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Bass Lake, California, United States
@YOSEMITEKEN
Member since 2009
CURRENT MISSION To enjoy life to the fullest while being kind to others ABOUT ME I was born into a middle-class family, my father was a teacher, both highschool and college. My mom was a great housemom who occasionally substitute-taught and was a real-estate agent. I have one elder sister. I had a great childhood, lots of camping, fishing and spending time at the family-cabin at Bass Lake. I am an intellectual type, love to read, love languages, history, etc. I am a virulent environmental-skeptic, I know we (humans) have polluted the earth, but really, climates fluctuate, CO2 is not a toxin and "cap and trade" is just a global tax to make money. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_skepticism I am a Libertarian-Traditionalist, I believe that LESS government is BETTER. I am a strong believer in individual rights and freedom. The "war on terror" and climate-change are just diversions to keep us simple people busy while the banks take over the world. Also love to be outdoors, espcially backpacking or camping in any alpine mountain-range. Love nature, love food, music.. PHILOSOPHY Live and let live but am willing to defend myself and loved ones if need me. I am a Libertarian, no American, or anyone from any land, should be arrested pr persecuted for what he says, for what s/he thinks, for what s/he owns or puts in his/her body, in other words we are free and government is there to serve US, not we, to serve government. I am a freemarket capitalist, but admit that capitalism can go too far at times. I am against idiot hatespeech laws, who determines what is hateful. I am a contitutionalists. Hedonism 95% Existentialism 95% Justice (Fairness) 80% Strong Egoism 80% Utilitarianism 65% Kantianism 30% Nihilism 30% Divine Command 15% Apathy 5%
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Dining out
Fluent in English
Learning Danish
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Huh? COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE none so far.
Music, Movies, and Books
"The Good, Bad and the Ugly", "Dr. Strangelove", "2001", "Clockwork Orange", "Colossus-The Forbin Project", "Fail-Safe", "The Andromena Strain", It's a Wonderful Life", "Casa Blanca", "Patton", also like Dogma95 films, Swedish films, like "The Seventh Seal". Books....nonfiction, lnaguages, history, etc.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Greece,Corfu, Santorina, Mykonos, the HighSierra, where I live, have hiked (just a wee but here and there and now and then) PCT (Pacific Crest Trail), half of the JMT (John Muir Trail). Crater Lake, Oregon, the Cascades. Sweden, Norway, etc.
Teach, Learn, Share
I can learn something from just about anybody
My Interests
Indo-European linguistics, Germanic linguistics (Scandinavian, Gothic, Ingvaeonic) The Classics,Ancient Rome and Greece, history, physical anthropology, mountains, my British (both Celtic, Scots, Irish, Welsh and Germanic, English and Lowland-Scots) ancestry. I have too many interests.