CURRENT MISSION

To spread the love....

ABOUT ME

I have champagne taste on a beer budget. I am into good music, good food, good people, good films, good art and the good life. I am easy going and try not to get too far ahead of myself. I love to meet new people.

PHILOSOPHY

Everyday I learn more and everyday I know less. And to quote the Fab Four "all you need is love"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I found this site while living with a wonderful family in their home on an island in south west France. My girlfriend Elisa and I used CS in France while we were there and now host whenever we can. Akron, Ohio is not what you might call a destination hot spot so our guests are not as frequent as we would like. More people should visit us in The Rubber City (this is where it was invented).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have yet to have one through this website but I asure you I have spent many a night couchsurfing throughout the homes of friends.

Update: I have now had two CS experiences in France and am about to have my third and have decided that this is the greatest idea to hit the internet since, well, The Internet.

Update:Update: We use CS whenever we can, to stay and to have stay.

Interests

I am interested in everything, politics, art, music, film, cookouts, dancing, sailing, fishing, drinking, substances of varying legality.

• arts
• books
• dancing
• dining
• beer
• drinking
• politics
• movies
• cars
• music
• jazz
• fishing
• sailing
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Jerk, David Lynch films, Jean-Pierre Jeunet films, Jim Jarmusche films, Charlie Kaufman films, Human Nature, Woody Allen films, Goonies, Charade, The Hustler, P.T Anderson films, Wes Anderson films, Neverending Story, Anything with Richard Pryor and Gene Wylder, Superbad, Lars and the Real Girl, Knocked Up...

Music: Built to Spill, Jakeway, Langhorne Slim, Black Mountain, Pete and The Pirates, The Black Keys, Electrick Six, Van Morrison, Johnny Cash, The Decemberists,Otis Redding, Kings of Leon, Percy Sledge, The Animals, Dinosaur Jr., Bill Withers...

Books: 1984, anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Anthem, Brave New World, Women, Cash by Johnny Cash, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Jesus' Son....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Getting to this point in my life. I have seen bison stampede in Wyoming and an excivated mountain full of dinosaur bones in Utah. I have been to the Statue of Liberty and partied excessively for a week straight in Los Angeles. I have spent too much money on a hotel room and not regreted it. I have seen more live bands than I could ever recall. I have spent the night on a beach in Florida and drove to the Florida Keys for the day. I have talked my way out of as many traffic tickets as I have recieved. I have slept under a bridge in Paris while lisening to three men play jazz music. I have lived on an island without roads or cars or non nautical ways to arrive there. I have been locked up and I have been free. I have realized that it is in fact all good.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have droves of useless knowledge about films, books and music, and I am willing to share this with anyone who wants to know.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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