Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By being an open minded member of this community and a gracious house guest promoting good etiquette.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had fantastic couch surfing experiences and hope to have many more!

Interests

aesthetics (all things art), big speakers, things that go fast (ie: motorcycles!), language, sharp items (like wit), books, music, making things, alternative fashion, taking pictures, spray paint, tattoos, ribbon and lace, antiques, old oddities in general, climbing things, flesh hook suspension, records, curios, thrift shops, circus antics, flatware, tea, coffee, the art of conversation, the sublime, riddles, puzzles, words, rocks, plants, thinking..etc.

• arts
• books
• beauty
• tattoos
• dancing
• capoeira
• swing dancing
• dining
• baking
• running
• motorcycles
• thrifting
• clothing
• traveling
• puzzles
• painting
• music
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• rock climbing
• swimming
• cinema
• tea
• film photography
• alchemy
• printmaking
• style
• botany
• welding
• kundalini yoga
• fine metal work

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: I adore cinema! Some cheaply made, terribly terrible movies that you watch at 3am.. Independent..and not so independent; japanese random delights, old horror, foreign surrealist oddness, a multitude of documentaries, B&W classics, the strange, thought provoking, bizarre, humorous, beautiful and informative- in general. ie: Pedro Almodóvar; Park, Chan-Wook; Terry Gilliam, Quentin Tarantino, Jim Jarmusch, Sunset Blvd., Survive Style Five, The Salton Sea, Suddenly, Last Summer, Battle Royal, Breathless, Preaching to the Perverted, The Forbidden Zone, Central Station, Europa, Europa, Century of Self Happiness Machines, Night on Earth
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Music: From Drum and Bass to Jazz (pre-WWII) to Trip-Hop to Punk Rock to French Hip Hop to Country to World to Black Metal to Samba to Circus to Breakcore and all the holes in between.
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Books: - from Capote to Vasquez to Gaiman to Vonnegut, Thompson, Sartre, Hoffman, Kant, Palahniuk, Keats, Dickinson, Bukowski, Salinger, Fitzgerald, Eliot, Nietzche, Robbins, Blake, Hesse, Parker, PKD, Brennan, Kamins and on and forth...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Handstands on Masada, playing Capoeira in as many places (countries) as possible! I've seen the sunrise and the moon set at the same time on top of a desert mountain. Running thru the streets of Paris at 3 am, finding my way underground. Motorcycling to waterfalls in SE Asia. Meeting lifelong friends while hitchhiking. Giving a stranger a bit of light on their dark outlook.

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy sharing experiences and stories. I enjoy cooking and skill trades. I enjoy keeping a varied skill set.

I want to learn:
Most anything, especially Language! From Plant Identification to crochet.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, drinks, stories, good company and useful skills.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States