CURRENT MISSION

Introduce friends to one-another and share happiness with the world!

ABOUT ME

I'm positive, active, creative, and happy. Married to a lovely Ms Tee, who will be traveling with me nearly every time I go. First kid on the way!

Always up for a random adventure, and generally love connecting.

PHILOSOPHY

"Smile, and the world smiles with you"

"Early to rise, and early to bed, makes a man healthy, but socially dead"

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Connect with people in other cities and bring them to events, or otherways around.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Never a bad experience. Couch Surfing is an excellent way to travel!

Interests

All music genres and live music, art (painting especially), tactical games (Chess, Carcassonne, Woot, Small World, etc), meeting new people, fixing everything (although I'm not mechanically inclined), learning new skills, exploring, random adventures, hiking and finding natural beauty, making others laugh.

One of my main passions is mixing people, and facilitating socializing where it wouldn't otherwise be existing. I have a lot of fun setting up events, including with the Newnaimo Social Meetup group, and occasional house and field parties.

Litter bugs me, so I may pick up garbage and dump it while on walks.

• fish
• arts
• beauty
• partying
• chess
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• music
• live music
• fishing
• hiking
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Zootopia, Up, How to Train A Dragon, Fight Club, The Warriors Way, Shawshank Redemption, Zoolander, It's All Gone Pete Tong, Wall-E, August Rush, The Jerk, Up!, Lego Movie...

Music: Anything that is beautiful (all genres)

>Catchy upbeat indie, or more progressive and enlightening:
(José González - Stay Alive)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NucJk8TxyRg

>Astounding acoustic
(John Butler - Ocean)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VAkOhXIsI0

>Stunning orchestration
(Nomad Soul - Murmuration)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEDnGAvjQXw

>Anything with atypical timing
(Royal Canoe - Exodus Of The Year)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=849g8uLWllk

>Progressive rock
(Kyuss - Whitewater)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcY3UF6_IaM

>Jazziness
(Melody Gardot - Who Will Comfort Me)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBIeB6ojKlE

>Chillout and love
(Fade Into You-Mazzy Star)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tp-8jH46_E

Books: Being Happy, Models, whatever is recommended to me. Usually 2-5 books on the slow-go.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveling to Germany for two weeks while in highschool. Opened my mind to the world outside of my hometown. Since then, I have had an incredible desire to travel and find the good people and beautiful places everywhere !

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach.. how to paint, play an instrument, tune up a computer, be open and meet new people, and the art of being strategically awkward.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Social experiences, random adventures, introspective conversation, experimental meals, computer repairs.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, Germany, United Kingdom, United States