CURRENT MISSION

looking to increase my hobo quotient by exponential amounts.

ABOUT ME

I'm an arty kid who is back on the traveling bandwagon after a long hiatus involving art making for educational credits and pulling espresso shots for rent. The former has shown me that art exists in all things, whether we recognize it or not, and the latter has turned me into an unwilling coffee snob. I like to find meaning in random coincidences, and enjoy big storms and the smell of the rain...

PHILOSOPHY

"Not for long, just for now"...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By showing up at people's houses with my bags. Then sleeping on their furniture or floor. I also cook meals, laugh, talk some, think some and try and not overstay my welcome. Generally...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Got to know some couches in Quebec, Singapore and Australia. Nothing but amazing experiences that have fully converted me to couchsurf whenever possible, while simultaneously rejuvenating my faith in human kindness and generosity.

Interests

Art, music, surfing, wandering, mischief, street food, bullshitting for laughs, making stuff, cooking with friends, gin, beaches, flora, sparkly things, sitting and sharing bevies almost anywhere, serendipity, getting gurued, cultural exchanges, engaging conversations, swimming in the ocean, pow wows, road tripping, ideas, daydreaming, fast cars, danger, fire, and knives...

• arts
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• sprinting
• traveling
• cars
• music
• surfing
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• swimming
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Robbins, Murakami, Kerouac, Vonnegut, Shel Silverstein

Shad, The Black Keys, Front Porch Pickers, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Tallest Man On Earth, Timber Timbre, Lightin' Hopkins, Mos Def, The Wooden Birds, Arcade Fire, Old Man Luedecke, El-P, The Idlers, RL Burnside and John Lee Hooker....and on and on and on.... almost everything. And if you can turn me onto crunk, then you are a special kind of person...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

How about four?

sprinting through a horrifyingly endless gauntlet of hungry leeches in Northern Thailand

snorkeling through diver's bubbles over a shipwreck in Gili Meno, and barely escaping a poisonous sea snake's fury

crashing into a ditch on my first day on a motorcycle, and getting back on to continue across Eastern Canada, despite the bruises and broken bone

Simpson's Lookout, Banff, Alberta. Mountains that literally go on for ever. Nuts!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom

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