CURRENT MISSION

To experience and share astonishment with as much of the world and all its wonderful people as possible before I die.

ABOUT ME

I'm a professional magician and hypnotist, and former high school English teacher. Right now I have a serious case of wander lust. I love sharing astonishment with others, whatever it may be; love scuba diving; wish every night ended with a firework show; follow a pescetarian diet; love all animals, especially cats; regularly practice random acts of kindness; would rather spend quality time with those I care about than have expensive toys; really enjoy Halloween; recently flew a kite over a mile high in the sky using excessive amounts of fishing line; have the best time at water parks; love celebrating holidays; have published short stories and won film festivals; love laughing with people (really laughing, like that uncontrollable laughter that almost starts to hurt).

Contrary to popular belief, I have never quote-on-quote "single-handedly wrestled a wild wildebeest," "refused a kiss from Jessica Alba," or "beat Chuck Norris in a game of checkers." But I have come close.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe we should leave the world a slightly better place than we found it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've only been using CS about a year, but it's been really exciting to meet new people in the community and has been nothing but a positive experience so far. Looking forward to meeting more, whether it's hosting, or through my own travels.

Interests

Magic, hypnosis, traveling, meeting new people, reading, scuba diving, writing, filmmaking, playing guitar, weightlifting, running, swimming, biking, bowling, hiking, chess, cards, movies, leap frog, air drums, underwater harp tuning, nunchucking, toe wrestling...

• animals
• cats
• writing
• film making
• festivals
• film festivals
• dieting
• running
• partying
• movies
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• magic
• guitar
• drums
• cycling
• fishing
• hiking
• scuba diving
• wrestling
• swimming
• bowling
• teaching
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: Inception, Man on Wire, Delicatessen, The Crow, Equilibrium, The Exorcist, City of Lost Children, The Dark Knight, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Stranger Than Fiction, Donnie Darko, The Wrestler...

MUSIC: Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Vast, Coldplay, DJ Shadow, Foo Fighters, Joy Division, Pixies, The Cure, Weezer, Nirvana, Counting Crows...

BOOKS: The Alchemist, Frankenstein, Dandelion Wine, Vagabonding, Lord of the Rings, Tales of Ordinary Madness, Neverwhere, Confederacy of Dunces, Art of Astonishment...

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a professional magician and hypnotist. I've spent years practicing and performing (adult shows, not children's birthday parties) at private parties as well as public venues. I also have quite a few years experience teaching English to grades 6-8 and 12. In addition I have been playing guitar for 18 years, have won film festivals with films I've made, and have published short stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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