CURRENT MISSION

Remaining sane in Seattle

ABOUT ME

I am a self employed nomad with a home base, contradictory no? I suppose but paradox is one of the major themes in my existence. I have been a professional glassblower for all of my adult life and plan to continue till it kills me. I travel extensively and manage to be away for around 3 months out of the year, a good portion of it working in glass studios or factories around the world. I spent a year and a half in Latin America, first living in Mexico City to learn Spanish and consequently speak it with a degree of fluency. I am currently on a mission to see as much of SE Asia as possible and visit glass factories in China.

PHILOSOPHY

I suppose that I'm an agnostic with a strong sense of social justice and responsibility. I think that things should be done on the basis of reason the search for knowledge.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am new to couch surfing. I was turned on to it by a friend, who is a couch surfing ambassador, and thought it would be cool to try out. I love meeting people from different places and find that I have a much better time traveling if I'm with someone from the place I'm at. I have 4 roomies at home so cannot offer up my couch, as much as I would like to.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The closest thing to 'couch surfing' I have done is stay or hang out with friends or friends of friends in different states and countries. I've done quite a bit of it, actually.

Interests

Glass Art
Sailing
Capoeira
Music
Dancing
SCUBA
Mountain Biking
Rock Climbing
Hiking
Nature in general

• arts
• dancing
• capoeira
• beer
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• scuba diving
• sailing
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Cormac McCarthy - Author
Charles Bukowski - Author
Carlos Fuentes - Author
Octavio Paz - Author

Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Killing Zoe
Ciudade de Deus
Amor es Perros

Music, well Tool first and foremost but I like a bit of everything.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

That's a topic to be discussed over a beer or three.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can blow glass. I want to learn everything, it's just a matter of priority. Currently, learning Italian is high on my list as is Portugese.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United States

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