Been here in San Diego for 8 years, originally from New York and Boston. Active and adventurous; surfing, yoga, freediving, mountain biking, backpacking.... Down to earth and open minded!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Living alone has its perks, but it gets boring! I much prefer the "local" perspective when traveling, if I can share my city with you, maybe someday you can share your city with me!

Interests

Fitness, health, nutrition, Spirituality, philosophy

• poetry
• beer
• fitness
• yoga
• raves
• blogging
• adventure races
• surfing
• swimming
• diving

Music, Movies, and Books

deep house, reggae, indy pop, trap/hip hop

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have a poetry blog. Below is a something I wrote while backpacking in Thailand. I had just finished an amazing overnight stay in the Jungle, and wanted to somehow hold on to those feelings I felt. It was a selfish piece really, to jump back into that moment when I needed :)

Right now I am happy,
I am content,
I am destined,
I am within the fruition of my labors, the calmness of my heart, the stillness of my mind.
I am in this moment, so that I can remember that I have been here before, and will return again.
In this trife life I live the rapids of excess,
the turmoil of success,
never enough,
never satisfied.
I live within this gruff, fortuned and infinite my reach, bleak and grim is my outlook on the eyes turned inward.
I will pray to keep this stillness,
to find my way back to this palace, swim through teeth grinned waters back to your oasis,
suffered through bullets and burning bombs back to your creation
back to your manifestation
back to your sanitarium
back to your salvation
back to your loving heart's embracing racing destination.
And If I can and then I will,
and by my will I shall know the peace,
know this feast of scrumptious luscious reflection of beauty and complicated completion staring back at me through this mirror of my time here...
So have a beer on me on this present being of my moment of peace,
and to you my future self my futures felt,
I prepare a toast to you to remember,
to always remember
that this piece of you is its entirety,
it's always here, It'll always be waiting for your return, and when you ever steer course in wrong ways,
darkened days
with black bleak waters cursing down in a thunderous haze of jungles of twisted vines in a torturous maze,
I'll resurface to your call and to clasp your hand, and to lead you back here, to where we will laugh about this all, and to say -

what a day, what a lesson learned what a day we had today oh what a day,
oh my Buddha what a day.

So cheers to you adventurer,
cheers to your ups and downs,
cheers to your search for infinite wisdom and happiness here without time.
Cheers to your will, to your fight,
this life here
this life taken to new heights
is certainly worth living
And most certainly,
it's worth loving.

-Julien

What I Can Share with Hosts

420 Friendly. Good views and good laughs.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Spain, Thailand