[ Current update/addendum: The is carnival season folks, New Orleans is jammed pack with people from all around and I am inundated with requests. In an effort to streamline this, making it easier for you and I, there will be some request requirements.
First off: if you have no references, don’t ask. I’m not taking anyone who just made a profile or anybody that’s had one, but never suffered or hosted.
Second: I need you to actually write something more than “hello, I want to say, you sound like fun, let’s do it!”
Not gonna happen folks, come up with something good or look somewhere else.
Lastly: Mardi Gras is a cultural event, not just beads, booze, and boobs. That shit is tourist closed mindedness and not a New Orleanian involved even (unless it’s to take yo 💵 )

Tell me why I should meet you and be ready for a madness you’ve never experienced. Happy carnival y’all. ]

CURRENT Mission: To ride my bicycle around the world.
To share and learn philosophies and ideas on life and travel. Intellectual conversation is key to advancement of human kind.
ABOUT ME: My name is Quentin, I live in the Big Easy, I'm looking for new friends, from everywhere! I would love to get your stories and make good memories with you, so lets get together and have a time. (and wile Im there, can I use your shower?) You know of some work I can do to get me a bit farther down the line? I'm totally in, to work the only way I know how... hard. I'm a Humanist that has experienced the worst things humanity is capable of, yet some how, I can still see the good in the world. To live with out diversity, is like an existence devoid of art. (earth without art is just eh.) I need to get back to seeing the beauty of this planet and its people, instead of drowning in the dark upon this shelf.

“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.” ― Ralph Ellison

My house (when I have one) is lgbt friendly, always! I am or have been involved in multiple advocacy groups including, but not limited to; bike easy, stolen bikes Nola, the League of American Bicyclists (to which I have my LCI) ADIS outreach, Americorps, Utah Conservation Corps, Critical Mass, and a bunch of shit I'm not recalling the names for.

PHILOSOPHY "Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh." Instagram @Themadcyclist https://www.warmshowers.org/user/131807

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

First off, i love my city! and I want others to see what I see and love it as well. so I help by showing folks how great and beautiful my city is. also I share story's of travels and help folks out with other spots to stay. I have a lot of contacts in other states....

and or, gives philosophical and sagely advice

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

good hosting experiences from this site. I've been couch surfing for longer than this site has been around. so some good and some bad

Interests

bikes, art, travel, music (all kinds), food (also all kinds), photography, philosophy, politics, poetry (that's a lot of P's) bike touring and history

• humanities
• architecture
• photography
• cooking
• movies
• traveling
• philosophy
• science
• food
• quantum physics
• pizza
• bicycle
• new orleans
• touring
• glitter
• evolutionary biology

Music, Movies, and Books

there is a lot to put here...
movies; hot fuzz, zombie land, harry potter, what dreams may come, dodge ball, goonies, Indiana Jones, cry baby, Struggle- the secret life and lost art of Szukalski (I'm a huge documentary fan and I watch just about anything)

books; mumia abu jamal- death blossoms
Christopher hitchens- hitch 22
Stephen Hawkins- the universe in a nutshell
Steven pinker- better angles of our nature
howard zinn- the peoples history of the USA
Steve Darnall- Uncle Sam
Warren Ellis- Transmetropolitan

music; well I enjoy a very eclectic music taste. I listen to everything from Beethoven to bluegrass, punk, rock n roll, hip hop, metal and all the Jazz

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once saw a man eat his own head

Teach, Learn, Share

if you have a bike I can show you how to fix anything on it. I'm a man who has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and am more than happy to share what i know and learn whats in your brain.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can offer all my home and knowledge to those that seek it. I enjoy meeting new people and learning about culture and food, so if you can cook, awesome, if not, I totally can.
Also, I am an omnivore, so that means I eat everything.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Ireland, United States

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