Jack Metier

Jack Metier

Current Mission: "My current mission is to go, go, go."

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Traveling at the moment Vouched for3

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Contribution
United States
Oregon
Portland
Lat: 45.52361, Lon: -122.675
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General Information

Jack Metier has been vouched for
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Couch availableTraveling at the moment
CouchSurf requests replied to80%
member sinceFebruary 7th, 2007
profile views529
age25
birthday27 March
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genderMale
membernameJACKTMUP
occupationI like to make movies, but usually I help make commercials.
educationI have a BFA in film production from the University of Colorado
grew up inFort Collins, Colorado, United States
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Languages

  • EnglishExpert
  • SpanishBeginner

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I am in the midst a yearlong trip around the world. Hopefully you can stay with me upon my return.

Friends (10)

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Trent Nguyen Trent Nguyen
30, Male
Newport Beach, California
United States
Friends since March 2009
"I stayed at Jacks place. We attempted to eat 30 Voodoo dougnuts. "
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Jack Metier
Met in person   Surfed6   Traveled3  
Aleksandar SekulicAleksandar Sekulic
24, Male
Belgrade, Central Serbia
Serbia
Friends since July 2009
"Met him at the hostel in Dresden"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person   Traveled1  
Amanda Weeks Amanda Weeks
28, Several people
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
United States
Friends since January 1990
"Friend from High School"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Jack Metier
Met in person  
Marco Junghans and Nadine PoitzschMarco Junghans and Nadine Poitzsch
29, Male
Leipzig, Saxony
Germany
Friends since February 2009
"Jack hosted me for a while in Portland"
Friendship Type: Friend
I vouched for Jack Metier
Met in person   Surfed6  
Chuck ChawChuck Chaw
33, Male
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States
Friends since December 2008
"Through CS. "
Friendship Type: Friend
Met in person   Surfed2  
ROCH_PARIS ROCH_PARIS
27, Male
Paris, Ile-de-France
France
Friends since June 2009
"Jack and his sister couchsurfed at my place"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person   Hosted2  
Chris LackChris Lack
24, Male
London, England
United Kingdom
Friends since July 2008
"stayed in his place in lovley Portland"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person   Hosted2   Surfed3  
Lau Busch-Petersen Lau Busch-Petersen
20, Male
Copenhagen, Copenhagen Capital Region
Denmark
Friends since August 2009
"hosted in Copenhagen"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person   Hosted3  
Landon MobladLandon Moblad
23, Male
Chico, California
United States
Friends since March 2009
"Met through mutual couchsurfer"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person  
UCSBBodybuild UCSBBodybuild
37, Male
Santa Barbara, California
United States
Friends since July 2008
"I couchsurfed with Jack for 2 nights in Portland"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person   Surfed2  
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Jack Metier
Ancient Kyoto palace in middleground, modern Kyoto city in background. Me in foreground.
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How I Participate in CS

I like to show my favorite parts of town and often times tag along as new ones are discovered.

Music, Movies, Books

I have a lot of favorite books, more than should technically fall under the category of "favorite." Given the site I'm posting on, here a few that involve a journey.
-"All the Pretty Horses" - Cormac McCarthy writes some of the most beautiful passages I've ever read.
-"The Prince of the Marshes" and "The Places in Between" - Follow Rory Stewart as he walks across Afghanistan and tries to rebuild Iraq.
-"The Catcher in the Rye" - I reread J.D. Salinger's book of teenage angst every couple years and am always amazed by how much my own change in age shapes my view of Holden Caulfield.

There are many others, but some of my favorite movies include:
"The Rules of the Game" and "The Royal Tenenbaums" and anything directed by Werner Herzog.

Locations Traveled

TRAVELED: Japan, Tanzania
LIVED: United States
WANTS TO GO: South Africa
IS GOING TO: Australia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Vietnam

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Aleksandar Sekulic
From Aleksandar Sekulic
 Belgrade, Serbia
 Aug 24
Met in person Good Friend, Traveled 1 days 
Positive

We were hanging around Dresden for just a few hours and this guy was like a trailer for some really cool movie. Knows all kinds of stuff, make sure to bring your notepad if you're meeting him.

Lau Busch-Petersen 
From Lau Busch-Petersen
 Copenhagen, Denmark
 Aug 6
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

I hosted Jack in Copenhagen, he was nice, friendly and chilled out.

WILDKUH
From WILDKUH
 Hamburg, Germany
 Jul 23
Met in person Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Jack is really cool, i'm happy i could host him on his trip around the world, and i really hope to meet him again somewhere on this earth or beyond :)

ROCH_PARIS 
From ROCH_PARIS
 Paris, France
 Jul 14
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Jack and his sister couchsurfed at my place in Paris. It was a brief exchange since they didn't stay long, but it was really nice meeting them, and hearing about their traveling plans around the world. You're very welcome if you transit through Paris again.
Cheers

Landon Moblad
From Landon Moblad
 Chico, United States
 Mar 26
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Met Jack in Portland where he was hosting Marco, a Couchsurfer friend of mine. My band was playing two shows in Portland and despite not knowing anything about us, he came out to both shows with Marco. From the little time we spent together, I could tell Jack is an intelligent, stand-up guy. Hopefully we'll meet up again some day.

Marco Junghans and Nadine Poitzsch
From Marco Junghans and Nadine Poitzsch
 Leipzig, Germany
 Mar 20
Met in person Friend, Surfed 6 days  
Positive

Jack is an absolutely amazing host and an unbelieveable nice, kind and generous person.
He hosted me for for even longer than a usual couch surf stay what I really appreciate!
He has an amazing music collection and knowledge, his plans for the future are exiting, he gave me freedom if I wanted, showed us around or we had great conversations and fun.
All in all I can just recommend him as a host and surfer to the community.

All the best for your travels, keep me posted (-;

Trent Nguyen 
From Trent Nguyen
 Newport Beach, United States
 Mar 20
Met in person Good Friend, Surfed 6 days Traveled 3 days 
Positive

Jack is a wonderful person. He allowed Marcos and I to stay at his house for a couple of days. He is knowledgeable about the Portland area and took his time to get to know me. I highly recommend him. Doughnuts?

Chuck Chaw
From Chuck Chaw
 Pittsburgh, United States
 Dec 11, 2008
Met in person Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Jack is definitely someone you wanna couch surf with. Not only he is very helpful, but he will do the best to provide the best hospitality, and taking time to show you around the city. He has a good selection of books, movies and music, a definite knowledgeable of movies, being a film maker himself. I learned a lot from him..he is a very open minded person, and able to carry a good conversation with anybody. I will definitely host him if he ever needed one or couch surf with him again! Very trust worthy, genuine, and respectful!

Chris Lack
From Chris Lack
 London, United Kingdom
 Jul 31, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Good to see Jack visit me after i stayed in his home. a pleasure to host...
---Jack is a great host, and a welcoming guy! a good collection of films.

UCSBBodybuild 
From UCSBBodybuild
 Santa Barbara, United States
 Jul 9, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Jack is an awesome host -- very generous, considerate, chill, a good conversationalist as well as outdoorsman. Jack took me on an amazing hike up to Triple Falls in the Columbia River Gorge, and afterward we had lunch at a great cafe called The Press Room (with awesome sandwiches and crepes!)

It was great to hangout with someone as passionate about film -- I really enjoyed comparing notes and thoughts on filmmakers and theories. I'm looking forward to seeing some of Jack's films and future projects!

Jessica Yoo
From Jessica Yoo
 San Diego, United States
 Nov 19, 2007
Met in person  
Positive

Jack and his roommate Sean are GOOD PEOPLE! They were able to show us around Portland a little while we were looking for Portland's allegedly best pizza. Both are very easygoing and engaging!

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