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Overview

  • 11 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 49, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • I fill up journals, and occasionally write fiction.
  • Book learning, life experience, intermittent college cour...
  • From CA, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

See more of the world, fill more blank pages.

ABOUT ME

I like to read books, write, and go on long, long walks. I travel around to work for film festivals.

Recently I've been recording free audiobooks of out-of-print movie novelizations. You can listen to them here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2TNJGmfnjsdWMBsG6O-ReA

PHILOSOPHY

I am curious about the world in much the same way a cat is curious about the inside of a paper bag--I want to see more of it before I die.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host couch surfers whenever I can, and try to meet as many fellow CSers as possible when I am traveling.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted couch surfers from CS in Eureka, San Francisco, and Denver.

I have surfed many couches in my lifetime. I first surfed via CS when I visited Paris in 2009.

Interests

Movies, reading and writing, science, long walks.

  • cats
  • writing
  • books
  • film festivals
  • coffee
  • movies
  • reading
  • hiking
  • astronomy
  • geology
  • science
  • hitchhiking
  • stargazing

Music, Movies, and Books

A far from complete list of my favorite music/movies/books would include:
Oingo Boingo, Nina Hagen, The Pixies, Bernard Herrmann. (Music.)
My Winnipeg, Brazil, Reflections of Evil, They Live. (Movies.)
Most of the works of Margaret Atwood, Harlan Ellison and Philip K. Dick. (Books.)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have visited Hay-on-Wye, the famous town of books in Wales. If there is an afterlife, I hope it is there.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know some great urban hikes in the towns I have lived in.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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