I grew up in Michigan, moved away, traveled around and then moved back. Then I left and have been on an east coast road trip for about three months. I'm looking for my people and a place to put down some roots.

Please don't ask me what I do. I studied engineering in college but it didn't stick. Career passion has sadly evaded me and I've been unemployed for a long, long time. I volunteer and stuff.

In 2015 I got pretty fired up about Bernie Sanders and his becoming our next president. I had a fairly right-wing upbringing, but it never sat well with me. After living in progressive San Francisco for eight years and Berlin, Germany, for two, I can very clearly see that the roots of world problems are planted in the American oligarchy that Bernie is fighting. After that campaign ended, I stuck in the fight in whatever other ways I could, helping to end gerrymandering in Michigan and helping the blue wave get along. I liked Andrew Yang in 2020.

I think about big existential stuff a lot more than I should. The harm of religion has been a major theme of my thoughts for the past ten or so years. I made this: https://www.stopindoctrination.org

I'm an activist, anti-theist, satanist, nudist, animal lover, feminist, home-body, web hack, do-gooder, and vegetarian. Moooo!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted and surfed but not much lately.

I've been a couchsurfer in Canada, Mexico, the US, New Zealand, Australia and Fiji.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had loads of great ones. For example, my host in San Antonio gave me a tour of the town on his tandem recumbent tricycle. Everyone we passed smiled and waved. We were rock stars.

Another time I stayed with a guy who used to be the navigator in a plane flying drugs for the Medellin cartel. He was pretty nice. I'm glad he changed careers.

I did most of my hosting when I lived in San Francisco. That was lots of fun. I had a motorcycle back then and would tour around all the checklist spots while all my local friends were busy at work. Ask me about the time a guest and I were extras in a movie. I can't write about that one here. :)

Interests

• cooking
• coffee
• vegetarian
• politics
• traveling
• camping
• volleyball
• history
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

I like funny movies best, books about how people behave and funky or difficult instrumental music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Amended the Michigan state constitution to eliminate gerrymandering!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can show you how to make a paperback book by hand.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I recently learned how to put up drywall should you have any need to do that while visiting Detroit.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States

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