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Overview

  • 11 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning English
  • 51, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Psytrance dancer, burner )'( , electrician, carpenter
  • Still going to college
  • From Ventura, CA, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To have fun, explore, learn-grow, be helpful.

ABOUT ME
Just stumbling through life.

PHILOSOPHY

Try to spread joy and not suffering, and have a good time doing it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

by spreading around good energy, being positive, and helpful...knowing that everybody has something to teach me.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've made lifelong friends here. Some have even stayed months in total. I've enjoyed all the people I've met.

Interests

Psytrance and electronic music, dancing, moontribe, psytribe, burning man, climbing trees, urban exploration, building things, helping out, buddhism, outdoor electronic music recitals, desert gatherings, psychedelics, electronics, building stuff, fixing stuff, toyota 22re engine, 4x4, FMX, exploration, metal sculpture, welding, explosives, technology, spiritual growth, ego death, cats

  • cats
  • burningman
  • dancing
  • drinking
  • electronics
  • technology
  • music
  • electronic music
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • hunting
  • buddhist
  • rock climbing
  • medicine
  • physics
  • science
  • urban exploration
  • opiates

Music, Movies, and Books

"Don't just kill yer television, torture it first."
Watch lots of 'AdultSwim' cartoons: Dreamcorp LLC is awesome!
Read several hours a day. Mostly physics, science, psychopharmacology. Couldn't imagine life without music. Love it all except for R+B. Into Psytrance/goa, electronica, punk, creative and odd music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

BurningMan.
Peyote medicine ceremonies.
Ayahuasca ceremony
Moontribe, Psytribe, TerraKroma gatherings.
Rainbow Gatherings.
Radical Faeries.
Quit drinking, but still an addict, though most people would never know because I don't get out of control like I used to. Still got that ball and chain around my ankle... I just don't let it get too heavy.
I experienced every dark corner of what drugs have to offer (shooting heroin, speed, overdosing, losing many friends, and drinking for years every day from the time I woke up.) I consider myself very lucky to be alive and to have my health/sanity. I like full disclosure and don't like to keep secrets; I'm an open book, so ask me anything.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love science, physics, technology and learning about the world around me. I know a lot about fixing stuff, carpentry, and electrical and love to share what I know. I can always use more advice on how to live life. I have a trichocereus cactus nursery as a hobby too and have been supporting myself selling seeds and cuttings.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Show you around Ventura;
discuss physics, electronics, welding, psychedelics, etc;
go on hikes;
Share my cactus.

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico

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