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Overview

  • 4 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning English, French, Japanese, Spanish
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Systems Administrator
  • I have a BA in English/Fiction
  • From Pittsburgh, PA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Forging bonds.

ABOUT ME

You can find out more about me in person. There's just not enough space here...

...or maybe i'm just boring.

What I really want is to find out more about *you*!

PHILOSOPHY

Take care of other living things, as if they were yourself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've contributed to Couchsurfing in the past (financially). I think the best way to participate is to plug into the community and offer a great surfing experience.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I once surfed a couch in San Francisco. It was a little odd (not affiliated with Couchsurfing proper). My host's roommate asked 'who the f*ck is this?' when he saw me sleeping there, because he wanted to watch Spongebob Squarepants on the couch (which in the same room as the TV).

Interests

Open Source software
Scooters
Religion
Music
Dancing
Sociology/Politics/Community

  • dancing
  • politics
  • anime
  • tv
  • music
  • surfing
  • religion
  • sociology
  • software
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Mona Lisa Overdrive
Ada
A Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia
Snowcrash
Idoru (yes, I like Gibson)
and many, many more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once drank from a puddle in the middle of the Mohave.

I've eated bugs a few times.

Once, I slept on the beach in Jamaica - the incoming tide woke me up.

I bicycled along many miles of the Canal du Midi in southern France.

Oops, that's more than one.

Teach, Learn, Share

Watch the (somewhat risque) anime series 'Goldenboy' - it's kinda like couch surfing in action (too much sex though, maybe).

Read 'A Walk in the Woods' by Bill Bryson. Even more, read 'The Man Who Walked Through Time' by Colin Fletcher.

Watch 'Long Way Round'.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Jamaica, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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