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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

The trifecta: I host, I surf, I do CS activities/events.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted
1) Alexander of Columbia, 4 nights. Aug. 2007.
2) Eve of Belgium, 3 nights. Oct. 2007.
3) Sajeel of South Africa, 2 nights. Nov. 2007.
4) Martina of Switzerland, 1 night. Jan. 2008
5) Tessa of Netherlands, 2 nights. Jan. 2008.
6) Lawrence of Belgium, 3 nights. Mar. 2008.
7) Jackie of Ireland/Luxemborg, 2 nights. May/July 2008.
8) Laura of Portland, 3 nights. June 2008.
9 & 10) Philippe /France & Valerie /Québec, 2 nights. Aug 2008.
11) Lisa of Perth, Australia. 2 nights. Jan. 2009.
12 & 13) Jennifer & Mary of England. 1 night. Feb. 2009.
14) Kamiel of Germany, 2 nights. June 2009.
15) Fred of Switzerland, 3 nights. January 2010.
16) & 17) Lukas & Mirka of Czech Republic, 3 nights March 2010.
18) Yves of Belgium, 4 nights. June & October 2010.
18) Fran of Canada, 1 night. September 2010.
19) & 20) Nicole of Czech & Guillermo of Spain, 8 nights. Feb & Mar 2011.
21) Phani of Boston, 1 night. March 2011.
22) Fred of Switzerland (again), 2 nights May 2011.)
23) Wendy of San Francisco. 2 nights. Sept. 2011.
24) Rahul of High Plains Drifter, 2 nights. October 2011 and a few nights in 2010.
25) Natalia of Russia/Santa Monica. 3 nights. December 2011.

I surfed:
1) Cobb in St. George, Utah, 2 nights. Apr. 2008.
2) Adolfo in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1 night. Apr. 2008.
3) Brenda in Fresno, Cali, 2 nights. Sept. 2008.
4) Baker/Shane in San Francisco, Cali, 1 night. Jan. 2009.
5) Rachel in Oakland, Cali, 1 night. Jan. 2009.
6) Nancy in Arcata, Cali, 2 nights, Jan. 2009.
7) Wendy in San Francisco, 2 nights, Jan. 2009.
8) Nina in Gothenburg, Sweden, 2 nights, July 2009.
9) Andreas in Stockholm, Sweden, 3 nights, July 2009.
10)Reading Wednesday in Tjorn, Sweden, 9 nights, July 2009
11) Katie in Berlin, Germany, 2 nights, August 2009.
12) Paul in Berlin, Germany, 1 night, August 2009.
13) Nancy in Monterrey, Cali. 1 night, June 2010.
14) Katie in San Francisco, Cali. 1 night. June 2010.

Interests

eclectic activities & places in Los Angeles, urban exploration, hiking, hilarious things. the settlers of catan, long conversations over lengthy meals at ethnic restaurants. homemade meals heavy on the vegetables.
vegan. sunsets. cigarettes. like-minded people & people who are completely different from me.

Music, Movies, and Books

FILMS
Amelie (2001)
Murder By Death (1977)
Rushmore (1998))

MUSIC
The Triffids. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Electrelane. My Bloody Valentine. Spacemen 3. Spiritualized. Nina Simone. Panda Bear. The Stone Roses.

BOOKS
John Fante. Charles Bukowski. David Sedaris.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
MOMO by Michael Ende.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could improve your high-fives by 40%.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Croatia, France, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States

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