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Overview

  • 37 references 31 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Arabic, Spanish
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2010
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  • B.A. in Television, Film , and Media Studies at Cal State...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To experience life to the fullest with and open mind and creative eye.

ABOUT ME

LOVE
Love travel, love people, love life, love experiences, love interactions, love earth, love one love.

I work during the week, typically from 8-4, so I can't really explore during the week, but I'm usually up for an adventure during the weekend.

Having studied film & media in college, I have a special place in my heart for art, creativity, and the critical aspects of media.

PHILOSOPHY

We our on a Network of life that each of us are connected to, it's up to us to be open enough to let others connect with us.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I lived and hosted in LA for a little over a year, then San Francisco for 5 years, and currently in Toronto looking to start hosting again.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed with some guests (now friends) that had stayed with me and have hosted many great people that I can now consider friends!

Interests

Film Making- cinematography, Scriptwriting, Directing
Photography
Movies- Artistic Abstract Films, Independent and Documentries
Futbol- F.C. Barcelona! and of course Nationally the Stars and Bars!
Basketball- Lakers, Bleed Purple and Gold
Travel- Anywhere and EVERYWHERE
Camping- Hiking, Fishing, Wandering through the woods =)
Learning - The more you learn, the less we know, but are constantly enlightened.

  • arts
  • photography
  • film making
  • movies
  • traveling
  • fishing
  • hiking
  • camping
  • basketball
  • world cup
  • communications

Music, Movies, and Books

GoodFellas, Amelie,Dumb&Dumber, Half Baked, Fantastic Planet, Boogie Nights, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Alice in Wonderland (not Tim Burton & Johnny Depp's butchering)

Listen to everything but country
Radiohead, Tupac, Pink Floyd, Brazilian Girls,Rx Bandits, The Fall of Troy, Rage Against The Machine, B.I.G., Wu Tang, Zeppelin, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was in Spain for the World cup in '10 for the final 3 weeks of the tournament. I watched each game in a different city and was able to celebrate the final in Barcelona with the entire country. The day before I returned to the states, the parade for the spanish team ran right in front of my hostile and I got front row to congratulate the Spanish team.

Teach, Learn, Share

"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do." Bruce Lee

"If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence." Lao Tzu

"Kindness is in the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." Mark Twain

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Spain, United States

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