CURRENT MISSION

Adjust to life after college, and a totally new culture.

ABOUT ME

I own a crummy car, no television, a wood-burning stove, and extremely virtuous if somewhat abrasive toilet paper.

PHILOSOPHY

haraka haraka haina baraka.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not much yet. Good friends have raved about their experiences, and I am anxious to get started!

Interests

meliorism, mass transit, biking, sculling, quality denim, photography, skiing, losing track of time.

• culture
• photography
• cycling
• skiing
• track and field

Music, Movies, and Books

Flicks: The Good The Bad and the Ugly, Office Space, A World Without Thieves, Mystic River, Mysterious Skin, The Usual Suspects, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, Rocket Science.

Bands: Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon, CCR, Radiohead, Under The Influence Of Giants, People In Planes, Muse, Tom Petty, The Low Life, QOTSA, State Radio, Spoon, Dead Prez, Steely Dan, Neil Young, My Morning Jacket, Soldiers of Jah Army

Reads: The Hot Zone, Freakonomics, The Killer Angels, China Girls, Running With Scissors, Genome, The Paradox of Choice, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, anything by Bill McKibben or Augusten Burroughs

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen conservatives who accept gays, and hippies who shave & bathe.

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