ABOUT ME

I'm forever trying to get a good nights sleep. I'm a frustrated artist. I love plants and animals and have a huge love and respect for nature. I'm a spiritual person but not really in the conventional way. I have a memory that doesn't behave the way I want it to, so I'm crap at telling stories. Disappointingly to many, I don't drink, but surprisingly to most, I can still have fun and be silly without the help of substances. I like to think I generally don't take myself too seriously and can have a laugh in most situations, usually at myself.

PHILOSOPHY

Do good stuff and don't hurt nobody.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I try offer a place to sleep for traveler people when ever I can and make new friends through the humble couch...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couchsurfed a few countries...Belgium, Germany, Scotland, England, Wales, Netherlands, Denmark, France, Thailand, Indonesian...
and unofficially in...England, Belgium, Netherlands, Czech Republic, France, Spain, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, around New Zealand...

I have hosted a few people in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Auckland and Raglan too...

Interests

Nature, art, music, design, architecture, permaculture, film, hand crafts and DIY, growing plants and food naturally, taking and looking at photos, second-hand stuff and finding those little gems in junk shops, markets, cycling, skating and walking places, getting about on trains and ferries and buses, reading books, Vipassana meditation, Iyengar yoga, cooking and baking sometimes...and a multitude of other little things...generally the simple things in life.

• arts
• books
• architecture
• design
• diy
• cooking
• baking
• yoga
• meditation
• walking
• crafts
• reading
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm super into music. I'm very broad in what I like but very selective at the same time. I think there is good music in nearly all styles. I love: Hip Hop of all kinds, most forms of Electronic Music (very selectively), Jazz, Reggae/Dub/Dancehall, Blues, Alt-Country (and a little regular country), Folk of all sorts (including the myriad of traditional folk music from around the world), Funk, Classical, ambient and punk/postpunk/indie/postrock/newwave/nowave/rock'n'roll guitar music. Plus lots of other stuff, genre is a silly concept really.

I'm no movie expert but some I like are (sorry I know this list is LONG but its become my running record now)...The Experiment, Old Boy (Chan-wook Park version), The Green Mile, The Kremaster Cycles, Ghost dog, the first Matrix, La Antenna, Harold and maude, American beauty, Oh brother where art thou, Pulp Fiction, I heart Huckabees, Persepolis, Children of Men, The Fifth Element, Novocaine, The Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, La Haine, Three Kings, City of God, The Proposition, Dead Man's Shoes, The Big Lebowski, The Lives of Others, Hunger, Control, Cabeza de Vaca, Wings of Desire, Fight Club, Delicatessen, Darjeeling Limited, Sitcom, The Squid and the Whale, Waltz with Bashir, Shaolin Soccer, Dead Man, Moon, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, There Will Be Blood, Samsara, The Singing Detective, Boy, Rockers, One Night in One City, Hot Fuzz, A lost and Found Box of Human Sensation, Ray, Lars and the Real Girl, Escape from the GiftShop, Tekkonkinkreet, Choke, Four Lions, I Love You Man, Samurai X, Burn After Reading, Bladerunner, I'm a Cyborg but That's OK, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Hesher, Taxi Driver, Spirited Away, Vengo, Raising Arizona, Moonrise Kingdom, This Must Be The Place, Shut Up and Play the Hits, Wild Style, A Scanner Darkly, Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Guard, Night Fishing, Holy Motors, Papillon, I Am Sam, Under the Skin, Only Lovers Left Alive, The Grand Master, Down By Law, Birdman, Inherent Vice, Style Wars, Donnie Darko, The Lobster, Highrise, Come and See, Mystery Train, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, More Then Honey, Rubble Kings, Sexy Beast, The Disaster Artist, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Chopper, Get Low, In The Loop, A Girl Walks Alone At Night, The Wrestler, The Shape Of Water, I, Tonya, Roma, Gran Torino, Joker, The Big Year, My Name Is Gulpilil, Withnail and I, Mary and Max, Pig, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Rust and Bone, Walkabout, Fantastic Fungi, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Holy Mountain, Peanut Butter Falcon, Showing Up, Captain Fantastic...

My favourite author is probably Tim Winton.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I would say that the Vipassana courses I have done would be it...

Oh yeh and sailing for 4 months from New Zealand to the top of Australia via the southwest pacific was pretty cool.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm sure I have something I can teach or share but I will have to think about that one...

I'm not bad with native flora and fauna.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A jovial disposition and food.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vanuatu

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United Kingdom

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