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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
To be inspired and inspiring.
ABOUT ME
Exuberant, adventurous, motivated, ridiculous, brightly colored, introspective.
I love to travel. Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Australia, Japan, Ireland.... Even when I'm not "traveling" in the traditional "my life in a bag" sense I try to incorporate that mentality into my life. The mentality of seeing things fresh, of being outgoing and a little vulnerable, of exploring.
I love bicycling. I love the satisfaction of arriving somewhere of my own power. Stuffing groceries in my paniers and feeling ridiculous. Participating in group rides and glorying in the community highness of a common mission.
I love people. Meeting them, learning from them, being charmed by them, enjoying someone's cleverness, being inspired.
I also like to write and read and climb trees and poke through thrift stores and drink coffee strong enough you could float a nail in it.
I don't know much about popular culture but I am very good at identifying plants. I don't like watching television but I do enjoy This American Life and Prairie Home Companion.
PHILOSOPHY
Yes.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I'm new to Couch Surfing but I have done Wwoofing (willing worker's on organic farms) and Warmshowers (host network for traveling bicyclers).
Interests
In no particular order...
Baroque music
Strong cheese
House plants
Native edible plants
Salsa dancing
Beer that you know is beer
Bicycling
Dancing to Lady Gaga at gay clubs
Making chocolate zucchini muffins
Luscious adverbs
Playing hymns on the organ loudly
Wearing colors
Fire poi
Philip Glass
- culture
- dancing
- salsa dancing
- chocolate
- cheese
- beer
- coffee
- drinking
- clubbing
- thrifting
- traveling
- music
- surfing
Music, Movies, and Books
John Steinbeck
Connie Willis
Jane Austin
Garrison Keillor
Bill Bryson
David Sedaris
Amelie
What About Bob
Casa Blanca
Frida
Fantastic Mr Fox
Garden State
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
I swam across a lake in the rainforest in Queensland Australia. It took almost an hour.
I've bicycled 7000 miles in the past 2 years.
Teach, Learn, Share
Making amazing popcorn. Popcorn is really a substrate for flavors. Chocolate-Ginger, Cinnamon-Sugar, White Chocolate-Nutmeg, Curry....
Refashioning old big tee-shirts into ribbony, better-fitting, wacky-stylish things.