Hosting:
I look forward to reading your request. Tell me about your intentions in Oakland and the Bay Area, and why you want to stay with me.

It is my pleasure to host you and get to know you. CS community is very important to me.

If you have recently joined Couchsurfing, I highly recommend that you attend a local meetup in your city to meet other community members, make friends, and trade references. I will occasionally host first time Couchsurfers, but I am way more likely to welcome you into my home if you have a full profile and several references.

If you just signed up before your big trip, please host someone first or attend/organize a meetup in your city.

I get so many requests, so please be kind and take the time to read my profile.

While you are in San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland: If a host cancels on you, or you find yourself in an unsafe place, or in an emergency, and find yourself stranded, I may be able to host you last minute.

CURRENT MISSION

I strive to build connections with creative and passionate people.

Also, my roommate and I have been photographing portraits of almost every CSer who has stayed with us since January 2015. It has been a wonderful project. If you stay with us, you have no obligation to be photographed, but as you can see from my photos, it's a lovely thing to take with you when you leave us.

Here are portraits of all the couchsurfers we've hosted since 2015: https://gallery.snapyourself.com/gallery/couchsurfers/home

ABOUT ME

Say YES to everything (within reason).

Live without expectations and let every decision take you one step closer to realizing your intentions.

I play a lot of strategy board games and enjoy psychedelic experiences.

I try to live in the moment.

I am very comfortable in my skin and I have a very confident personality. I am honest and always state my intentions.

I am a portrait photographer. Creating intimacy with people and inviting others to share themselves and tell their stories is my favorite form of connecting.

PHILOSOPHY

Love yourself first.

Fuck tolerance, embrace respect.

"Water without a hippopotamus was
so much more manageable than water with one."
- Yann Martel

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been out of the game for a while but see below.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted over 200 people and have been hosted several times.

I was hosted in:
Antigua, Guatemala + Oroville, CA + San Francisco, CA + Seattle, WA + Pacific Grove, CA + Laurence, KS + Akron, OH + New Paltz, NY

Interests

• animal onesies
• art parties
• vulnerable connection

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Anything by Tom Robbins, Bill Bryson, or Mary Roach... The Sirens of Titan by Vonnegut.
Music: LCD Soundsystem, First Aide Kit, Talking Heads, Duke Ellington, Modest Mouse,
Movies: Crank, The Warriors, The French Connection, Disrict B-13, Pitch Black, Bullitt

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In November 2016, I spent one month in Panajachel Guatemala.

Teach, Learn, Share

"To live fully, one must be free, but to be free one must give up security.
Therefore, to live one must be ready to die...
I encourage everyone to take chances, to court danger, to welcome anxiety, to flaunt insecurity, to rock every boat and always cut against the grain.
By pushing it, goosing it along whenever possible, we may speed up the process, the process by which the need for playfulness and liberty becomes stronger than the need for comfort and security."
----Tom Robbins, p206, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

"Estoy bien mojad@ y ni siquiera está lloviendo." - anónimo

What I Can Share with Hosts

Sometimes we can bring you to very fun parties. Sometimes we can show you beautiful vistas.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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