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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
meeting people, enjoying life, seeing the world
ABOUT ME
I am a thousand scattered things, but mostly I strive to do difficult things, see the world, understand the unknowable, and then at the end of the day try to relax and forget all I've learned for a moment.
PHILOSOPHY
Trying to come up with a new one. Feeling my hands, feet, and back of my eyes. Being awake and alive. Listening more. Talking less.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
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COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I informally did Couchsurfing before couchsurfing.com in 1995 hitchhiking around Africa and staying with people we met in their homes.
Interests
stretching, working, culture, spatial panel models, waitressing, learning to breathe.
- culture
- yoga
- socializing
- history
- statistics
- hitchhiking
Music, Movies, and Books
I've had to read so many sad books, my dissertation is about the Angolan civil war, so right now I'm trying to read non-sad things. True things, honest to the core things, a-la "Another day of life"
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Illegal entry into DRC (Congo), hitchhiked a plane over the Kalahari desert, rescued a friend OUT of a Namibian hospital...Survived a bikram yoga class yesterday. Always a shock to live through it...
Teach, Learn, Share
I know about the history of the Angolan war 1961-2002 quite well. I know statistics. I know how to waitress. I can teach you stretches that can make your body feel better.
Countries I’ve Visited
Angola, Belgium, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Italy, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, Turkey, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Countries I’ve Lived In
Namibia, Norway, Portugal, United States