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Overview

  • 33 references 24 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Worked with computers, but for now I am just a crazy nomad.
  • Degree in Computer Science
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To be mindful and to love and respect everyone. Even the assholes!

ABOUT ME

I'm a positive dude that loves life... life is what you make of it so I've decided to make mine good. I have a strong funny side and appreciate people who laugh easily, but I also like to get to know people on the serious level. I try to be a flexible person and that's something I value. Let's hang out and you can fill in the rest of this box!

PHILOSOPHY

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've introduced a few people to CS, hosted, surfed, and met some great friends while traveling.

Interests

Too many to list, pretty much everything. But if you really want some specifics...

I love playing most sports, usually soccer, frisbee, snowboarding and racket stuff. Also hiking, video games, board games, movies, and just walking around a new place hanging out. I play guitar, piano, and sing... I mostly play music that I write, but I'd love to learn some new stuff!

I love meeting new people and hearing new perspectives... it's wonderful to be able to share experiences with someone else, even if it's someone you don't know that well!

  • singing
  • walking
  • movies
  • video games
  • board games
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • snowboarding
  • sports
  • boxing
  • soccer

Music, Movies, and Books

Listen to most kinds of music, I like these bands and many others: Imogen Heap, Jack Johnson, Damien Rice, Ray Lamontagne, The Avett Brothers, The Fray, Fallout Boy, John Mayer, Pete Yorn, The Shins, Three Days Grace, Counting Crows, Ken Oak Band, Pink Floyd, Regina Spektor, Vienna Teng

Love all kinds of movies...
Amelie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Book of Eli, Snatch, Good Will Hunting, Amistad, Dances With Wolves, Million Dollar Baby, Nothing to Lose, Kill Bill, Big Fish, Inside Man, Braveheart, Shawshank Redemption

Don't watch much TV, but I really enjoy Dexter, Office, Prison Break, 24, Lost

Books: Mutant Message from Down Under, Stranger in a Strange Land, Ender's Game, Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, Tuesdays with Morrie, Harry Potter

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Quit a great job that I was good at to backpack alone in Europe for 5 months without any advance planning.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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