I'm a quiet, gentle, creative guy who just likes to be free and needs personal space. I am respectful and tidy, and I don't even want to use your bathroom.

This may sound unrealistic, kind of crazy and self defeating, but I can't help being who I am. Here it is: I don't like money. I don't like "making" it, and I don't like having to deal with it. I don't want a cell, a job, a car, bills, nor all of the luxuries that define modern life for most Americans. Fortunately I'm finally getting to the point where I'm ok with the fact that most people do want that sort of thing, so I can finally move beyond the "angry hippie" modality and into a more loving and understanding consciousness.

I have no desire to leach off of others, so I try to avoid couch-surfing as a general rule, although I did stay with various friends during the super cold nights this past winter. I'm not the sort of guy who asks people for money, squats in abandonesd houses with f*ed up druggies, messes up bathrooms, flys signs, etc., although you may see me digging around in the dumpster at times (tidily). This is not the sort of life I desire, and my aim at this point is to trade work for my daily needs. I have been working at local farms and gardens, and I am beginning a worktrade at Yoga Yoga, where I have been learning to practice Kundalini and Hatha yoga. I have a good range of knowledge concerning herbal and natural healing, frugal living, safe "freegan" practices. I have worked the past two summers on an organic farm in on the western slope in Colorado, and I may be going on a farm and community tour this summer. I am not certain. There is a possibility that I will be granted a scholarship for a kundalini teacher training course that begins later this summer, so I may be staying in Austin for another year or so.



I used to keep a very tidy camp in the barton creek greenbeltI, until the cops smashed my tent up and poured paint (mine) all over my belongings during the bi-yearly sweeps this past december. I had been camping there off and on since mid 2007 when the beautifully swolen creek prompted me to quit my job at thundercloud and move out of my apartment. Lately I've been sleeping in parks, on rooftops, in fields and under buildings on rainy nights. I'm hoping to trade some work for a used tent and a place to put it soon. (The greenbelt is out of the question for me now. It can get pretty creepy by myself down there at times, and I was once chased through the woods without a light by some creep on a very dark night last year).

I gave up drinking in January, and I do not want to be around alcohol/alcoholics. Pot is ok, but I am not a frequent smoker.

If you know anyone who may be down to trade work either for a tent or for a place to camp, please let me know
I do not want to invade anyones personal space. I take showers at barton springs and other pools, and I can live without a kitchen. Ive done it
Thanks!
Peace&Love
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