Dead 2, and many more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I backpacked across Europe in 2005. Lots of people do it, and now I know why. Amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

Love is not a cliche, but truth.

Jesus was a mystic.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, United States

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