I love to swim, hike, sight-see and learn about things! I do traditional Chinese martial arts, I read EVERYTHING I can get my hands on, and I'm a great conversationalist and a clean & respectful guest / host.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've been around the US a few times, some of it by motorcycle, but I've never gotten to the warm or overseas places very much...working on changing that!

I work hard, but with my time off I like to grab a friend and go explore a new place, meet people and see things.

Interests

- Kungfu / taiji / xingyi / qigong / zhanzhuang / tuishou and by extension, just about every movement art I can try out
- Exploring, people-watching, night-life!
- Swimming like crazy, esp. snorkeling and freediving
- Climbing - I'm not an expert but have done a fair bit of indoor & outdoor sport climbing, and love it
- Philosophy, science fiction, and everything in between
- Macro and architectural photography
- Seeing places and meeting people -- walking / hiking all over heck and just finding things
- Trying new things, learning new things, taking notes on new things (because I'm a nerd and a writer)

• fish
• arts
• writing
• books
• photography
• beer
• walking
• nightlife
• flying
• gardening
• traveling
• socializing
• outdoor activities
• fishing
• hiking
• camping
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• sailing
• sports
• martial arts
• rock climbing
• hockey
• swimming
• languages
• science
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

- fast thumpy music I can get drunk and dance to, or intense orchestra music I can evolve to, or weirdly intellectual music I can study or learn to play...ok yeah, kind of all the music.

- definitely ALL THE BOOKS

- I like movies and have favorites, but sitting still and watching things for hours isn't really me, so I haven't seen a lot of the things you probably think are great -- recommendations welcome!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I like to focus on the things I'm GONNA do :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to learn ANYTHING, seriously. If it's new to me, it's amazing, and I'm a great listener and quick student, too. Lecture me about whatever you love!

I can also talk about just about anything, but if you'd like for-real lessons, I teach beginner Chen Taiji, so we can share doing forms (Yi lu and Er lu / cannonfist) or zhanzhuang / qigong, or practicing Iron Palm or some other fun techniques, from breathing & flow to combat.

I'm completely uneducated when it comes to languages other than English -- but I'm a professional writer and editor in English. I would LOVE to exchange any languagey stuff, or spend serious effort learning other languages (I listed Chinese because it comes up in my martial arts a lot, but anything interests me, really).

What I Can Share with Hosts

Beyond kungfu and taiji lessons, excellent conversations, practice and fun...

I'm happy to help with gardening or grunt-work (I'm pretty handy)

I can do almost anything with the English language

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Norway

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States