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Overview

  • 31 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Irish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Formerly IT Analyst. Currently in Pirate School. Arrrgh.
  • Educated: Yes. Valuable? Not really.......
  • From Dromcollogher - Co.Limerick
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To take over the world. Or to travel it!!!!

ABOUT ME

First of all, I love to travel and meet new and wonderful people so I guess I'm on the right website. I don't take myself too seriously and neither should you. I love to listen to a good adventure story. .

I was born in Dublin, my parents moved while they had sense and I grew up in Limerick. I then spend 8 years in Cork City before moving to Toronto in 2010 on a Work/Travel Visa in November 2009 and I've basically been here since...

Oh and my name is Ger, pronounced like "her", "were" or eh, "ber", but don't worry it's an Irish thing!! ;)

PHILOSOPHY

It's better to regret something you have done, than to regret something you haven't done.....

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've attended the CS weekly meetings in Cork and Toronto. If you're looking for someone to party with, travel with, hang out with, cause chaos or chill with I'm the guy you need. If you're looking for advice on Toronto or anywhere in Ireland or parts of Europe, I can help you out....but I can't promise it'll be good advice!! :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've met some amazing people from all over the globe through the Couchsurfing Community and most are still my friends to this day. It's a great way to experience and I don't regret a single minute of it.

Interests

Travelling. Travelling some more. Going out. Playing my Gibson SG Special. Movies. Arts and Crafts (Mark Ryden or HR Giger). Robert Alan Weiser. Travelling. Tattoos. Piercings. Body Modifications. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Captain Planet. The Internet. Computers. Gadgets. UFC. Oldschool WWF. Anything to do with the 60's and 70's. Tim Leary. Jim Morrison. Remembering the good old days. All the one-liners in Superbad. T'internet. More Cowbell. Rockabilly, Fosters Beer. Jagermeister. Jagerbombs. Gadgets. Effects Pedals. Guitars. NOISE!!

  • arts
  • tattoos
  • piercings
  • beer
  • partying
  • crafts
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • rock climbing
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music I Love:

MGMT, Ian Brown, The Last Shadow Puppets, Aphex Twin, Kaiser Chiefs, The Pixies, Peaches, Band Of Horse's, Von Sudenfed, Mark E Smith and The Fall, Alabama 3, The Coral, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bullet for My Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Devendra Banhart, Lampchop, The Mars Volta, The Hives, The Coral, The Enemy, Mark Lanegan, Parkway Drive, Kyuss, Lamb of God, The 69 Eyes, GG Allin, Sonic Youth, Tool, Queens Of The Stone Age, Wintersleep, Biffy Clyro, Beirut, The Dead Kennedys, Idlewild, Enter Shikari, Juliette and the Licks, Dan Sartain, Whipping Boy, Alice in Chains, Virgos Merlot, The Young Knives, The Mooney Suzuki, Dan le Sac, Harvey Danger, Deftones, Dark New Day, Danzig, Jesus and the Mary Chain, Battles, Beck, Hercules and Love Affair, Hot Hot Heat, Infadels, Nick Drake.

Movies I Love:

Shortbus, Calvaire. Spun, The Salton Sea, Scarface, Switchblade Romance. Dead Mans Shoes. This Is England. Control. Planet Terror. Eraserhead. Jesus Camp. Ichi the Killer, A Room for Romeo Brass, Death Sentence, Rescue Dawn. The Blade Trilogy, A Clockwork Orange, Trainspotting, Ong Bak, Oldboy, Lady Vengence, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, The Devils Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses, Nightwatch, Dawn of the Dead, Shoot Em Up, Superbad

Books I Love:

Mr Nice, I Have America Surrounded, Naked Lunch, The Marching Powder, I Was Born On a Blue Day, I Choose To Live, Jim Morrison: The Biography, An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean, Watchmen, The Junk Yard

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm just after climbing Irelands tallest mountain, Carrantouhill, on a cold, wet, windy day in October which made me realise just how amazing Ireland really can be!!!!

Niagara Falls in winter was beautiful, simply amazing!!

Teach, Learn, Share

Random swear words in several languages, a few jokes and a few interesting stories from my life and travels.

I also work with computers a lot so although I'm not a IT nerd, I can help you out with anything from computer problems to how to download music.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Ireland

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