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Overview

  • 36 references 23 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2005
  • Youth Counselor
  • Every day, or at least I try.
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Relaxing for a few years

ABOUT ME

I'll try and keep it simple so you'll understand. I'm givin all the love that I can.
I like to keep my goals realistic. .
I got opinions sometimes, but I´m not one to enforce them on others.
I´m laid back to the point of being lazy.
Hippyesque punk with socialist tendencies backed by an ethos of compassionate communist values served on a bed of anarchistic beliefs with a strong emphasis on personal responsibility and invdividual accountability for one's actions. (I don't know what all those words mean for sure, but I'm workin on figuring em out).

I'm settled back down in Texas now. Damn it's good to be home. I figured I wouldn't mind hosting a few travelers every now and then so I'm back on couch surfing. Forgive me for not accepting everyone but I've been on CS long enough to know that not everyone is fun to be around.

PHILOSOPHY

Laugh at yourself
Eat more BBQ
Go fishing
If you want to close the deal you have got to turn the charm on
Do crazy things
Love as much as possible

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Offering up a couch

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I likes couches, couches like me. I can seduce a new one into comfort for all parties involved, and the old ones always feel like worn in shoes. Stinky shoes with the soles worn down, but you sprinkle baby powder and cover em with a sheet cause you love the damn things so much. The shoes get the baby powder, not the couch. The couch gets the sheet. Unless the couch wants the baby powder. And it asks nicely. Then you give em some. Baby powder that is.

Interests

Cooking, fishing, waterfalls, Guerrilla Tourism, books and readin, study of other cultures, libations, rituals, sacraments, Bushmills, myths, that feeling I get when I wake up and realize it's still early and so I plunge right back into the dream I just woke up from, religions, tattoos, Feeling my body getting warmed up by the sun, All good Music, writing, anything outdoors, swimming, movies, hiking everywhere, personal liberty, love, and whenever possible having a fun time.
I enjoy random adventures to find the small blessings of life, weather its to know the feel of a specific water, or taste the coffee of a particular mountain.

  • writing
  • books
  • tattoos
  • cooking
  • coffee
  • bbq
  • partying
  • movies
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • fishing
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • swimming
  • religion
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

All music but polka, but I can grow.
Most movies I'll sit through.
And I love reading.
Mark Twain, Hunter Thompson, Steinbeck, Cervantes...etc, etc.
I love classic literature.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Wait till it's over, this kinda thing is better seen as a whole, rather than picked apart.

One thing I want to do: Just for one day, just for one meal...I want to feed every human being on the planet. It's ok, I'll make it a big meal. But seriously, I want to make sure that for just one day that every warm body, who wants it, goes to bed with a full stomach.

Teach, Learn, Share

Waterproof does not mean snow proof.
Take a hot shower. After you've bathed, wash your hair. Then, just before you step out, turn off the hot water and turn the cold water all the way up. You can feel all the remnants of hot water being pushed from your scalp. I love it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Samoa, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Portugal, United States

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