CURRENT MISSION

To be creative, imaginative & wacky, if need be. Otherwise, to be dull, maudlin & austere, only if need be, of course.

ABOUT ME

23 year old bi-pedal carbon based life-form, omnivorous and in possession of highly developed mammalian brain capable of complex logic, extra-instinctual reasoning and intricate social relationships...a monkey. Otherwise, born in England, educated and raised in California and Colorado and once again living and studying in the mother-land. Currently in the middle of my Masters at Bath Spa University. Love being outside, love being inside, love being in a group, love being on my own, its all good to me.

PHILOSOPHY

Hierarchy is not an essential principle of order; order is not an essential principle of value; value is not an essential principle of Being!!

A distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.

Interconnectedness, Deep Ecology, Neo-Marxism, Monkey-wrenching.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Uponst my return to Bath, I am always happy to meet up and show people the sites, go for a drink (evening) or coffee (afternoon) and generally help to welcome anyone to the city. Not really sure what my couch offering situation will be as I am not sure of my living arrangements when I return, however, if possible, I will offer a couch.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None.

Interests

Reading, writing, Ice/Inline hockey, football (soccer), goin tut' pub, socializing, over-indulgent intellectual conversation, political debates, getting a rise out of people, hiking, being outdoors, being indoors, being on my own, being in a group, music.

• writing
• literature
• coffee
• drinking
• pub crawls
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• kayaking
• soccer
• hockey
• ecology
• logic
• sociology
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Big Lebowski, The Matrix, 28 Days Later, Its a Wonderful Life, Blade Runner, Into the Wild; Music: At The Drive In, Godspeed You Black Emperor, The Mars Volta, Blind Willie McTell, Explosions in the Sky, Les Savy Fav, Mastodon, Poison the Well, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Sparta, Modest Mouse, Roots Manuva, A Silver Mount Zion, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, The Kinks, Avishai Cohen, Sam Brookes, Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, T-Model Ford; Books: A Vagabond for Beauty, Desert Solitaire, On the Road, Desolation Angels, 1984, Straw Dogs, The Sand County Almanac The Monkeywrench Gang, Post Office, Steppenwolf, Catcher in the Rye, Dharma Bums, Back Country, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Marx for a Post-Communism Era, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Beyond the Wall, The Fool's Progress, Hayduke Lives, Down and Out in Paris and London, Walden. (Least favorite authors: Henry James, Virginia Woolf & C. Bronte

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Teaching in Nepal was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Only closely behind kayaking the Colorado.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have travelled extensively in Asia and actually lived & worked in Nepal for six months. Anything you'd like to know about Nepal, including contacts, volunteer opportunities, itinerary etc, I am happy to help. I also did similar traveling in Central America and specifically Guatemala.

My main areas of expertise outside of traveling are in English (literature and writing). I wrote my Bachelor's thesis on the Beats and am currently writing my Masters on Edward Abbey. These include such areas as subversive literature, environmental writing, Kerouac, Ginsberg & Burroughs and; Sociology - specifically Marxism, capitalism & the Cold war.

I would like to know what kind of opportunities exist for teaching English in countries like Australia and New Zealand.