Hey there, I'm Mike. I’m currently working in Bratislava till ~November 3rd - get at me and we’ll hang out! (Sorry, can’t host, currently in a hotel).

I believe that variety truly is the spice of life and I'm pretty sure everything is best in moderation, including moderation itself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

An AWESOME resource and love to be a positive force in cultivating its legitimacy and community.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted a few people, always looking to surf/host more

Interests

music, people, philosophy, economics, quality conversation, movies, reading, comedy, the outdoors, mindfulness, social justice, dive-bars, live music, dancing, snowboarding, floating rivers, chilling at lakes, biking, learning different languages, expanding my mind/perspective, the veil of anonymity of night, icebreakers, Buddhism/meditation, camping, road trips, coffee, hiking, canoeing, traveling, culture, shit eatin' grins, seeing how hard I can make someone laugh, intelligent people, reckless abandon, good food, better alcohol, even better people

• culture
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• breakfast
• coffee
• fast food
• meditation
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• live music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• snowboarding
• buddhist
• economics
• languages
• road trips
• lakes
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Spike Jonze & Michel Gondry (& their music videos), Wes Anderson, Stranger than Fiction, Let the Right One In, The Lives of Others, Harold and Maude, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Amelie, I Heart Huckabees, Shaun of the Dead, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Kill Bill, Rushmore, The Big Lebowski, Magnolia, Welcome to the Dollhouse

Books: Freakanomics, Jack Kerouac, Kurt Vonnegut, Crime and Punishment, Bill Bryson, Cormac McCarthy, Albert Camus, Chuck Klosterman, George Orwell, Malcolm Gladwell

Music: Nirvana, Radiohead, TV on the Radio, Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies, Billy Joel, Sufjan Stevens, Ratatat, David Bowie, LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk, Starfucker, My Morning Jacket, Al Green, Supertramp, Dr. Dog, Beatles, Animal Collective, Django Reinhardt, The Ink Spots, Fruit Bats, Of Montreal, Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear and Talking Heads for starters...(Needs to be discussed in person)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have ropeswinged naked off the face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park (which is one of (if not my favorite!) places in the world)

Teach, Learn, Share

-I would like to learn how to cook better! If you have any tips, that would be WONDERFUL

- I know computer stuff!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Ireland, Laos, Norway, Scotland, Slovakia, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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