CURRENT MISSION

For my part I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. The great affair is to move.

ABOUT ME

I have a sense of humor, I love to laugh, and I love good conversation. I can carry on a conversation for hours. I am a total film geek into art-house, foreign, and classic film, as well as theater. I love the movies of Ingmar Bergman, and Akira Kurosawa, and the plays of William Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams. I am an adventurer and nature lover always up for a new experience. I love people, and I am an optimist. Health and well-being are incredibly important to me. My dreams are to be a global traveler. So far, I am living my dreams.

PHILOSOPHY

Sincerity, health, and the audacity to share.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing couches on my current world trip, and hosting when I am back home in September.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed couches in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on my Southeast Asia trip. I have also surfed in Sydney and Melbourne, Prague, and the UK! So far universally wonderful experiences.

Interests

Film, theater, travel, people, new things, old things, anything organic, anything genuine.

• arts
• literature
• poetry
• theater
• acting
• movies
• traveling
• adventure races
• surfing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: Ikiru, Persona, The 400 Blows, Blade Runner, Before Sunset, My Neighbor Totoro, Aguirre; The Wrath of God, Spirited Away, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Late Spring, Lost in Translation, Lawrence of Arabia, Rear Window.Books/Plays: A Streetcar Named Desire, Hamlet, Waiting for Gadot, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, The Road, Fahrenheit 451, Lord of the Flies, Anna Karenina, The Count of Montre Cristo, The Great Gatsby, Moby Dick. Music: Cat Stevens, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Led Zeppelin, Elvis, Bach, Ennio Morricone, Beirut, Nick Cave, Sufjan Stevens, Beethoven, Schubert, Bob Marley, Macklemore, The Doors, Pink Floyd... and many many more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Too many to count now. Ask me and I will be glad to share!

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a native English speaker, and a basic Spanish speaker who would love to chat with anyone looking to advance their skills in those languages in exchange for teaching me some of their own language. I am especially interested in learning Mandarin at which I am a beginner, and looking to improve. I also have many stories to tell, all you have to do is ask.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United States

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