I was born in California and my family moved to the Netherlands when I was 12. I went to high school there and to university years later. I spent about 10 years in Europe and have lived mostly in California the rest of the time. I lived in New Orleans, Brookline (NYC), Key West and Portland about 4 months each, but I keep going back to San Francisco, which I consider my home. I worked for several tech companies over the years, but quit my day job in 2009 to host karaoke. I now have a karaoke company KJPaul.com in San Francisco and I love it. I have not looked back since. I also run a big Burning Man theme Camp called the Hammock Hangout thehammockhangout.com. Lives been good to me so far.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I used to love hitchhiking and I always carried a tent and sleeping bag with me. I had an address book with people I met while traveling, studying at UC Berkeley and the University of Amsterdam and I would frequently show up at people's houses back when you could only seems a postcard and how they would be home. Most people didn't even have answering machines even just 25 years ago! Well now I am excited to check out this new way of traveling. I could stay in hotels now, but that is just boring. Looking forward to meeting you!

兴趣

Besides traveling and meeting interesting people, I love science, karaoke, cycling, hiking, cowboy hats, deserts, mountains, cities and beautiful places. I consider myself a socialist and I am very open minded.

• books
• running
• technology
• traveling
• karaoke
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• science
• hitchhiking
• mountains

音乐、电影和书籍

Science fiction, Max Headroom, Star Trek, Alien Mime...
Social literature: Shock Doctrine is a must read!
Other: Lean Startup, Science News, , Scientific America
I'm a huge Jimmy Carter fan.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Ridden my bicycle across the U.S. And Europe several times. I used to love Grey Hound buses, not so much any more... I quit my well passing day job to follow my passion and I now host karaoke for a living. I've been to Burning Man 20 times.

我游览过的国家

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

我居住过的国家

Netherlands, United States