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Overview

  • Currently a deckhand on board motor yacht Shandor, I desi...
  • BA Vis. Com. & Graphic Design
  • From Cape Town, South Africa
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Working on super yachts. Being a tourist in between.

ABOUT ME

I am almost always late but never a no-show. I have a habit of saying more than doing. A bad habit I have been working on since January. I like getting excited by things, they consume me. Then I forget about them. Drinking is fun too, especially when unplanned and excessive. The downside is my memory fails me when I drink. My camera attempts to fill this void. Surfing makes me smile. Not having done it in nearly a year does not.

PHILOSOPHY

None that I live by.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have had two Swedish girls surf on my couch at my old apartment in Cape Town although they did so through my housemates CS profile and i don't even think I was at home at the time.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Newbie. Keen to join the community.

Interests

I look at things people make, design and photography in particular. I also design and photograph things, but not enough. Trance and electro parties make my legs move. Sometimes independently of one another. I like to buy things. Brands and trends effect me severely. I deny this fact flatly.

  • design
  • photography
  • partying
  • drinking
  • surfing
  • animation

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES [at the moment]
In To The Wild
The Life Aquatic
Natural Born Killers

MUSIC [At the moment]
Eddie Vedder
John Vanderslice
Metric
Dert
Mickey Avalon
DJ Shadow
Parov Stelar
The Sounds
The Presets
Royksopp remixes

BOOKS:
Mostly ones with pictures. And Roald Dahl

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crossed the South Atlantic in a 46 foot catamaran.

Teach, Learn, Share

I Can teach photography, Adobe photoshop & illustrator etc. Screen printing techniques and how to tie a whole bunch of knots.

I would like to learn to speak Spanish.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Spain, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, New Zealand, South Africa, United States

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