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Overview

  • 2 references
  • Fluent in English; learning French, German, Spanish
  • 45, Male
  • Member since 2005
  • Journalist, writer, lapsed scientist
  • one BSc degree and an abandoned PhD
  • From The Wirral
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Looking to travel, naturally.

ABOUT ME

Slightly eclectic wordsmith now with improved MONEY! in London. Been here since the end of March '07 and I like it.

PHILOSOPHY

Crikey, this is deep. Erm, Never do something I wouldn't do. Hmm, does that make sense?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

CouchWhored my way around Germany during the World Cup '06

Interests

Meeting random people over the internet, music, sport, a little bit of politics, reading magazines, pretty boys, fun girls, moaning about how boring television is, cooking, drinking beer and wine, doing the washing-up... etc.

  • cooking
  • wine
  • beer
  • drinking
  • politics
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • sports
  • world cup

Music, Movies, and Books

I LAAAAAHVE music. David Bowie, Brian Eno, David Byrne, Scott Walker, Bob Dylan, Sparks, ELO...

I HATE the Doors, however. Overblown pompous shite. AND here's some stuff that will make me look really COOL:

Baader Meinhof - Beck - Black Box Recorder - Tim Buckley - Cinematic Orchestra - Fear of Pop - Franz Ferdinand - Flaming Lips - Future Bible Heroes - Hefner - Kraftwerk - Lambchop - Magnetic Fields - My Bloody Valentine - Orange Juice - Plaid - Pulp - Radio 4 - The Rapture - The Serpents - Simian - Steely Dan - Super Furry Animals - Talking Heads - The Webb Brothers

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been down 1.6km underground in a platinum mine in South Africa. That was pretty cool. And I went to the World Cup in Germany - that was pretty cool, too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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