CURRENT MISSION

Practice humility and master gratitude

ABOUT ME

I am a native Ohioan living in Austin, TX. I am inclined towards optimism and have an endless fascination with other people. I am an ardent appreciator and novice practitioner of art--visual, aural, digital, cerebral, admirable and/or terrible.

People can be scary, but I have yet to meet one who didn't have something to teach me. I want to experience the towns of the world as the residents do, and for this reason I'm thrilled to try couchsurfing.

PHILOSOPHY

We represent a piece of the universe that has spontaneously, momentarily become conscious. And that is something that should be treated with the appropriate absurdity.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm brand new here, dudes!

Interests

space, sandwiches, swimming holes, and silly gooses

• arts
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

I am inspired, fulfilled, and consumed by all three.

Raymond Carver, Gabriel García Márquez, Michael Ondaatje, Philip Pullman, Thomas Pynchon, Louis Sachar

Animal Collective, Bill Callahan, Caribou, The Flaming Lips, Four Tet, Harry Nilsson, Indian Jewelry, Joanna Newsom, Matthew Dear, Telefon Tel Aviv, Townes Van Zandt

Cronenberg, Malick, Herzog, and on and on and on.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have laughed harder than I ever thought possible

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, Iceland, Ireland

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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