CURRENT MISSION

URUGUAY!!!

ABOUT ME

I'm from East Vancouver, and I've travelled a bit, but I've never been to Latin America. I've spent a lot of time in England, Spain, and Morocco, and I lived in Essaouira for most of 2011.
For years I played poker for a living, while doing other projects. That allowed me the freedom to travel a lot. Most recently I've worked as a production assistant in television and as an organizer for the NDP (a left wing political party.)
I like books, bars, music, and interesting people. I'm urban and a bit eccentric, but down-to-earth
I've been working very long hours in politics and television and I look forward to relaxation and adventure in South America.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hosted a lot of people while I was living in Morocco. I still haven't really traveled much with Couchsurfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met a lot of different people playing host in Essaouira. I think meeting the Moroccans involved in the project was the best part, as it introduced me to a broad range of Moroccan society that I didn't really see in my small town (Shout out my Casa peeps!) Hearing different people's opinions on things was nice too. Props to the scholars, the artists, the partiers, and all the rest.

Interests

Football (soccer), Literature, Music, Art, Politics, Languages, Conversation, Travel, Partying.

• arts
• books
• literature
• partying
• politics
• traveling
• poker
• music
• soccer
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I like the films of P.T., Anderson, Steve McQueen, Terrence Malick, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorcese, Gus Van Sant, Lars Von Trier, Jim Jarmusch, Richard Linklatter, Quentin Tarintino, Fernando Arribal, Sergio Leone, John Schlesinger, Russ Meyer, Francis Ford Coppola, the Hughes Brothers, and others.

My favourite authors include: James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Saul Bellow, Vladimir Nabokov, Albert Camus, Fyodor Doestoevsky, Franz Kafka, George Orwell, Graham Greene, Brenden Behan, Federico Garcia Lorca, Pablo Neruda, William Carlos Williams, Allen Ginsberg, James Agee, Dylan Thomas, and Mordecai Richler.

I listen to a lot of different genres, but my main current interests are hip-hop, folk, classic rock, soul, afrobeat, and Jamaican music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I won on Jeopardy (an American quiz show) back in 2006!

Teach, Learn, Share

Sharing taste in art and music, having good conversation, telling stories, and learning more about the road

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories from Canada and abroad, an adventurous attitude, experience with the Couchsurfing project, and I'm always willing to help with English. That includes help editing written English.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, England, France, Ireland, Morocco, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, United States, Wales, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Morocco, Uruguay

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