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Overview

  • 34 references 28 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 45, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • English Teacher/ Nomad
  • worthless university degree, autodidact
  • From Los Angeles
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to learn how to be a better person...and drink good red wine

ABOUT ME

Fresh fruit. Wine. Books. Mountains.

PHILOSOPHY

Play. Help others.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate in CS by hosting anyone who wants to come here and by telling EVERYONE else I know to sign up and host others.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted many times and have been hosted twice. All my experiences have been great thus far.

Interests

Jazz and classical music; rock climbing; biking, running, hiking, backpacking; LITERATURE; art (primarily 20th century..Klee, Stihl, Rothko, DeKooning,etc); wine; meeting interesting people, travel, film, frisbee, laughter, sunshine, fresh fruit and veggies, coffee.

  • arts
  • books
  • literature
  • wine
  • red wine
  • coffee
  • running
  • drinking
  • traveling
  • music
  • classical music
  • jazz
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • skiing
  • rock climbing
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Coltrane, Radiohead, Mauler, Rollins, John Adams, Charles Mingus, Tool, Ella Fitzgerald are amongst my favorites. I love books as well: Deleuze, DeLillo, Kafka, Bolano, Pynchon, Kerouac, Miller. Movies: Im a big fan of Godard, Fellini, Kurosawa, early Woody Allen, Wes Anderson and Almodovar.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skiing waist-deep powder with my best friend on June Mountain: I've never been more blissed-out in my life!
Also, watching Everest turn purple at sunset.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Cambodia, France, Guatemala, India, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Spain, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea

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