I'm married with three kids. Kids live in Houston TX with their mother. My wife is on a work/study program in England for an additional qualification in her field. I'm stationed in Japan and living on base. I'm fluent in Japanese, which I learned by living here as a Mormon missionary years ago. I've since given religion the boot years ago and have it to thank only for my language skills. I love being in Japan. The night life is great and there's so much to see here.

I grew up in a family that heavily emphasized music. I play the cello and bass guitar, but am currently out of practice at both. I also have a passion for languages. Despite living in Germany five years, I don't speak much. My first job in the Army was linguist where I studied Arabic. But once again.. very out of practice there as well.

Politically speaking, my Army friends call me liberal. But the fact that they're called "my friends" means that I can also abide even Trump-supporters, or at least most of them.

I don't believe in god, but am a moral person. My morality summed up is simply don't hurt others or yourself. Aside from that, live and let live.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I like to travel (which should be obvious) and have heard much about couch surfing. My wife has used it many times over the years. And I thought I'd give it a go... save money on lodging and meet new and interesting people. I've only used couch surfing as an additional guest with my wife (then partner) and despite it being a very unusual housing circumstance and difficult to sleep at night, I thought of the experience as rather interesting. So, to sum it up, I'm on Couchsurfing for new and interesting experiences, but hopefully not staying in a one room apartment on a tiny couch with nude photos of women on the walls and a mostly nude man sleeping on the floor next to me. ;-)

兴趣

• beer
• aviation
• chess
• classical music
• language exchange
• helicopters

音乐、电影和书籍

Classical (Romantic Period mostly), Indie Rock, Jazz. Inglorious Bastards and all Coen Brothers films, particularly Big Lebowski. 1984 and Catch 22.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I played cello with my youth orchestra at Carnegie Hall in NYC when I was 14.

教，学，和分享

What does this even mean??

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I have good social skills. Japanese hosts, I can speak your language decently. Good manners. I won't step on your toes, I won't do anything to make you regret having me as a guest. :)

我游览过的国家

Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Wales

我居住过的国家

Germany, Japan, United States