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Overview

  • 6 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 46, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • lawyer, artist, adventurer
  • I've gotten two degrees from U.C. Berkeley.
  • From San Francisco, California
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To live explore and savor new experiences, perspectives and adventures

ABOUT ME

I'm very adventurous, creative, smart and responsible. I enjoy good company and really enjoy getting a bunch of friends together to do something outside of the ordinary.

PHILOSOPHY

Life may be short, but it is very wide.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My girlfriend and I are moving to Zagreb, Croatia in July 2012 after a brief trip to Iceland. We would love to open up our couch in Zagreb (once we get one) and to explore the world a bit more with couchsurfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have traveled quite a lot in my life, and I have frequently been both a host and hostee to friends-of-friends or even friends-of-friends-of-friends.

Interests

Art, social engineerng, urban exploration, making up games, adventure, cooking, bike riding, video games

  • arts
  • festivals
  • cooking
  • video games
  • music
  • cycling
  • urban exploration

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Most anything science fiction, Thomas Pynchon, Joseph Conrad, Gary Larson, Bill Watterson. Movies: most anything science fiction (again), The Princess Bride, Pi, Airplane. Music: glitch, indie rock, cowpunk, rockabilly.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've brought a giant interactive metal sculpture that shot fire to Denmark for a music festival. I have been shot by lightning from a 3 meter Tesla coil. I have worked as a diplomat in Bosnia and monitored an election in Kosovo. I have traveled to around 60 different countries.

Teach, Learn, Share

Esoteric: I can teach you how to build a working flamethrower. Practical: I can teach you how to properly put out fires.

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