Social scientist from the midwestern US. Sign me up for anything related to live music, museums, strong coffee, red wine, and arguing about any of them.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I’m looking to meet some interesting people while traveling!

Interests

Long, meandering conversations; movies; playing drums; walking through new cities; veggie burgers; hoodies; sunflower seeds

• books
• modern art
• festivals
• wine
• beer
• walking
• music
• live music
• jazz
• drums
• metal music
• social work
• parks
• conversation
• indie music
• sushi
• museums
• exploring new places
• comedy
• talking
• jamming
• hanging out
• post-rock
• progressive metal
• underground music

Music, Movies, and Books

Progressive metal, contemporary jazz, post-rock, indie, comedies, hard sci-fi

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was giving a conference presentation in DC and tripped over the projector screen

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love to learn about new people and have deep conversations with people who were strangers 10 minutes ago