CURRENT MISSION

To make positive connections and enjoy the journey.

ABOUT ME

I enjoy meeting new people and having fun life experiences. I embrace positive attitudes and progressive thinking. I currently live in St. Paul and work as an outdoor trip leader. I also do other seasonal work in the winter. My summers are very busy from me leading trips, but I can try to accommodate with enough advance time.

PHILOSOPHY

I am a firm believer in who you know+ what you know= the more you know, Basically a mix of both to be the best possible. I consider myself an interesting character that one does not commonly meet. I don't like not being busy and try to diversify my activities as much as possible. That combined with whatever talent or specific trait of other people make a delicious life. Want to play at a park, go climbing, play music? Great let's do it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have had a little experience hosting and surfing and all of it has been positive so far. I think that this is one of the better ways to connect the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have not couch surfed a lot. Only a few times.
Anytime in college one will have a roommate have friends stay from an outside town. They were always welcome and we often had random guests I would meet that night staying in our room on our floor, futon, or couch. I have now surfed a bit more for random conferences in Iowa. So far all of my experiences have been great.

I have hosted a small number of times and enjoy the kindness that has been given to me.

Interests

Accordions, Rock climbing, family, MUSIC, Bowling, Karaoke, Ultimate Frisbee and Frisbee Golf. working with kids, Art, Improvisational Comedy, Food. Anything to make one laugh. Geocaching is the latest hobby of choice.

• arts
• dining
• traveling
• pottery
• juggling
• music
• guitar
• karaoke
• equestrian
• surfing
• rock climbing
• racquetball
• golf
• bowling

Music, Movies, and Books

Children's story books
LOTR
Enders Game- Ender's shadow
The Golden Compass
Eragon, Eldest, Brisinger
The Candymakers, the Gollywhopper games
Terry Pratchet

My top three styles are Irish folk, Disney currently, and 70's
Sublime, squirrel nut zippers, gypsy jazz music, trad irish jigs hornpipes and reels, offspring, old crow medicine show, slightly stoopid, State radio, O.A.R., Gogol Bordello, Waltz's, doo wop oldies, Bluegrass , Old Irish folk is a constant, I am pretty open to most any music. Not current country though.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have helped over 9000 people go canoeing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have spent a great deal of time at school learning about the craft of Ceramics or Pottery.
My main list of talents would include,improvisation, music(Guitar, Uke, Accordion, Bodhran ) I, like anyone, also have random knowledge of things that are interesting to me. I always try to have a fun story to tell but just need to be asked the right kind of questions!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Adventures, stories, GAMES, music and songs, interesting topics of discussion... my ability to craft outdoor camp firs has gotten much stronger. The question is really what CAN'T we share with hosts. Either way it's a hard one to answer.

My fiance and I have a guest bedroom and a couch and futon available. We do own a cat but other than that ask for specific details, please.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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