CURRENT MISSION

To use what I got to get what I need

ABOUT ME

I like to talk to people, because it usually leads to smiling and laughing, which usually leads to connection, which is what is all about.

I'm originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, but I moved my home base to Minneapolis Minnesota some years back and I love Minnesota very much, even though I can't drive in snow. Minnesota's a good fit.

I get by as a practitioner of international development. It's really cool working for the sake of the world.

Some may say that I'm funny.

I actually get really shy and nervous in social situations, but you'd never guess it if you met me. I'm lively and engaging and extroverted when I'm with people. But don't be fooled, that's me overcoming the shyness and timidity inside to get to where the magic happens. Say hi to me first if we're in a room to give my nerves a little break.

PHILOSOPHY

See: Keillor, Garrison--

"Sumus Quod Sumus"
--Town motto of Lake Wobegon.
Translation: "We are what we are"

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I lived in Dakar, Senegal, my work teammates were boring. I tried Couchsurfing to find people to show me and help explore Africa. CS was sooo good to me that summer in Africa.

Nowadays, I don't do Facebook, I don't do Twitter, I don't do Instagram or SnapChat or whatever the kids are into, but baby, I do Couchsurfing.

兴趣

Reggae music, aviation, fiction, Spanish language, international development, world cultures, the 49ers, reading the newspaper, acoustic guitar, long walks, the beach (but not long walks on the beach), bonfires (especially bonfires on the beach), the state of Minnesota, the classical-era Maya civilization, mental balance, inner peace, hangin'.

• aviation
• boating
• reading
• magic
• music
• guitar
• reggae music
• beaches

音乐、电影和书籍

If it's good, I like it. And good isn't too subjective of a statement in this case...you know when things aren't good.

I love books/music/movies that take place in Minnesota.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I got smuggled in a drug-smuggling outboard motor-boat across a straight in the Caribbean in 15 meter swells.

Got my girlfriend.

教，学，和分享

We'll teach and learn in person.

我游览过的国家

Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Switzerland, Turkey

我居住过的国家

Nicaragua, Senegal, United States

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