ABOUT ME

I love pretty places, making art, and cooking. I like to ride my bike long distances (and around town too). I'm a drummer, composer, educator, and programmer. In my free time, I like taking pictures, writing poetry, and reading. I'm currently reading 2666 by Roberto Bolano, and it's great!

PHILOSOPHY

I live my life for no particular reason, but that is no reason not to enjoy it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm relatively new at traveling, and I haven't used CouchSurfing yet because I've usually had a place to stay, but I definitely want to integrate it into my travel experiences because it offers a great mobility that I wouldn't be able to have otherwise. I look forward to meeting wonderful people and exploring the countries I visit in a different way than I have before!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

As I said above, I haven't used CouchSurfing yet, but a lot of my friends do. In Berkeley, California, I live in a cooperative house of 60 people, where we host a lot of travelers (not through CS; they usually just contact us directly because we're a pretty well-known house).

Interests

books, music, photography, painting, mathematics, riding my bike, thinking about thinking, talking to friends, being silent, sleeping, dreaming, etc.

• arts
• writing
• books
• poetry
• photography
• cooking
• wine
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• guitar
• piano
• drums
• cycling
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Holy Mountain, Pan's Labyrinth, Suspiria, Big Fish
Music: Modest Mouse, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Broken Social Scene

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have biked 80 miles in Northern California, through wine country. It was very beautiful. I also once made 200 pieces of mochi.

Teach, Learn, Share

music theory (up to advanced classical harmony)
mathematics (calculus, abstract algebra, linear algebra)
playing music (drums, ukulele, guitar, piano)

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Italy

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States