CURRENT MISSION

See every part of Europe I can given my limited budget. I also want to meet you!

ABOUT ME

I move around a lot, and love getting to know new places, food, cultures, etc. I'm totally fascinated by languages, even though I only speak English fluently. I have started to collect random phrases from all the people I met that speak a different language, and it's hilarious and fun.

Where I've been in the US so far:
visited 28 states (56%)Create your own visited map of The United States

PHILOSOPHY

It's almost impossible to not like a person when you get to know them one on one. People can be vicious and cruel when part of a mob, but on an individual basis people are invariably kind and helpful. If you consider that each person is an individual with unique dreams, needs, and fears, it is much easier to understand points of view that are different than your own. It also makes it much easier to get along with people even if they are very different from yourself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've started to get involved at the local level going to meet ups, and I've met some fun, interesting people. I hope to do the same this fall when I travel to europe.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have now couchsurfed several places and I must say everyone has been great. It can be a little bit difficult to break the ice with a single message, but once I have met people things have gone great. I look forward to a long life of couchsurfing and more great memories.

Not related to couchsurfing.org, I stayed in Sweden with a great couple for two weeks, one of my favorite experiences. I look forward to doing this in other countries this fall. I've also stayed on various couches and floors throughout Texas on tour with my friends band.

Interests

I like bowling, pool, dominoes, swimming (floating in a pool), BBQ's, drinking buddies.

Food: I have champagne tastes with beer money, but I'm not a food snob. I love sushi, seafood, crawfish, steaks, bbq, salumi, charcuterie, fried chicken, and also fresh fruits and vegetables.

Drink: Whisky, whiskey, wine, cheap beer, fancy beer. Tea and the occasional cup of good coffee.

• dining
• seafood
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• bbq
• drinking
• boating
• traveling
• billiards
• socializing
• hunting
• swimming
• bowling
• languages
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Serge Gainsbourg, James Brown, Broadcast, Tropicalia, Françoise Hardy, Dungen, 90's Hip-hop, Velvet Underground, Air, Beatles, Beach Boys, Can, Psychedelic music. Anything sappy or melancholy or a combination of the two, preferably with an experimental edge.

Movies: 400 Blows, Wild Child, Gummo, Holy Mountain, El Topo, Black Orpheus, Big Lebowski, Amelie, Cool Hand Luke (cosign that), Harder they Come, Man with no name trilogy, Django!, Viva Django!, La Haine, Godfather 1 & 2, City of God, Dr. Strangelove, Taxi Driver, Vertigo, Clockwork Orange, Chinatown, Oldboy, Stalag 17, Papillon, Little Miss Sunshine, Mean Streets, I like killing flies, City of Lost Children, Blade Runner, Lost Highway, Royal Tennebaums, The Hustler, The Great Escape, High Plains Drifter, Dirty Harry, Fifth Element, Once Upon a Time in the West, Diabolique, Escape from Alcatraz, Man Bites Dog, Lone Wolf and Cub series, Cape Fear (Both Versions), Midnight Cowboy, Ichi the Killer, Streetfight (The Documentary), Streetfighter series, Rocky series, Unforgiven, The Exorcist, Hard Boiled, The Killer, Double Indemnity, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Boogie Nights, Battle Royale, 2001, Trading Places, Bonnie and Clyde, Last Picture Show, Touch of Evil, Citizen Kane, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Natural, I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Audition, Blast of Silence, Platoon, The Wild One, North by Northwest, River's Edge, Rosemary's Baby, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Stand by Me, Suicide Club, Cinema Paradiso, Performance, La Grand Bouffe, Obscure Object of Desire, 28 days later, 28 weeks later, Godspeed you Black Emperor, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Who is Bozo Texino?, Black Dynamite, The Mack, Superfly, 80 blocks from Tiffany's, Wildstyle, Stylewars, Rockers, Heavy Metal Parking Lot, Le Planete Sauvage, Manon of the Spring/Jean de Florette, Over the Edge, Sin Nombre, Amores Perros, The Education of Sonny Carson, Un Prophete, Valerie and her week of wonders, and last but not least, Zardoz...

Books: Crime and Punishment, Omnivore's Dilemma, The Trial, The Art of Worldy Wisdom, Hunger, Dead Souls, Anna Karinina, The Gambler, 2666, and tons of non-fiction

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

As a child I was able to go alligator hunting on the Amazon. We went out on a little boat with outboard motor and used a flashlight to find the reflective eyes of the gators. Once they were found, the guide used some rope around the snout and wrestled them onto the boat. They let me capture a small gator myself. We didn't keep them, they were returned to the water, but the experience has stayed with me.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm very interested in cured and preserved food, i.e. charcuterie and salumi. I would love to meet people that can teach me more about this craft.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, United States

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