ABOUT ME

i focus on being mindful of others and myself within spaces. i enjoy minimalistic material living, spending time outside, playing music with folks, and pushing myself and those around me to grow.

PHILOSOPHY

Resisting/Dismantling systems of oppression and preserving/creating cultures that encourage self identification, expression and mutual aid. i believe in giving back to the community.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

when hosting, i love to share food, bedding, most resources, and bicycles when possible, as well as provide a little information about the city, however am not always able to hang out/be around as a host.

when traveling, i love doing your dishes, helping to cook/clean if there are communal meals, cleaning up after myself, and be respectful of the space that is being shared.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i have had the opportunity to stay in yurt, take part in communal meals/potlucks, movie nights, storytelling/sharing

Interests

listening, sharing resources, collective/communal living, reading, making music, queer theory, exploring my boundaries, music, creating, laughing, dumpster harvesting, conversing, learning, loving, stretching, storytelling, consent, biking communal and sustainable living, cuddling, minimalism, gardening, composting, unpacking patriarchy/learned systems of oppression, learning/speaking more spanish, preserving culture, critical mass

• culture
• dining
• cooking
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• minimalism
• music
• guitar
• piano
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

- MUSIC -

Defiance Ohio, Godspeed, You! Black Emperor, Intuitive Compass, Flame N' Peach and the Liberated Waffles, Mount Eerie, The Dresden Dolls, The Haymarket Squares, Regina Spektor, Gogol Bordello, Kimya Dawson, Nana Grizol, Shugo Tokumaru, Boards of Canada, Sigur Ros

- BOOKS -

The Struggle is My Life, The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love, The Alchemist, Anarchism and the Black Revolution, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Ishmael, The Left Hand of Darkness, Brave New World, Queering Anarchism, and A People's History of the United States.

- Movies -

V for Vendetta, Earthlings, Trudell, Harold and Maude, Brazil, Dive!, Chasing Ice, The Cove, 28 Days Later, Princess Mononoke, Samsara, I'm a Cyborg, But That's Okay, Spirited Away, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Darjeeling Limited, What to do in Case of Fire?

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

while on a road trip, i devastatingly watched our car become engulfed in flames due to a break in the fuel line, leaving behind a burnt carcass of the (at the time) five year old 2005 subaru we were driving.

i've also seen the incredible power community can hold when properly organized and aligned.

Teach, Learn, Share

i love cooking and would love to help cook/prepare meals. i'm pretty good at harvesting dumpsters for food and goodies. i'm also a gardener, vermi-composter, and i am knowledgeable of many things related to bike mechanics, yet consider myself an amateur mechanic. I am willing to talk and share my experiences and lifestyles with folks that I encounter.

while couchsurfing, i am always looking out for new skills to learn. i am interested in voice, guitar, and piano training, more about bike mechanics, setting up rain water harvesting systems, learning more about electric and general maintenance/construction, how to use a sewing machine, and more.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

•