CURRENT MISSION

Six months work, six months travel

ABOUT ME

For better or worse, I've lived here in lil d-town pretty much my whole life. It's pretty casual here. A college town, the crowd is pretty diverse and its loaded with musicians, so its not difficult to find a good band around here, especially jazz.
The past twelve years have found me working interiors around Dallas/Fort Worth, helping bring color into people's homes by painting murals, decorative art, and faux finishes.
I suppose my past mission was to be the catalyst for the public art program here in Denton. There really hasn't been much in the way of art around town except in galleries, so I made it a point to pursue opportunities that allowed art to be seen by people on a daily basis.
Things are starting to look up in that regard so I think it's about time to pick a new mission...maybe travel to all the places people keep having me paint pictures of and soak me up some culture while I'm at it...That sounds like a good one.

PHILOSOPHY

To pursue the greater masterpiece.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just found the site before my trip, so I haven't had the opportunity to host anyone yet. I have, however, been lucky enough to find a few great people to hang out with along my journey through CS.
I look forward to being a host when I get back to the states.
I think Ill pick up more hitchhikers from now on too.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I spent six months rambling across Europe and surfed somewhere around twenty couches...though not all of them were part of the CS site.
I'm glad to have found the group and intend to continue in the spirit of sharing.

Interests

Ive been spending alot of time here lately playing golf (though my handicap is around 200), disc golf, and off-road biking (though I've taken a nasty tumble that I still haven't recovered from).
Born into being a Dallas Cowboy fan, I played football in high school and am still a big fan of sports, but not necessarily following them.
Snowskiing, boarding, rock climbing, rapelling, camping, hiking, canoeing, tennis, raquetball, baseball, ping-pong, you name it...if its outdoors or competitive, I'm all over it.
Wishing I got into playing music a long time ago, I've been playing harmonica and percussion with a country/blues band here and there at some of the local pubs.
Some buddies took me out to the range here a while back and I've found firearms to be a great big bunch of fun. Could be that's the Texan in me shining through.

• arts
• culture
• coloring
• pub crawls
• off-roading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• jazz
• blues
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• sports
• baseball
• rock climbing
• soccer
• tennis
• golf

Music, Movies, and Books

A bit of a movie hound, I dig both the explosive, ridiculously monster-budget hollywood romps as well as the beautiful character-driven independant yawns.
Here's a few of the foreign films I've seen recently that I recommend. I might have gotten the countries wrong.
(FR)Delicatassen, The Beat My Heart Skipped, Man Bites Dog, L'Enfant, La Femme Nakita, Cache, Renaissance, The Page Turner, Moonlight, Free Zone, Barbarian Invasions, Lemming, 13 Tzameti, The Chorus, Blame It on Fidel, City of Lost Children
(SP)Volver, Unconsious, Talk to Her, Mondays in the Sun
(MEX)Cronos, Pan's Labyrinth, El Mariachi
(GER)Downfall, Before the Fall, The Lives of Others, Wings of Desire, Run Lola Run
(ITA)Life is Beautiful, The Last Emperor, Fists in the Pocket, 1900, Good Morning Night, The Passenger
(JAP)Audition, Ju-On, Time, Ringu, Hidden Fortress, Zatoichi:The Blind Swordsman, Nobody Knows, The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
(HK)Triad Election, Kung-Fu Hustle
(CHN)The Killer, A Better Tomorrow, Crouching Tiger..., Hero, Fist of Legend, Once Upon a Time in China, Fearless, Mountain Patrol
(SKOR)Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
(BRA)City of God, Mendy, Central Station, Almost Brothers
(COL)La Sierra
(ARG)The Aura, The Motorcycle Diaries,Y Tu Mama Tabien, Intimate Stories
(IND)The Warrior, Water, Born Into Brothels
(IRAN)Iron Island, Daybreak
(PAL)Paradise Now
(ISR)Comrade, Campfire, Schwartz Dynasty
(SWD)Evil
(HOL)Black Book
(HUN)Fateless
(RUS)The Return
(CZK)Alice, Something Like Happiness
(ROM)Death of Mr. Lazarascu
(POL)A Knife in the Water, Sara, Pigs
(DEN)Noi, The Boss of it All
(NOR)Monster Thursday

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bum-trekked Sentieri Degli Dei off the Amalfi coast.
Hiked my bum off; 26 km across the island of Novalja in Croatia.
Slept next to bums on the street in Verona.
Hitch-hiked like a bum from Aix-en-Provence to Lyon.
Scrambled to save my bum from the bulls in Pamplona.
Awoke under a bench like a bum in Peniche,Portugal after a bender.
Not necessarily all that amazing...I know...what a bummer.

Teach, Learn, Share

Since I've made art a major part of my way of life, I'm more than happy to collaborate on any projects that may be in the works.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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