PINKFISH 38, Female Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland Netherlands Friends since December 2007 "sharing houses, thoughts and work in 3 continents so far, still continuing :-)" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Mattthew Brauer 30+30+
Erin Fleming 32, Female San Francisco, California United States Friends since October 2005 "Mattthew lives further down the hall from me." Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Mattthew Brauer
Charish Badzinski 40, Female La Crosse, Wisconsin United States Friends since February 2008 "Worked together on CouchSurfing. " Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Mattthew Brauer
Sidney Bosley 32, Male San Francisco, California United States Friends since March 2004 "one of my regula pals here in SF - it's a small, small world!" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Mattthew Brauer
SKAG 37, Female San Francisco, California United States Friends since 2004 "Lucky me! That's all I can say"
Paul Chilvers 37, Male San Francisco, California United States Friends since March 2005 "san fran" Friendship Type: Good Friend
Hillary Murray 27, Female Ubud, Bali (Lesser Sunda) Indonesia Friends since October 2006 "Collecting in Quincy and New Zealand... parties in SF and the playa... Love living life with TTT around." Friendship Type: Good Friend I vouched for Mattthew Brauer 127
YEAHLENA 26, Female Berkeley, California United States Friends since September 2006 "met him first in the desert at the cs camp and by now we are neighbors" Friendship Type: Good Friend I vouched for Mattthew Brauer
Promitheus 32, Male Norwich, Norfolk England Friends since July 2008 "we're on the same duty for a better world one couch at a time :)" Friendship Type: Good Friend 5
Rachel Gregg 31, Female Oakland, California United States Friends since March 2006 "TTT was a roommate to my very very good friend. We have hung out many times in many situations." Friendship Type: Friend
Whatever I am, I was made for San Francisco, a town where you can do whatever you want to do, and look however you want to look. The more creative the better. No judgements. It's a beautiful magical city, and I'm in love with it.
I'm a grateful, inspired, hard working, but easy-going person. I love sharing the adventure of life with old friends and new acquaintances as much as I love reflecting on the mystery of life by myself.
Please note that I am actually quite a bit younger than 101 :)
CouchSurfing Experience
Some of my most fantastic and memorable experiences have been with total strangers. I'm indebted to many people who have offered me their home and company. Surfing and hosting never gets old.
Interests
Arts, music, film and theater, science, philosophies, the abstract and romantic, the visceral and concrete, nature and technology, plants, animals, and humanity.
My philosophy is to reach out and stretch further every day. My morality is the golden rule, and I believe no one wishes to be judged. I believe psychedelic plants have spiritual, medicinal, and recreational value, are proven safer than alcohol, and should therefore be legalized.
Music, Movies, Books
Favorite movie of the moment: Happy Go Lucky
Film: Kieslovski, Kubrick, Casavettes, Anderson, Ashby, Altman
Music: Down-tempo, Hip-hop, Bluegrass, Psychedelic Rock, Ambient
Books: Alan Watts, Raymond Carver, Eric Schlosser, Malcolm Gladwell, Douglas Hofstadter
Types of People I enjoy
Anyone kind and tolerant, especially lovers of compassionate personal freedom. Introverts, extroverts, outer and inner space explorers. Freaks and misfits, old and young.
Teach, Learn, Share
Did you know that you can completely avoid jet-lag (disrupted sleep patterns due to changing time-zones)? I've tried the technique many times, and for me it's completely effective. It has made traveling so much easier! Others have told me it wasn't perfect for them, but still helped a great deal. I didn't invent this - it's a proven technique. If you don't believe me, Google it :)
All you have to do is fast (don't eat anything) for at least 14 hour prior to your first meal in the new time-zone. Also, your first meal must be at a normal meal time. So let's say that you'll arrive 8pm in the new time-zone. In that case, you can eat when you arrive. To plan your first meal before the fast, subtract 14 hours (6am) and convert to your current time-zone. Now let's say instead that you'll arrive at 3am in the new time-zone. Since that's not a normal meal time, wait until your normal breakfast time (e.g. 7am) to have your first meal. Again, to plan your last meal before the fast, subtract 14 hours (5pm) and convert to your current time zone.
It's really not that hard to fast for 14 hours. If you feel hungry, drink as much water or juice as you like (but avoid caffeine). Airplane food tastes bad anyway, plus you'll avoid the feeling of bloating that is caused by digesting at high altitude. Avoiding several days of feeling tired and waking up in the middle of the night is worth a few hours of a grumbling stomach, right?
The reason this works is because your sleep cycle is connected to your hunger cycle. You eat in the evening, then you sleep, you're hungry again by the time you wake up, then you eat again. When you change time-zones your body is still stuck in the old hunger/sleep cycle. Part of why you feel awake in the middle of the night is because - even if you've eaten recently - your body knows that it's time to wake up and search for food. By fasting for 14 hours, your body looses track of when it's supposed to be hungry. Then by eating again at a normal time in the new time-zone, you reset your hunger cycle, and your sleep cycle follows along.
If you meet me, I can also teach various styles of relaxation and meditation, how to crack and egg with one hand, and a few origami folds.
One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done
I've breathed underwater, hitchhiked with a pig, climbed on a glacier, met celebrities, escaped near death, had riches and lived with nothing, experienced Burning Man, found myself lost in the woods, left my body, awoken within a dream, spoken with the voice of the universe, fallen in love, and totaled a car.
Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org Project
It's been a crazy ride! I love it more than ever. Without exception, every visitor to my couch has been enjoyable. The vast majority of them have been fun as hell, and close to half of them have been stupendously wonderful. I feel very lucky to get to do this!
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Trip has a great energy and makes everybody feel welcome...We've been to some fun events together therefore I can only imagine traveling with him would be a grand experience.let's go concerting again soon:)
TTT, is a groovy, stand-up guy. Where some people don't do much with their lives, others live on Battleships and fight for the nomad community. Good job, TTT.
Trip is an awesome host with a fun, easy-going personality and great fashion :) He showed us Haight-Ashbury, the Castro, Golden Gate park, and several other sweet spots in San Francisco. I learned so much in only three days; he has such a spark in his personality that it would be impossible not to have fun with him. He was the perfect host for my first time couch surfing, and I'll be contacting him every time I'm in town!!
From Karen_KDT42 San Francisco, United States Aug 11, 2011
Positive
TTT is a friendly and warm fellow CS Ambassador who is always a willing to lend a hand for an event and great resource for advice on CS! I've had the pleasure of hanging out with Triple T at various CS events around SF and it's always a fun time!
Thanks, Trip, for all that you do. :)
From Nora Bean San Francisco, United States Aug 11, 2011
Positive
he is a great person with a giving and thoughtful heart. I really enjoy my times of connecting with triple T :)
Trip is a really inspiring person and I mean it. He is very sensible and with a very characteristic sense of humour which I (and everybody) loves.
Also a good listener which makes him a perfect mate for all of those who like to tell stories!! :)
Well, he's got much more good qualities but lets just say I have seen few people with more personality than trip, you shouldn't loose your chance to meet him.
Trip is the man. Super friendly, easy guest, didn't mind sleeping in the packed house, and was an active participant in all the activity at our house that weekend!
From Will Perry Atlanta, United States Jul 7, 2011
Positive
We have a mutual friend who introduced us on my trip to san fran. Trip and I grabbed some good sushi and then headed off to the hookah dome party at the supper club. Great spot! Fun times with fun friends. Im looking forward to getting out there again soon. Thanks for showing my around buddy!
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