CURRENT MISSION

tomarryoffmybuddyindetroit,motorcity

ABOUT ME

I'm just Charlie. I'm pretty funny, although everyone thinks they're funny, especially people who aren't. Like to talk about ideas, art, culture, politics, etc. I love to be outdoors, even if it's just tramping through the woods, taking dinner on the patio, or wandering around like a nutjob in a torrential downpour. I like music, food, theater, nice people, funny kids, creative endeavors, truthfulness, sincerity, the unexpected.

PHILOSOPHY

everything becomes increasingly mysterious as the years pass. Life is entirely about the small moments of kindness or personal connection that come and usually disappear just as quickly, and which are more often than not experienced in the company of strangers. Just be kind and honest to people, and listen to them, and maybe then have a drink or a cup of coffee, and share a laugh over the patent strangeness of every passing day.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm afraid I haven't really participated in this community, but I intend to ... even if it's just make a donation. Right now I'm not in a good position to host anyone.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've slept on plenty of couches and floors in my day.

Interests

Literature incl. poetry (Trakl, e.e. cummings) Music (Rocknroll, avant-garde, modern Jazz like Coltrane, opera, Carl Perkins, Sea and Cake, etc.) theater, being outside, botanical gardens, parks, glaciers, calderas, desertscapes, long stretches along the water's edge in fog or moonlight or blinding sun, the ocean, the feared giant squid, coffee, sweet short-haired girls

• arts
• culture
• literature
• poetry
• theater
• dining
• coffee
• drinking
• politics
• music
• jazz
• opera
• outdoor activities
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

七人の侍, many spaghetti westers, Les Vacances De Monsieur Hulot, most documentaries, film noir, black and white film. Wire, Sea and Cake, Gang of Four, The Jam, Punk Rock, Van Morrison (sp?), Nick Cave, Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, opera, Gilbert and Sullivan, much more. David Sedaris, Rakoff, Charles Baudelaire, Mark Twain, Jack London, Tobias Wolff, Raymond Carver, P.G. Wodehouse. Especially P.G. Wodehouse.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once fell through a skylight, and I've also fallen into a sewer. Plus I was on wheel of fortune. All three experiences were oddly similar.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a little bit about a lot of things... english language, certainly, some computer stuff...

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Japan, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States