CURRENT MISSION

I want to Photocopy a Novella

ABOUT ME

I like going to Open Mic nights anywhere I can find one. I sort of play the banjo, but mostly I just come up with cheeky lyrics and sing them over my flailing instrument. Sometimes I yodel in bars and sometimes I just watch others play so I can write about them in my notebook. I'm a little bit scatter-brained as far as my life ambitions go... but who really knows what they want out of life? I guess I'm hoping to find some direction by traveling in all directions.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I try to stay up to date with the latest in Couch Surfing technology... and I check my email regularly.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Portland, Oregon

Interests

Banjos, Beat Poetry, Redheads, New Journalism, Folk Music, Johnnycake Road and Pit Beef Stands, Sociology, Strip Malls, Conspiracies, Junk, Yippies in the 1960's, Phil Spector, Countercultures, Nail Polish, Rodeos, Tap Dancing, and Station Wagons.

• books
• poetry
• singing
• dancing
• tap dancing
• thrifting
• technology
• traveling
• music
• folk music
• surfing
• journalism
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Singin' in the Rain, Ghost World, Hard Day's Night, Funny Girl, You've Got Mail, Never Been Kissed, Annie Hall, Dirty Dancing

Music: The Beatles, Del Shannon, Elvis Costello and Presley, Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Belle and Sebastian, The Kinks, Brenda Lee, Paco Sanz, The Mamas and The Papas, Sam Cooke... I just love so much

Books: The Catcher in the Rye, On the Road, The Kandy Kolored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby, Andy Warhol from A to B and Back Again, Naked Lunch, Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut, Bob Dylan Chronicles, The Gang that Wouldn't Write Straight, The Gay Talese Reader, Down and Out in Paris and London

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I owned a thrift store when I was 22 and wrote a book about it when I was 24.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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