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Overview

  • 25 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Greek (modern), Japanese, Spanish
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Software Engineering Manager at Google
  • Dropped out of space camp
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

Dancer. Hacker. Lover. Musician. Traveler. Mountain-top Yosakoi Extaordinaire. Burner )'(

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

When I'm home, I love sharing my city with friends old and new. When abroad, I love to experience a place through the eyes of the people who call it home.

Interests

Connecting, listening, loving, exploring, dancing, singing, rigging, eating, hugging, walking, thinking, laughing, cycling, reading, camping.

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Where the Sidewalk Ends, The Illuminatus! Trilogy, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Born to Run, Sex at Dawn, Where the Wild Things Are, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Music: Tycho, Bob Moses, Radiohead, Jackson 5, Bonobo, The Beatles, The Notorious B.I.G., Imogen Heap, The Mars Volta, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin

Movies: Brazil, Lost in Translation, The Secretary, Following, This is Spinal Tap, Persepolis, Spirited Away, Life is Beautiful, Y Tu Mama Tambien, City of God, The Stoning of Soraya M., Citizen Kane, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Saw the sun rise in Black Rock City, bicycled across the Golden Gate Bridge, cuddled on top of a submarine in the dessert, road tripped across the United States, summited Half Dome, spent a tent-less night under the stars in Crater Lake, motorcycled the Pacific Coast Highway, snowboarded Lake Tahoe, ate at The French Laundry, saw Radiohead at the Greek, hiked the Üetliberg, partied on the west bank of old East Berlin, saw a Banksy or three, met Sean Penn, Slept No More, drank hot buttered rum with the ghost of Jack Kerouac, ...

Teach, Learn, Share

Each connection teaches us about ourselves and the world around us.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Moonlight serenades, sincerity, dance lessons, an endless supply of appreciation.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States

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