CURRENT MISSION

to have fun and be free!

ABOUT ME

I'm also a vegetarian. I work in construction sometimes, and spend a good chunk of time volunteering at a local community bike shop.

I share a house with two other people, one of whom is also a couchsurfer. I try to garden, and sometimes I get a vegetables. I have a lot of interests and hobbies. I'm also a fairly experienced homebrewer too.

Otherwise, I'm pretty much just another average person.

PHILOSOPHY

I'm a vegetarian and an ironworker, I'm a lot of different things and resist being pigeon-holed or anything like that, and I try to avoid doing the same to people, and I really like people that defy easy categorization. I also like big words and the metric system.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I live in a wicked house with two vegetarian women.

We have a nice futon in our living room and lots of blankets. In a pinch we could sleep some folks on the floor if need be... we have thermarests and other assorted pads.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted a nice pair of friends from Germany for a few nights, and ended up meeting up with them again when they crashed at my parent's place for a few days.

Interests

cooking, bicycling, brewing, gardening, travel, rugby (too little of the last two in my life these days)

• cooking
• beer
• vegetarian
• gardening
• shopping
• traveling
• cycling
• rugby
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

(shamelessly copied from my facebook)

Favourite Music:
The Arcade Fire, Common, A Tribe Called Quest, Air, Beck, Björk, Beans, Bloc Party, Blonde Redhead, Bob Marley, Bocce, Buck 65, Bush, Caribou, Chromeo, Crystal Castles, Daft Punk, Dandy Warhols, De La Soul, Depeche Mode, Dresden Dolls, Einstürzende Neubauten, Eurythmics, Fantômas, Feist, Fuck Buttons, Gnarls Barkley, godspeed you! black emperor, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Grand National, Hawksley Workman, Hayden, Holy Fuck, Interpol, Jay-Z, Junior Boys, Junior Senior, Justice, Koop, Kraftwerk, Lady Ga Ga, Ladytron, Leftfield, Leonard Cohen, M.I.A., Madeleine Peyroux, Magyar Posse, Matthew Good, Mel Brown, Metric, MGMT, MSTRKRFT, Nas, Negativland, NIN, Nouvelle Vague, Our Lady Peace, Outkast, Pi, Portishead, Poni Hoax, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Radiohead, Rammstein, Royksopp, Run DMC, St. Germain, Stereo Total, Sunset Rubdown, Sven Väth, The Dust Brothers, The Knife, Stokes, Tool, Venetian Snares, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yonderboi

I like all kinds of Jazz too, and want to get more into the Blues. Janis blew my mind the other night.

Favourite TV Programmes:
Battlestar Galactica, The Office, Flight of the Conchords, Arrested Development, Southpark, Deadwood

Favourite Films:
10 Items or Less, 12 Angry Men, A History of Violence, American Beauty, American Psycho, Brick, Everything is Illuminated, Fight Club, Green Porno, Hotel Rwanda, Last King of Scotland, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Leon, Memento, No Country For Old Men, Requiem For A Dream, Sin City, Thank You For Smoking, The Departed, There Will Be Blood, The Virgin Suicides, V for Vendetta, Vozvrashcheniye, Where the Buffalo Roam

Favourite Books:
Ficton: Wuthering Heights, Heart of Darkness, Anything Robertson Davies, Hemmingway, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Waiting for Godot.

Non-Fiction: 100 Mile Diet, Omnivore's Dilemma, Organic Gardening Books, A Short History of Nearly Everything, Being Genuine, Tassajara Cooking.

Teach, Learn, Share

I suppose I could show someone how to brew beer, but that takes a good 6 hours... and I don't brew often in the winter.

I know how to make a decent pie crust, so I could show you how to do that.

I'm learning to fix bikes, and like sharing rides with people. I'd be willing to show you what little I know.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States

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