CURRENT MISSION

Travel the US and meet wonderful new people one couch at a time.

ABOUT ME

Surfing for the last several years has allowed me to grow enormously as a person. I have a job that does not put me in much contact with the "free spirited" people of the world. Thankfully CS does. I am amazed and impressed by the variety of very intelligent people that I have met along my couchsurfing journey. I think this collection of folks, 'surfers', are the best lot of hooligans I have ever fell in with.

PHILOSOPHY

Constantly learn new things and positively impact everyone you meet. Show people the good side of humanity. Treat every community like it is your own, while still making sure to do as the Romans do. (how the hell else are you going to know what being a Roman FEELS like?)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love photography and videography and would love to enrich the lives of people I meet with urban/nightlife portaiture that will be theirs long after I have left. I have also contributed to the cause. Remember to say YES when people need a couch. It all goes round in the universe.
update... I have now surfed and hosted and surfed and hosted. It is a fantastic way of life. I now divide my life into two halves. The part before CS and the part after CS.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing has been a wonderful experience. Seeing the planet we live on through so many others eyes is a privilege not enough people get to experience.

The following are my CS experiences.

August 2014 (Hosted) Brian Cattelle - Delray Beach, FL
August 2014 (Hosted) Corrie Blake - Pasadena, CA
August 2014 (Hosted) Arige and Aram - Montreal, Canada
July 2014 (Hosted) Tobias Schneider - Beirut, Lebanon
May 2013 (Hosted) Matthew Trenk - New Jersey
April 2013 Hosted large Des Moines Couch Party
December 2012 Attended a large Des Moines Couch Party
May 2009 (Hosted) Zac Evans - Utah
May 2009 (Surfed) Daryl Guarizo - Chicago, IL
May 2009 (Surfed) Amy Rhoades - Chicago, IL
June 2009 (Hosted) Yuriy Vaysgant - Boston, MA
June 2009 (Surfed) Colleen Goodrich - Denver, CO
June 2009 (Hosted) Dan Braman - Long Island, NY
June 2009 Attended the Annual CS campout in South Park, CO.
June 2009 (Hosted) David Fleming - Springfield, MO
June 2009 (Surfed) Daryl Guarizo - Chicago, IL
June 2009 (Surfed) Tom Griffin - Cleveland, OH
June 2009 (Hosted) Brook Yates - Breckenridge, CO
June 2009 (Surfed) Patrick - New Orleans, LA
June 2009 (Surfed) Daniel Dilberger - New Orleans, LA
July 2009 (Surfed) Crystal and Jim Rolfe - St Louis, MO
October 2009 (Hosted) Ethan Genauer - Albuquerque, NM
October 2009 (Hosted) Robert BoB Haas - Hartville, MO
October 2009 (Hosted) Colin John Krasnozon - Ontario, Canada
October 2009 (Hosted) Daniel Bowman Simon - NYC, NY
October 2009 (Hosted) Jack Stafford - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
October 2009 (Hosted) Joe Fields-Johnson - Richmond, VA
October 2009 (Hosted) Brian Loeper - Baltimore, MD
November 2009 (Surfed) Maxim Lowry - Laramie, WY
December 2009 (Surfed) Zak Evans - Salt Lake City, UT
December 2009 (Surfed) Lea Rainey - Boise, ID
December 2009 (Surfed) Richard Ross - Phoenix,AZ
December 2009 (Surfed) Helen - Albuquerque, NM
February 2010 (Hosted) Ken Doffner - Des Moines, IA
February 2010 (Hosted) Ryan Daro - Lyons, France
February 2010 (Hosted) Ghis, Heather and Morgane, Montreal, Canada
March 2010 (Hosted) Hosted a large contigent of Des Moines surfers in St Thomas, USVI.
March 2010 (Hosted) Molly and Matthew - San Francisco, CA
May 2010 (Surfed) Kim Diorio - Cape Canaveral, FL
May 2010 (Surfed) Laz Mendez - Hollywood, FL
May 2010 (Hosted) Zubair Noman - Minnapolis, MN
June 2010 (Hosted) Harold Taddy - State College, PA
June 2010 (Surfed) Michele Smith - Indianapolis, IN
June 2010 (Surfed) Jeremy Enright - Washington D.C.
July 2010 (Hosted) Tae Kim - Los Angeles, CA
July 2010 (Hosted) Harold Taddy (R) State College, PA
July 2010 (Hosted) Chris and Tory - Boston, MA
July 2010 (Hosted) Jose Espinoza - Washington, D.C.
July 2010 (Hosted) Rob Kowalski - Gainesville, FL
July 2010 (Hosted) Brian Gohery - London, UK
July 2010 (Hosted) Katie Kreitzer - Minneapolis, MN
August 2010 (Hosted) Jessie Abramson - Woodstock, NY
August 2010 (Hosted) Ben Giardano - Bufallo, NY
September 2010 (Surfed) DeeDee - Nashville, TN
February 2011 (Hosted) Annika Collins - Madison, WI
March 2011 (Hosted) Helen Jiang - Iowa City, IA
April 2011 (Hosted) Noelle Olson - Patagonia
May 2011 (Hosted) James Sawaya - Salt Lake City, UT
June 2011 Attended the Minneapolis CouchFest. FunFunFun

Interests

Photography, Videography, Music, Travel, filling my eyes and brain with new things! Great movies. Good beers. (Fullers ESB on draught is my all time fav.) I LOVE interesting people. (and fortunately most are if you let them talk.)

• photography
• beer
• nightlife
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• medicine
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Ok, Do NOT see any other movie until you have seen "In Bruges" this movie is fantastic. Serious Man by the Coen Brothers is very good. Witty and oozing with dry comedy. (oozing with dry, what a crazy metaphor)

Big Lebowski, Life Aquatic, No Country for Old Men, The Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Anything Indy Alternative
Ok, not a 'movie, music, or book', but Tosh.O is the funniest shit ever!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

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Countries I’ve Visited

Italy, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

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