Ex-teacher and former painter turned bookbinder and book restorer. I collect books, knives and other stuff geeky men collect.
Interested in Art
Interested in Bars
Fluent in English
Learning Arabic
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I love travelling and being kind to people from whom I can gain nothing.
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: underground stuff, from rap to grime, 60s granpa music, weird stuff Movies: a whole lotta Ed Norton, Daniel Day Lewis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Christopher Walken, especially dramas, bios, comedies and smartypants flicks.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I ve eaten one pringle. Just one.
Teach, Learn, Share
I studies teaching so I actually taught, I study continuously so I love to learn, I do both because I love to share. Never get bored. Only idiots get bored, smart people always keep busy.
What I Can Share With Hosts
Depends on what I have to share, to start with, mainly booze, jokes, psychotherapy and cheer
My Interests
Book arts and book collecting, reading, freaking people out, all arts and crafts, learning from others more skilled then myself, movies, losing nights out in pubs and clubs occasionally, calligraphy, paleography, cryptography, graffiti, the academic approaches to the occult, archaeology, history, alchemy, heraldic and a few more