CURRENT MISSION

Explore! Meet new people. Experience new things. Use my abilities and energies in productive ways.

ABOUT ME

I am originally trained as a lawyer but have recently quit my lawyer job (I was a union-side labor lawyer representing employees and unions) and am considering new things and opportunities.

I grew up in the strange and beautiful prairie heartland of Edmonton, Canada. I have lived in Toronto since 2011.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like other couchsurfers I have met in my travels. I also really like the idea of people sharing their space and community with others in an uncommodified, non transactional way.

Interests

I enjoy cycling, distance running, reading anything and everything, left wing politics, the NBA, music (playing and listening) and film.

In 2019 I completed my first half marathon and marathon.

• culture
• fitness
• running
• politics
• reading
• music
• live music
• cycling
• sports
• basketball
• hockey
• history
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Paris Texas, Moonlight, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Blue Velvet, La Haine, Harlan County USA, Style Wars, Buffalo '66, Call Me By Your Name

Music: Neil Young, Songs Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co., Frank Ocean, Aphex Twin, Majical Cloudz, Andy Shauf, Curtis Mayfield, Madlib etc.

Books: The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky), Herzog (Saul Bellow), Ragtime (EL Doctorow), Das Capital (Karl Marx),

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In the fall of 2018 I solo bike-camped through New Mexico, Arizona, Northern Mexico and California over a period of 8 weeks.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've always thought I make really tasty sandwiches. Also, I know a bit about Canadian politics, history, culture etc.

I love learning about how people in other environments live, work and have fun and incorporating elements of these practices into my own life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Italy, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada