CURRENT MISSION

Show off my city

ABOUT ME

I was confused about life, my studies, and my friends. So I dropped everything, worked like a dog, and have headed to Europe...and the Middle East...and South East Asia. And now I'm back home and ready to pay forward the amazing hospitality I received during my trip.

Myself: I am open-minded, friendly, and adaptable. I need variety. I love going out and meeting people, socializing, laughing, drinking, and getting a taste of a country's culture you don't get from guidebooks.

PHILOSOPHY

An unaimed arrow never misses its mark.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Wasn't expecting much, discovered a vibrant secret community of travelers, ex-pats, and eccentrics.

Interests

Reading
Food, wine, beer, spirits (especially trying new ones)
Current events/ politics
Tennis (I'm horrible, but I still enjoy it)
Backgammon, poker, any new board/card games to pass time of the road.
Drinking and exchanging stories.

• dogs
• culture
• writing
• oktoberfest
• dining
• wine
• beer
• partying
• drinking
• politics
• reading
• socializing
• poker
• olympics
• tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Good Will Hunting, Donnie Darko, Oldboy, The Perfect Human, Pulp Fiction, Inception, Shrink, The Departed, Oh-Ricky: The Story of Ricky.

Music:
Beirut, Neutral Milk Hotel, Smokey Robinson, Kap Bambino, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Notorious B.I.G., The Pixies, Justice, Daft Punk, Vampire Weekend, Ratatat, Nirvana, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Five Alarm Funk, Radiohead, Bloody Beetroots, Dusty Springfield.

Books:
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordechai Richler; Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; On The Road by Jack Karouac; For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway; A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess; Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond; The War for Civilization by Robert Fisk; A Brief History of the Universe by Stephen Hawkings.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The 2010 Olympics in my home city.

A long day of drinking and partying at Oktoberfest: 1L beers, raw radishes, and a sea of Liederhosen and Drindls.

And many others I'm not going to commit to writing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy writing (and reading) and am quite good with essays, grammar, clarity, etc. I can really help improve a person's writing.
I have a bit of bartending experience, so maybe I could pour a couple drinks!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Macedonia, Mexico, Netherlands, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Slovakia

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