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Overview

  • 5 references
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Teacher
  • B.A. from University of Kansas
  • From Hopkins, MN
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To have fun and good times on my upcoming trip to Seattle!

ABOUT ME

I like to meet all sorts of people, and I find it's pretty easy to make new friendships with the people I meet while traveling because travel is magical like that. How cool is it that there's a website like this one? My experience with CS has been super cool, and I always have fun sharing experiences with laid back folks and seeing how we can connect on so many crazy weird levels!

I love to laugh and I would say I'm pretty playful, as proven by the following use of a fun emoticon... :P

I value empathy.

I sing and rap a lot.

I'm a bit of a hippy, a bit of a nerd, and predominantly a goofball.

I'm pretty tall.

I like to think I'm a good guest. I get along with people, and I respect the rules of my hosts/hostesses. I'm NOT some weird horn ball who's trying to use this site like it's Tinder. I'm just an adventurer.

PHILOSOPHY

I figure life is either a playground or a test, so I treat it like it's both.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

It changes. I'm surfing at the moment!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have helped show a good time to some cool surfin' guests , back when I lived in Busan Korea.

Also, I have surfed before. It turned out way better than I could have even hoped.

Interests

I'm interested in a lot of stuff. In fact, it would be very difficult to bore me. At the moment I'm becoming more and more fascinated by language and the power of words to sculpt our reality. I like a good conversation with an intellectually curious person.

  • partying
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

There are so many, and I'm always looking for more. I'm going to limit myself to 10 of each...

Movies: The Shawshank Redemption, The Departed, Love Actually, The Matrix, Forrest Gump, American Beauty, Back to the Future, Inglorious Basterds, Revolver, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs

Music: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Atmosphere, Enya, Outkast, I could go on for a while...

Books: Oh man, just books all around. Books are beautiful...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been blessed to lead a pretty cool life so far. I have traveled a lot and done a bunch of cool adventuring. One thing... let's see... well... last night I sang Kareoke in Austin Texas. It was amazing fun, and hopefully amazing sounding.

Teach, Learn, Share

"I've got a lot to teach, but even more to learn" -Slug (of Atmosphere)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I've got some skills. I can show you a ton of cool and fun tricks and life hacks, and if you have the time and interest, I can share some pretty mind-blowing knowledge and show you some really fun and useful techniques for maximizing your life experience. Very interesting stuff I swear, and I'm not just saying that. I can show you a lot of cool stuff, but I'm always also down to learn, so let's help each other! Or just hang out. I'm flexible.

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