CURRENT MISSION

to find out if Europe is real. To find out if it is more real than the US ;)

ABOUT ME

I am extremely down to earth and comfortable with myself and existence, which is probably why I am always looking to explore wild possibilities new worlds, and new perspectives on this one.

I am friendly, warm-hearted, fun, creative, curious, and obsessed with honesty and beauty (which I think are very connected).

I am a filmmaker and an animator, among many other things.

PHILOSOPHY

"Existence" is without description, purpose, time or direction, existence simply is.

Experiencing "Life" is perception as a living thing. Cognitive perception is great for keeping the living thing happy. Using it to comprehend existence, is ridiculous, which is why I see it all as a giant beautiful joke. Feeling dwarfed by the unfathomable greatness of existence is what I consider god, it feels great, and it probably stems from a reminiscing over the comfort of infancy and having a mother and father who are not only your entire existence, but fill that existence with love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would love to have more participation under my belt. It's been a bit difficult arranging a hosting situation with my roommates, but I plan to as soon as possible. So far I've CS'd in Pennsylvania once, it was amazing. I am hoping to meet more amazing people and couchsurf through Europe. I will exchange my free-spirited, honest loving and playful attitude. At the least, I will do your chores and make you laugh, I promise.

I can't thank you enough.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far I've CS'd in Pennsylvania once, it was amazing. I was completely blown away by the level of trust and hospitality that the woman gave me and my friend. It has really changed the way I feel about "strangers".

Interests

I am self employed as a filmmaker and an animator. I am also a bicycle mechanic, and a bit of a self taught engineer, and aspiring inventor.

Whenever I am not using my brain to create images, I am using my body, to run, jump (big parkour fan), and most of all dance. I LOVE to dance. I dance to anything but, my favorites are funk, electrofunk, swing, and dubstep.

I am certainly looking to see the wonders of the the world, but more importantly, I am looking to have real honest, and interesting adventures with people in new places.

• arts
• film making
• beauty
• burningman
• festivals
• dancing
• running
• electronics
• cycling
• skydiving
• gymnastics
• paragliding
• animation
• engineering
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Film:
I love almost all surrealist films, from the early George Melies, to the latest in mind-bending film including Michelle Gondry, David Cronenberg, Gaspar Noé, Wachowski bros...The Matrix, Momento, Existenz, Enter the Void, Waking life...

Music:
Oldschool rap (KRS1, Tribe, RunDMC etc.)
Triphop (Tobacco, Doctor Octagon, cut chemist, wax taylor, RJD2, blueprint, J Rocc etc.)
Oldschool blues & bluesrock (Sonny Terry, Chuck Barry Led Zep, jimi, etc.)
Newschool blues & bluesrock (white stripes, black keys, big heavy, cake etc.)
Stonerrock and other rock (Queens of the stoneage, fugazi, radiohead, them crooked vultures etc.)
DANCEY (Big Freedia, Major Laser, Justice, M.I.A, Yelle, Tune Yards, James Brown, The Meters, warning: I do like dancing to dubstep)

Books:
Dr. Seuss
Where the wild things are
Guinness Book of World Records
Encyclopedia (with pictures)
Science experiments
Origami

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Burningman (US arts festival)
Skydiving
Paragliding
Route 1 (California coastline)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach:

Bike mechanics
Animation/filmmaking/adobe software
Verrrry basic gymnastics/breadancing
Very basic electronics
How to make meatloaf

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Iceland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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