Happy go lucky. I realize the amount of good fortune that has come my way - finding creative ways to give back as much as possible!

My apologies in advance for delayed replies to request. I am not the best at social media platforms of any kind... but I promise I will get back to you.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Traveling is the single most effective way to fight narrow mindness and I like to get myself out there as much as possible. As far as the CS community goes my roommate is a long time surfer / hoster. After hanging out with a number of the travelers that have come through I realized there's no better time than now to start hosting.

Interests

• homebrewing
• live music
• jazz
• camping
• sailing
• skiing
• tennis
• nature
• house music
• new experiences
• sunsets
• vinyl records
• burritos
• mixing music
• led art
• led projects
• hifi audio

Music, Movies, and Books

The Chemical Brothers
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I have a soft soft spot for their noises. I like plenty of other sounds as well.

my music blog http://upclose.notpersonal.live/
my soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rsmets
my ra profile: https://www.residentadvisor.net/profile/discodude

During my formative years:
HS Thompson style of writing captivates me every reread (for nearly every piece of work.. hard to track down some of his magazine articles).
Tom Wolfe's electric koolaid acid test was a fun one. No surprise made me a fan of Ken Kessey's penmanship.
Terence McKenna's Food of the Gods

More recently:
Ram Dass' Be Here Now and the post 30 year follow up Be Love Now.
Erich Fromm's The Fear of Freedom
Franz Kafka
Paul Graham's Hackers & Painters

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

stoked i got to be a leading member of the The Journey Project - large scale LED art made for burning man.
source code: https://github.com/tjp-sw/tjp

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to consider myself an infinite learner. Over the years it has been fun to find new ways to soak up others' experiences. I find verbal self expression to actually be a bottle neck in the exchange of human connection. Showing, teaching, and doing are obviously preferred.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Smiles, laughter, good vibes.

I do not really place a high priority on ingestion of food so I'm not the deliverer of your palate's dreams. But I do like me some piping hot underground dance tunes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, United Kingdom, United States