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Overview

  • 16 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Basque, Catalan, Valencian, Portuguese, Spanish
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • artist. candy taste tester. english teacher. human.
  • space on space in space
  • From Harrisburg, PA, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

finally finishing that pesky master thesis

ABOUT ME

a multiple-times-over-school dropout, but now with a degree! have attempted architecture, design and printmaking...only to be semi-settled with space design. sadly, less space stations and more waxing poetic about living rooms.

although i live on the edge of this world, i always keep an ear to pop culture, and do enjoy quite a bit of kitsch. blame my eye-gouging wardrobe on the color-blindness?

and i have a rational fear of robots.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

i've been lucky enough to live in 5 countries over the past 5 years, and travel to ... many others in between. i've been an avid lover of travel ever since i was taking days long road trips with my parents as a child up and down the east coast of the US, and it has just multiplied over the years.

always happy/desperate to meet other travelers from across the world to escape the mundanity of life!
\o matter where i am , i'm always up for a drink...or 12.

Interests

moving my feet to many beats, lines, antique keys, quill pens, flea-marketing, bicycle riding, buildings that make you want to cry (via pain or beauty), urban design, freestyle walking, trams, sleeping in public places, minidiscs, pop trash, sturm und drang. and dumpster diving.

  • culture
  • architecture
  • design
  • coloring
  • beauty
  • walking
  • drinking
  • dumpster diving
  • scuba diving

Music, Movies, and Books

everyone loves a good beat.
specific details at: http://www.last.fm/user/dartsofpulp

movies: children of men & a.i.

Books: a haphazard mix of coloring books, heroic tragedies, and medieval literature. and tourist brochures from the 70s.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

working on a chilean construction site overlooking the amazing Valparaiso.....despite it turning into a quasi-russian gulag, the bonding between colleagues who don't share a common language is a experience to remember.

Teach, Learn, Share

teaching my robin hood-esque, payment evading ways

What I Can Share with Hosts

i laugh a lot. and it's infectious.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, Poland, Scotland, Serbia, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Brazil, Chile, Portugal, Spain, United States

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