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Overview
About Me
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