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Overview

  • 18 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Hungarian, Spanish
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • musician, traveler, migrant farm worker
  • Bachelor of Arts in Journalism
  • From Grapevine, TX USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

ecstatic truth

ABOUT ME

I enjoy people and their collective history.

PHILOSOPHY

I'll want more til I die.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing and hosting surfers when I have a place.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Yeah!

Interests

art, bikes, mountains, cities, community, nutrition, vibes, communication, camping, cooking, punk culture, trees, national parks, climbing, swimming, music, literature, pedagogy, freedom, DIY, fun, danger, dumpsters, eliminating my ignorance by seeking knowledge, trying to know everything, deserts, love, people, freeganism, networking, activism, generosity, communes, compost, co-ops, interconnectivity, learning, documentary films, zines, pirate publications, pirate radio, pirates, direct action, conspiracies, conspiring, being in moments with people where you are mutually thrilled to be near each other, hitchhiking, train hopping, anarchism, Karl Marx, gardening.
Travel is not a hobby but a lifestyle.

  • arts
  • culture
  • literature
  • documentaries
  • diy
  • cooking
  • gardening
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • camping
  • surfing
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • history
  • hitchhiking
  • parks
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Too much, better to ask.
Briefly:
punk, indie, folk, country, hip hop, pop, jazz, avant-garde, hardcore, post hardcore, post punk, experimental, orchestral, balkan, electronica (not techno).

Steinbeck, Kesey, Camus, Zinn, Hesse, Genet, Hemingway, Wolfe, Wolf, Kerouac, Chomsky, Mailer, H.S. Thompson, Orwell, etc. etc. etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Biked across southern Mexico by myself. Biked across Maui, Hawaii with a friend. Climbed mountains in Mexico and the US and the Alps. Hitchhiked from Chicago to Alaska and back to Texas. Hitched and hopped trains to 36 American states and counting. Rode my bike across Europe. Released numerous pieces of artwork in the form of music albums.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, United States

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