UPDATE
I’m living in Christchurch for the next 6 months, helping Kiwi tech companies export into other markets. I’d love to meet fellow travelers or locals who’d like to explore the South Island and the Canterbury region. I love live shows, learning new things, exploring, the outdoors, books, movies, deep conversations, and meeting new people.

CURRENT MISSION

See beautiful places, meet amazing people, and experience all that life has to offer

ABOUT ME

I'm an ordained minister, so please call me Father Todd, or daddy. Totally kidding, but I didn't get ordained to officiate my sister's wedding.

Whether it be crashing on someone's couch for a night or spending a few days with a host, I am up for anything. I am here to meet people, travel, and have great experiences. I am easygoing, upbeat, open minded, and always ready to try something new.

I love to spend time getting to know people and hearing their stories. Some of the best times are spent just hanging out and talking.

PHILOSOPHY

Live, laugh, learn, meet new people, create new friendships and have an amazing time

I think that every perspective is valuable and that every voice should be heard. The most important lessons in life are learned through experience and there is nothing more valuable than a worldly experience which can only be gained through exposure to new and different things.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like to go to meet ups and connect with couchsurfers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met up with a handful of couchsurfers in Santa Monica and LA. I just recently (as of April 2022) started joining the Denver weekly meet ups. I also did a few hangouts in Scotland and Ireland in June 2022 and it was a blast!

Interests

Books, movies, and music consume most of my solo free time. I am trying to become a stand up comedian so I am very into comedy right now as well.

• literature
• concerts
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• hiking
• surfing
• sailing
• snowboarding
• storytelling
• film
• improv
• comedy
• roadtrips

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Children of Men, Tampopo, Goodfellas, Finding Nemo, Fargo, Little Miss Sunshine, Blue Velvet, and Annie Hall.

Music: Alternative, Indie, Folk, Hip Hop, Jazz, House, Electronic, and World.

Books: Pale Blue Dot, Enlightenment Now, Blood Meridian, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Breakfast of Champions, and short story collections by authors like Joan Didion, Etgar Keret, David Foster Wallace, George Saunders, Jorge Luis Borges, Haruki Murakami, and Raymond Carver, .

Podcasts: Huberman Lab, Lex Fridman Podcast, Page One - The Writer's Room, Tim Ferriss Podcast, and We Might be Drunk,

Audiobooks: Too many to count (almost all nonfiction)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I was in New Zealand, I bungee jumped over the Nevis and loved it so much I knew I had to go skydiving. I then skydived over Fox Glacier. It was incredible to see Mt. Cook and the Alps, the Glacier, the forests, then the plains full of grazing cows, and then the golden beaches and the Tazman sea. It was so powerful that my partner at the time and I went skydiving again over Lake Taupo. She was so inspired by the experience that she started a women's empowerment group that takes women skydiving.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a life long learner! I love connecting with people whose backgrounds and philosophies are different than mine. Happy to share anything.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States

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