CURRENT MISSION

merging realities with dreams

ABOUT ME

Just touching. Bit of a pirate. How funny is the glad eye in that photo, unintentional I assure you.

The photo is very old... one is late 2005 the other mid 2006... I left them there because I just reentering the fray and they are good photos.

Weekend Dad of two amazing children (na - it is 3 days/week, and sometimes oftener!), so that is incredible and heaps of fun.
I run to work.

PHILOSOPHY

The secret is to believe and have no doubt.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

have hosted and will host again... have been hosted and enjoyed it immensely
recommend this frequently to other freegans

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

two different stays in NYC (Upper west side and the LES)... both were fantastic.
Hosted a couple from Germany when I was back in Wellington, as well as a couple from Taiwan. Loved it too. I am really happy and grateful that such a thing as CS exists.

Interests

Reading, The Films, Music, Caves and cave-dwelling also travelling and baking breads. Delighting in my food. Animals. Weather-related phenomena.

• animals
• dining
• baking
• running
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• statistics

Music, Movies, and Books

lots but in no particular...
TVOTR, Radiohead, Burial, Washed Out, Hot Chip, LCD Soundsyetem, Jeff Buckley, Massive Attack, The Roots, Mighty Mos Def, Kora, Fat Freddies, Trinity Roots, At the Drive-In, Leonard Cohen, Roots Manuva, Pink Floyd, Peanut-Butter Wolf, Jakob, Sigur Ros (sometimes),lots more music, you can find deliciousness all over the shop.... Aldous Huxley, Langston Hughes, William Blake, Hunter S., Kurt Vonnegut, Eric Schlosser, Mark Kurlansky, E.F. Schumacher, Short Short Stories, Philip K. Dick, Tom Wolfe, Hermann Hesse, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Faulkner, City of God, The Five Obstructions, Phil the Alien, Dead Man, D.H. Lawrence (poetry and essays), Bret Easton Ellis, Christopher Guest's films, Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson's films, The Big Lebowski, Sin City, Metropolis, Nature Documentaries,...this will continue to grow

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Had an outrageous experience with a tree outside a Thai restaurant once, it reminded me lots of Falkor...that was real special. Have also climbed some pretty big trees. Was on a game show, hilariously.

Teach, Learn, Share

That low percentage in the replies column rather misrepresents me as a sullen, swarthy uncaring bastard. I admit I am all these things and like Denver, a whole lot more. Statistics do not prove anything. E.F Schumacher said that and he was an absolute Genius. This is proved.

So...Disclaimer: When reading this profile the reader must bear in mind that where the "percentage of emails replied to" occurs, this figure includes all emails, even administrative ones, that really require no further correspondence whatsoever. So, please, take this detail with a grain of salt. Laurs is an excellent and prompt correspondent, and will reply.

Countries I’ve Visited

Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, French Polynesia, New Zealand