CURRENT MISSION

learn more stuff about metal things

ABOUT ME

Hello everyone! I'm an artist/blacksmith from ottawa. I'm currently on my way back east after a summer of treeplanting, ready to fire the forge back up. A little about myself: I feel like I'm kind of a weird guy. Who isn't, right? I'm nice and friendly and can be high energy, if I am comfortable around you, and well rested. Otherwise I'm kind of reserved and awkward. Sometimes I'm somewhere in between. I have a lot of interests and hobbies, and I enjoy building things with my hands, or doing physical things (sports, tree climbing, unicycling, medieval reenactment). I also spend a lot of time thinking about stuff and wasting time on the internet.

PHILOSOPHY

yes please

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've surfed some lovely couches in the past, and I've hosted some wonderful people over the years.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couch surfing has been a wonderful resource on my travels so far. It's always great to meet friendly souls in strange cities. I have never had a disappointing couch surfing experience. Also, I have been hosting a lot of surfers over the years, and it's been great. It's great to get the chance to help people out.

Interests

I like to bike, ski, rollerblade, skate, unicycle, play guitar and ukulele, build armour, paint, swim, climb things etc. I'm not much good at most of that, but I have fun.

• breakfast
• gardening
• painting
• survival
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• skiing
• sports
• rock climbing
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

I like lots of different bands that are rarely similar. Uh, I guess I would say that I listen mostly to punk and folk. That's not totally accurate, but I do love both of those. In summary: Music is awesome!.

I also love movies. I would say that my favourite movies include The Life Aquatic and 12 monkeys

I don't read as much as I should, but here is an incomplete list of authors I like: Hermann Hesse, Gabriel Garcia Marques, Kurt Vonnegut, Franz Kafka

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The other day I ate this HUGE breakfast. I was really impressed.

For reals though, hitch hiking adventures across the US and Canada have been amazing experiences. There is something beautiful about the concept of hitch hiking: surrendering your plans and schedules to the whims and kindness of strangers. I learned a lot about myself, and my friend, and humans in general. You meet all kinds of interesting people you otherwise wouldn't.

Teach, Learn, Share

Things I could teach: I know stuff about metal working and other random subjects
Things I want to learn: Out door survival, music, gardening, local information about cities/subcultures, whatever!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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