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Overview

  • 56 references 31 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Japanese, Spanish
  • 45, Male
  • Member since 2005
  • I sometimes pound things with a mallet, sometimes pound k...
  • University of Oregon
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

¡¡¡ viva la van restoration !!!

ABOUT ME

In the CS sense, I'm all about meeting new friends, seeing new places, and including anything at all--just cause they said I could.

PHILOSOPHY

Only take seriously the things that keep life humorous.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have hosted, been hosted, and served as tour guide to places I know. The last bit is my favorite part. Always up to explore.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've given tons of tours and hosted many people. My first couchsurfing experience was via bicycle and pretty amazing. All-in-all Couch Surfers have been awesome people.

Interests

Lots o stuff, but mostly I'm trying my hand at creating something other than accounting forms, ticket stubs, and work orders. My next couchsurfing adventure might be traveling to lots of hot springs.

  • books
  • traveling
  • restoration
  • golf
  • tourism
  • tours

Music, Movies, and Books

These are the last few books I've read: Yes Man, The Terrible Hours, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Bone People, Spoke Songs, The Punch, The book of Haggai, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azerban (see a theme? Somone asked me to read 'em), and a bunch of maps and atlai.

Music: Yes please.

Movies: Run a mobile movie house? Why not.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hit a hole-in-one in a high school golf tournament and then promptly retired from the game of golf. Seen? That ones endless. The world is a breath taking place.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaching, learning, and sharing are probably peoples most common traits, ya? Everyone is a novel.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United States

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