CURRENT MISSION

I love learning and experiencing new things... extremely liberal and open-minded

ABOUT ME

I am 24 (about to be 25). I am extremely liberal and open-minded. I absolutely love traveling and experiencing foreign thoughts and life-styles. I love making new friends and am very social. I love music, especially classical music and opera. I have not been proud of the United States for quite some time. George W. Bush has been one of the most embarrassing and horrible leaders to come out of any country. I am so excited that Barak Obama is my new president and I am looking forward to the future! I am a gay man and am very open about it (although, I would never hit on anyone straight). I love movies, running, reading, theatre, ballet (any type of dancing), dating, coffee, going out for drinks and dancing. Look at my facebook for more info. Just search Johnnie Bankens

PHILOSOPHY

My personal philosophy is to live life to its fullest by experiencing. I want to constantly stay subjective with an open-mind. Everyone should have the right to live their lives as they see fit, unless that person is causing harm to other humans, animals or the environment. We should see ourselves as a global community. I am not really a fan of absolutes, but I believe war is horrible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just joined couch surfing because I will be visiting Europe this summer in: Italy (Novafeltria, Rome, Venice and Florence), Czech Republic (Prague), The Netherlands (Amserdam), Spain (Madrid) and England (London). I am just trying to network and make some (hopefully) friends that can show me the ways through the various cities.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have no experience thus far.

Interests

Music: Classical, Opera, Jazz... and various pop idioms
Reading, Jogging, Coffee, going out for drinks and dancing, dating, gay interests, human rights

• animals
• singing
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• environment
• human rights
• coffee
• running
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• classical music
• jazz
• opera
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: J.S. Bach, Mahler, Brahms, Schubert, Mozart, Poulenc, Verdi, Debussy, Richard Strauss, Dolly Parton, Nina Simone, Elton John, Billy Joel, Bjoerk, Dionne Warwick, Burt Bachrach, Heart

Movies: The Hours, Trans-America, Hocus Pocus, The Color Purple, Pan's Labyrinth, 9 to 5, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Pianist

Books: Texts on music, Cry to Heaven, Satanic Verses, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Inner Voice, You Can be Happy No Matter What, Harry Potter Series, Memoirs of a Geisha

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Singing opera... Seeing Lake Tahoe in California, US... Driving 2600 miles with my best friends Lindy from Louisiana to Portland, Oregon (amazing three week trip!)

Loving and being loved by people.

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach classical voice lessons.

I am open to learning just about anything!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States