Jordan Rein

Jordan Rein

Current Mission: "survive the Portland heat wave and make it to NY by the fall"

Personal Designations

Maybe has couch available Vouched for10

Community Designations

Contribution
United States
New York
Brooklyn
Lat: 40.65, Lon: -73.95
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General Information

Jordan Rein has been vouched for
VERIFIED MEMBER Identity Checked, Location Pending more info
Couch availableMaybe
CouchSurf requests replied to90%
member sinceDecember 25th, 2004
profile views4049
age26
genderMale
membernameTESORO
occupationGraphic Designer
educationBA in Graphic Design
grew up inDenver
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Languages

  • EnglishExpert
  • ItalianIntermediate
  • SpanishBeginner

Groups I Belong To

New York City 17853:52357
Why: moving to NY!
NYC Rents & Sublets - CS Apartments/Roommates. NO COUCH REQUESTS 914:2279
Why: apartment hunting
West Coast, North America 173:103Airlines (low-cost, budget, cheap flights) 6708:5719
Why: because I like cheap flights
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Couch Information


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Couch Available: Maybe
Preferred Gender: Any
Max Surfers Per Night: 2

Shared Sleeping Surface: Depends
Shared Room: Depends

lots of non-CS guests staying here so it depends

I live in a room with no windows in prospect heights. The room next to mine has a couch and a private door... also no windows. There is a really sweet dog and the roommates smoke on the fire escape (in the kitchen) sometimes. Not sure how my roommates will feel about hosting but I can check. There are subway stops a few blocks away, and for the time being I don't really have a job so I'm happy to show you around (even though I don't really know what to show you).

Friends (59)

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Diego BasabeDiego Basabe
27, Male
Portland, Oregon
United States
Friends since April 2007
"Jordan is a total shlemiel with a petseleh and unfortunately i have become the shlimazle. Oi vai!"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
Met in person  
MARISSA_AURORA MARISSA_AURORA
24, Female
Portland, Oregon
United States
Friends since August 2002
"school, travelling..."
Friendship Type: Close Friend
I vouched for Jordan Rein
Met in person   Traveled30+  
Melissa MortonMelissa Morton
27, Female
Denver, Colorado
United States
Friends since January 1997
"We met in high school and he has been my bff ever since!"
Friendship Type: Best Friend
Met in person  
Mike EdmondsonMike Edmondson
24, Male
Walnut Creek, California
United States
Friends since October 2001
"Fukin college man"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
Met in person   Hosted6   Traveled16  
Olivia WycoffOlivia Wycoff
25, Female
Portland, Oregon
United States
Friends since October 2002
"skewl"
Friendship Type: Friend
Met in person  
STENZELLE STENZELLE
33, Female
Vientiane, Vientiane
Laos
Friends since March 2007
"I couchsurfed Jordan's house in Portland and we traveled the Utah Canyonlands"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Jordan Rein
Met in person   Surfed2   Traveled7  
Nathan RuschNathan Rusch
23, Male
Seattle, Washington
United States
Friends since October 2008
"He gives me terrible news every day of my life (except Sundays) and I just keep coming back for more. That's got to be love, right?"
Friendship Type: Friend
Met in person   Hosted2   Surfed1  
This DauwalderThis Dauwalder
28, Male
Merligen, Bern
Switzerland
Friends since July 2009
"We had a pleasant encounter with Jim Beam together on the beach."
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person   Traveled2  
Lauren CallawayLauren Callaway
26, Female
Taipei City, Taipei
Taiwan
Friends since September 2002
"college!"
Friendship Type: Friend
Met in person  
Katrina Light Katrina Light
25, Female
Brooklyn, New York
United States
Friends since September 2002
"the disco"
Friendship Type: Friend
I vouched for Jordan Rein
Met in person  
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Personal Description

Social, open minded, restless...always eager to meet new people and experience new things. Kind of a techie dork... WAAAY too much computer time. I enjoy sharing my life and my city with others and learning about other people's lifestlyles. Love for cities and nature. Not a picky eater. There are very few things I won't eat. Pretty dry sense of humor and not very "PC" or easily offended.

How I Participate in CS

Hosting, surfing, and traveling with CSers. Helping organize community events (though I could probably be doing more of this)... once borrowed a car for 2 weeks in New Zealand from a CSer! What a nice guy. Gotta love this community!

CouchSurfing Experience

Traveling through US, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. Hosting and surfing many a couch.


visited 22 states (9.77%)
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visited 37 states (74%)
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Interests

electronic/rock/rap music, art, design, juggling a soccer ball, snowboarding, my bike, computers, whiskey, road trips and traveling.

Philosophy

aliens DO exist.

Music, Movies, Books

COOL AS ICE (in a "it's so bad it's good" kind of way), Big Lebowski, Donnie Darko, Mighty Boosh, It's always sunny in Philadelphia, Mr. Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Will Farrell, Zach Galifianakis, Quentin Tarantino...

Girl Talk, Outkast, Of Montreal, Cut Copy, Justice, Caribou, The Knife, MF Doom, Andrew Bird, LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk, Lil Wayne, Jay Z, Notorious BIG, Ratatat, RJD2, Sparklehorse, Sufjan Stevens, TV on the Radio, the Unicorns, Ennio Morricone, David Byrne...

achewood.com, boingboing.net, failblog.org, fmylife.com, hipsterrunoff.com, fuckyoupenguin.blogspot.com,

Kurt Vonnegut, J.D. Salinger, Chuck Palahniuk, Dark Tower Series, The Beach...

Types of People I enjoy

I guess I tend to gravitate towards straight forward, opinionated, smart, sarcastic, creative, sincere people that have some sort of passion in their lives.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach guitar, graphic design/digital art, and electronic music. I want to learn about anything and everything.

One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done

cliff jumping in Hana (Maui), hiking the Na Pali Coast (Kauai) meeting Mike Tyson in Las Vegas, watching a meteor shower in yellowstone, sleeping on the street for a night in Barcelona, skydiving in Queenstown, NZ.

Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org Project

Brilliant...

Locations Traveled

TRAVELED: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican
LIVED: Italy, United States
WANTS TO GO: Argentina, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Finland, India, Jamaica, Japan, Peru, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand

References

 
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Stephanie Marsh
From Stephanie Marsh
 Philadelphia, United States
 Sep 22
Met in person Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Josh was a wonderful house guest! He is an interesting person that has a lot of stories about travels and such. I hope that we will stay friends for a long time, so i can hear about his new adventures. We will be visiting him soon in NY.

Julie Lehenbauer
From Julie Lehenbauer
 Kansas City, United States
 Sep 1
Met in person Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

jordan only stayed with me for one night but i think we did a very worthy number of things in that time.. attended a gallery opening, beer, entertained guests, whiskey, went to a park, made cinnamon toast, ate a fried cinnamon roll, etc. he even got to practice his first aid skills when i fell down.
hopefully i will see you in new york! thanks for being such a good sport, and please revisit kc!
julie

Zoe Pedziwiatr
From Zoe Pedziwiatr
 Kansas City, United States
 Aug 31
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Jordan was such a great couchsurfer because he is seriously just an all around cool person. I really really enjoyed spending time with him and would totally host him again/plan to stay in touch.

Lindsay Reed 
From Lindsay Reed
 Pittsburgh, United States
 Aug 31
Met in person Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Jordan is totally easy-going and a great guy - we went to a college party where we complained that the music was too loud and yelled at the kids to get off our lawn. I also hung out with him in Brooklyn and we danced under an overpass and ate purse pizza at 4 am. Welcome to the east coast, and you should def come back to pittsburgh soon. Suki will give you tuna-flavored kisses.

Ashlee Green
From Ashlee Green
 Bainbridge Island, United States
 Aug 9
Met in person Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Hands down, Jordan was the most interesting guy I met while traveling through the West Coast. He's bright, witty, a great cook and one hell of a booze hound! His cat's OK too. Hope to see him again sooner than later :)

Ozella Out
From Ozella Out
 Groningen, Netherlands
 Jul 21
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 3 days 
Positive

When Jordan met me and my travel partner for coffee, he went camping on a deserted driftwood beach the next day! Had a great time with him. He is funny, social, impulsive and in short: a great guy :) After a certain amount of apple juice-smacked Jim Beam we had some interesting conversations... Hope that he’ll come to Holland soon !

This Dauwalder
From This Dauwalder
 Merligen, Switzerland
 Jul 18
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 2 days 
Positive

Jordan is a very easy going and helpful person. He introduced me to his good friend Jim Beam and showed me a very nice beach I would never have found by myself. He speaks english very clear ;-)
I look forward to host Jordan in Switzerland and show him a good time!

Emily and Ruthanne Price 
From Emily and Ruthanne Price
 Austin, United States
 May 17
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

met up for drinks in portland, fun & friendly guy! unfortunately we didn't get to stay with him, but you definitely should!

Pete Kass 
From Pete Kass
 Portland, United States
 May 4
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Met Jordan through some girls who were staying with me for a few nights. Had a blast, wish he'd come out for kareoke. Hope there's a next time!

FRIJOLES
From FRIJOLES
 Seattle, United States
 Apr 14
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

For getting to know each other for only one night, we had good conversation and similar interests. Jordan is a cool guy and a good designer. Hopefully we'll get to hang out again someday and we can play with that kaos pad ;)

Magali Greze
From Magali Greze
 Lyon, France
 Jan 14
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Jordan was a great host, last minute he offered his room and showed us all Portland beauties : PBR, coffee and Voodoo donut of course! Thanks again and I can't wait to see your jor'dance show in France!

Caroline Hengy
From Caroline Hengy
 Ligsdorf, France
 Jan 13
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Zay Zay Zay Zay Touloutoutoutou, Wohooow !
Real good time spent with Jordan, going out and doing some music records together. Jordance band on the floor !
Thank you !! Hope we will meet us again, maybe in France. You're really welcome !

Jill+Alice = Jalice May 
From Jill+Alice = Jalice May
 Portland, United States
 Jan 10
Met in person Surfed 10 days  
Positive

Jordan was good enough to drive me to and from his place so that I could avoid lugging my suitcases on the bus. And he offered me just about everything I would need to crash at his place and feed his cat while he was out of town. Overall, he was courteous and pleasant and he has excellent taste in literature. (He gave me permission to read his books). I hope to get to know him better during my time here in Portland.

Eloisa Trinidad
From Eloisa Trinidad
 New York, United States
 Jan 9
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Jordan was a great host! I was sick and only had one day in Portland. He made it worth the while :)

Nathan Rusch
From Nathan Rusch
 Seattle, United States
 Dec 9, 2008
Met in person Friend, Hosted 2 days Surfed 1 days  
Positive

What can I say? He's a CS pro. Great host, and fun to hang out with. Maybe bring some cat tranquilizers with you though...

As a guest, he was most understanding of my crazy scheduling issues, and he even went to a concert I had tickets for without knowing what to expect or if he would even be able to get in. Class act there as well.

John Swanson 
From John Swanson
 Portland, United States
 Oct 3, 2008
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

Jordan is a great individual who embraces life to the fullest. He loves to meet new people and to share his life with others. He is kind, courteous and responsible.

Alessandro Gentili
From Alessandro Gentili
 Jesi, Italy
 Aug 22, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Jordan is not only a perfect Couchsurfer, but also a friendly and good person: a lot of arguments of communication and the first US host who I could speak in italian with!! 2 good nights of Pabst beers, bars, videogames...and tons of rain! 3rd city, 3rd perfect experience: god bless the Pacific North West!

Melissa Morton
From Melissa Morton
 Denver, United States
 Aug 22, 2008
Met in person Best Friend,  
Positive

Jordan is my best friend forever! Such a great guy, you really would be lucky to meet him. Plus he gives the best back tickles EVER!

Ethan Cheng 
From Ethan Cheng
 Chicago, United States
 Aug 21, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Some people travel to see the sights or shop or party or other boring stuff, but Jordan knows that the proper way to absorb the essence a new city is to eat its signature foods until you've shaved at least five years of cardiovascular health from the end of your life, and then immediately play Rock Band until 3 AM. A courteous guest and an upstanding CS'er he is. Perhaps we will meet again, in Portland or Chicago.

Molly Merkler
From Molly Merkler
 New York, United States
 Aug 20, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Simply put Jordan is super cool. He and Wendel (his adorable cat) made me feel right at home on his kidney shaped couch. Jordan showed me what Portland Summer block parties are all about, turns out they are about beer. If you see him, try to convince him to move to New York...cuz he'd love it.

Will Sharp
From Will Sharp
 Rochester, United Kingdom
 Aug 15, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Jordan saved us form sleeping on the street and then took us out for top Pizza and a street festival to boot...all rounded off with lot's of Mighty Boosh episodes. Cheers for a great stay.

RUBBERDUK
From RUBBERDUK
 Helsinki, Finland
 Aug 10, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

There's a reason this dude is an ambassador. He's just that cool. One of those people you pretty much instantly connect with. Staying with him has been one of my best CS experiences up to date!

Olivia Wycoff
From Olivia Wycoff
 Portland, United States
 Aug 9, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Jordon is a riot! Super fun and really friendly. Always makes me feel so loved!

Michal Karmi
From Michal Karmi
 Berkeley, United States
 Aug 8, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 3 days  
Positive

Jordan was a good host. He's a laid-back, chill guy with a busy schedule..but he managed to show me around a little bit, tell me about Portland and even take me shopping...even though he's been hosting people back to back..what a great guy! :) His cat, Wendel, purred his way into my heart (and all over my clothes). Thanks so much Jordan :) (p.s. I hope you're enjoying the frozen grapes).

Tessa Moroder
From Tessa Moroder
 Berlin, Germany
 Aug 7, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Jordan saved me and another csers ass on a day in which we where quite down on our luck. That would be enough to say that he is a great guy. But add: he picked us up on his americanstyle truck. he speaks italian. he brought us to eat the best pizza we had in months. brought us to portlands blockparty. and he has a supercute cat.
I'm expecting you in italy soon!

Lucy Wang
From Lucy Wang
 Lutherville, United States
 Jun 2, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Jordan is a very easy going, fun person. He toured me around the city the first night and invited me to a fun night of drinking and sushi with his friends. Really cool, laid back guy, and really personifies the friendly nature of Portland!

Crystal Leturno
From Crystal Leturno
 Chicago, United States
 Apr 20, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 4 days  
Positive

Jordan was such a good host, catering to my not 21-ness and everything. he is definately someone you want to hang out with when your in town, and i would definately surf/host/travel with him in the future!... but only if he brings his Nintendo! (just kidding)

ELRANCHO
From ELRANCHO
 Nadi, Fiji
 Apr 13, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Jordan surfed my couch for a few days. He is very open & easy to get along with. He's a good "TAKI" master & enjoys our very own Fiji Bitter. It's just too bad he didn't get to cook his chillie chicken dish. lmao!!!! I'd host him again if he was to come back to Fiji.

Jarrod Pickford
From Jarrod Pickford
 Melbourne, Australia
 Mar 13, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

I learnt one thing from Jordon - Don't judge all Americans! Nice guy from the right side of the tracks....or left.

Im SO sorry I was busy and I couldn't show you a better time but I think you'll end up moving here anyway!

Daniel Mallah 
From Daniel Mallah
 Sherbrooke, Canada
 Mar 13, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 15 days 
Positive

Jordan's an easygoing guy who's always up for a party. I liked his ipod music and never got tired of talking with him despite doing 15 days straight in the same car. That's saying a lot. The dude is a total tech junkie and that totally rocked as he booked all the couches we surfed.Cheers Jordan.

Woody Pattinson 
From Woody Pattinson
 Christchurch, New Zealand
 Mar 7, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Jordan stayed with us for a couple of days and was a top class guest for sure! Sadly he dominated me at pool but I'm over it now :P Fun to hang with, excellent cook, very polite and sociable guy. Cheers Jordan, enjoy Aus!

Alana + Martin
From Alana + Martin
 London, United Kingdom
 Mar 2, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

He stayed at my place in Dunedin with his friend Dan for a night. They were AWESOME. Friendly, fun, and not in your face or annoying in anyway. They pitched in for dinner and helped out around the place. Also very clean. Quite a good guitar player and shared knowledge and convo on many different topics. Highly recommend to stay at your place, really adds atmosphere!! =)

Lauren Callaway
From Lauren Callaway
 Taipei City, Taiwan
 Feb 7, 2008
Met in person Friend,  

I like this guy. He's alright. His house in college smelled really bad, but then they pulled a dead possum out from under it and all was well. That memory sticks out.

Flo Flamme
From Flo Flamme
 Gent, Belgium
 Oct 13, 2007
Met in person Good Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Jordan was great hosting us at a last minute call,
we spend a whole night chatting on his terras,
we really should keep in contact,
thanks a bunch !

Katrina Light 
From Katrina Light
 Brooklyn, United States
 Aug 31, 2007
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Jordan introduced me to couchsurfing when I ran into him at a coffee shop. In a few months I leave for my own surfing adventure. Thanks dude!

STENZELLE 
From STENZELLE
 Vientiane, Laos
 Jul 26, 2007
Met in person Good Friend, Surfed 2 days Traveled 7 days 
Positive

Jordan and his two lovely housemates, and his crazy cat, hosted me for a couple of nights. Jordan was a really great host and I had fun hanging out with him and his friends, going for a beer, eating, talking music, and getting addicted to Deal, or No Deal.
Then we had a mintox time traveling the canyonlands. As a side note, Jordo is excellent at math, and actually, really good at everything (according to him). He does make a good peanut butter n' jelly sambo.

Simon Gabler 
From Simon Gabler
 Berlin, Germany
 Jun 11, 2007
Met in person  
Positive

Jordan was a great host. Picked me up very late at the Amtrak and showed me around. We spend a nice evening at the Alberta Street Festival and biked around the city. If you ever come to Austria, don't hesitate to contact me!

Cindy and Andy Blair
From Cindy and Andy Blair
 Denver, United States
 May 13, 2007
Met in person Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Jordan was great! he's inquisitive, friendly and has the makings of a video poker pro. We had a great time hanging out with him in Vegas and hope to see him in Portland sometime.

Kris Barker
From Kris Barker
 Leeds, United Kingdom
 Apr 5, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

First CS host. He was a gent! Very open, honest guy. Made me feel welcome immediately and was great host.

Anna Howell
From Anna Howell
 Canberra, Australia
 Mar 16, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 4 days  
Positive

Had so much fun staying with Jordan and his flat mates. What a chilled bunch of lovely, easy going fellas who are always up for a laugh, a chat and a good time anytime!
Jordan, i promise to give you a bassoon demo when you come and visit us in Oz, and maybe even let you win a few games of pool!

Alison Packham
From Alison Packham
 Buenos Aires, Argentina
 Mar 5, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Jordon & his flatmates Hank & Malcolm were WICKED! Anna & I had such a good time checking out the eastside of Portland... the bars, breweries & cafes. We need to return to have the final show down in the pool room.

MARISSA_AURORA 
From MARISSA_AURORA
 Portland, United States
 Mar 4, 2007
Met in person Close Friend, Traveled 30 days 
Positive

super nice guy. funny, genuine, and creative.

BSBCOUCH
From BSBCOUCH
 Gosford, Australia
 Mar 2, 2007
Only met online  

Jordan says he is planning a world trip next year. I'm hoping he'll come and visit me here in Brunei, or maybe later in NSW.

Mike Edmondson
From Mike Edmondson
 Walnut Creek, United States
 Feb 14, 2007
Met in person Close Friend, Hosted 6 days Traveled 16 days 
Positive

Jordo is great, i lived with him for several years, very good person, lets go surfing.

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