Hello!

What can I say?

On one hand I don't want to write lots here because it can be tiring and tedious to read it all.
On the other hand writing plenty can give you a better understanding and feel for me and my place and if we might or might not be compatible as host-and-guest or guest-and-host.

I am very down to earth, but i daydream much.
open minded. i think a lot. i tend to a helpful and protective nature.
sometime i am happy, sometimes i am sad.

I guess people are trying to get a feel of what I am like, so in this case I have many interests, life itself fascinates me but I am usually on a different frequency to the everyday world! I am also practical minded though.

I don't know, I don't like to define because that sets limits, and by the use of one word (aspect) it tends to convey in the mind of the reader that the opposite is therefore lacking. For example if I say that I daydream much it might imply that I am impractical - which is not the case at all.

So by use of descriptive words we might exhaust this box of text and yet have, by balancing out the apparent opposites, have said nothing - or almost nothing at the end.

PHILOSOPHY

I don't know. The more I see the simpler it becomes.
Be kind but strong.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My couch may be available so feel free to ask,
if I see your mail I will reply when i can.

I have couchsurfing experience.

Interests

Meaningful experiences here in this world.
People.
Life* (as a verb and noun).

Although I can be very social, I don't like some things that many people seem to want to do, including:
- I don't drink now so "having a drink at the pub" is a no thanks, but I am fine with people who drink a bit to let loose or because they enjoy it - but I find actual drunks obnoxious.
- I can't be around smokers - not even a little - as being around smokers caused me asthma.
- I don't enjoy LOUD places now, which includes every pub/bar/club it seems, although a little bit of loud now and then can be fun and healthy.
- I don't care about sports or gossip or trivia but I will listen to you if I see that the trivia is merely an instrument with which you use to acquire acknowledgement as a human-being. You are worth a lot just as you are - words aren't even neccesary, but i won't take them away from you if you need them.
- I am kind, but I am not a chump so I do protect myself from abusers and I save my bastard side for them, but to everyone else - we can be friends.

Don't get me wrong please - I am not a pretentious nor aloof nor snobby person - I am very down to earth, very approachable and friendly, I just find some things that many people seem to enjoy don't interest me, so better to say it here and save time. I used to be very active and love to get out and about in the world, but at the moment I need a lot of rest often so a lot of hype and things going on can get overwhelming fast.

I prefer to avoid nasty or loud and obnoxious or snobbish or shallow and vacuous people, fortunately they are a minority of the world. One day I may dress as a pauper, another day as a prince - just because it is interesting to experience the difference. Are we not all acting in some way?

Ultimately Sociopaths and Psychopaths want to control, dominate and destroy,
Narcissists want total undivided attention at any cost,
Empaths want to protect and nurture,
And the rest of the People just want in one way or another to be valued and loved - some use props, some are direct, but most use proxies.

I always try to protect myself from Sociopaths and Psychopaths,
I have no time for Narcissists,
But I love Empaths,
And I can be friends with all the rest of the People too - just as they are.

• drinking
• clubbing
• pub crawls
• trivia
• sports
• boxing

Music, Movies, and Books

depends on my mood. anything that I like at any given moment - I don't follow anyone or anything in particular.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

What is it to do? To DO?

If a man sits still and is silent is he doing nothing? When one thought, one realisation, one revelation can change your whole life - like someone just shook the room. Thinking may be the most profound thing that we do. Who we are, where we are, why we are - who we love, who we hate, what we feel, what others feel.

What exists in the mind is a reflection of one's world, limited by human fallibility, coloured by individual bias and agenda, and yet greater than the sum of the present. Or maybe I have no idea what I am talking about. I don't mind being wrong, my ego can take it.

I like to experience life, preferably more good than bad, but each experience and quiet reflection helps to shape the soul. In this case I have lived. But life is not a mere mental exercise is it? The mental bit is not the equal of the thing. Real life uses up the mind and leaves little room for thought AND experience at the same time. Thought and reflection don't seem easy whilst real-life is happening, and real-life doesn't seem easy whilst thought and reflection are happening - atleast that is how it seems to me.

Thoughts are no substitute for Living
Living is no substitute for Thought

Words on a screen have a Power that the Moment doesn't
The Moment has a Power that Words on a screen don't

I want to Think AND Feel
I guess we all do.

Teach, Learn, Share

depends.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, France

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom