I'm a happy, relaxed guy living and working in Amsterdam. I identify Portland, OR as my home, though I moved to the Netherlands on a somewhat random whim in 2013. I enjoy traveling, writing, football (both), table tennis, trivia and crossword puzzles, music, competitive Red Light cycling (ask me for details), exploring little towns and, most of all, small challenges that encourage me to grow without making me feel overwhelmed.

Being laid back, yet accomplished and success-driven, is important to me. I'm not the wake-up-at-8am-and-start-seizing-the-day-immediately type of guy - enjoying life is most important and I don't follow routines well - but that doesn't mean I don't have significant plans for my trajectory into the future. They're just built on principles of laziness :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I used to live in a house with six other people. A few of them were CouchSurfers, so I got to meet all the interesting folks that came through and stayed on our couch. My cousin has been doing this for a while and I looked forward to participating more actively myself, but it appears I never had much of an opportunity (I'm updating this in June 2015 - about 4 years after the initial writing). Curious to see how it will work here in Europe!

Interests

writing, tennis, music, game theory, pool, psychology, board sports, chess, philosophy, concepts, irony, listing things, lifestyles, getting the feel for everyday life in places i'll never live

• writing
• beer
• trivia
• chess
• traveling
• billiards
• puzzles
• music
• cycling
• sports
• soccer
• tennis
• table tennis
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

slaughterhouse-five, of mice and men, candide, catch-22, animal farm, hills like white elephants, raymond carver, fear and loathing in LV, the black swan (statistics), mother night, kingdom of fear, achilles in the quantum universe: a complete history of infinty, 1984, wuthering heights (just kidding)

music is impossible to list and it never matters really

don't watch many movies. my favorite is dr strangelove

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

well i don't mean to brag but one time i saved a burning school bus of at-risk children from going off a cliff into a pit of spikes with a single redirecting flick of my big toe

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach writing, tennis, old school hardcore punk, internet slang/communication, triple backflips off the ground, content marketing, SEO

What I Can Share with Hosts

knowledge! stories! beer! i dunno, ask me!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States