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Overview

  • 30 references 23 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish; learning Javanese
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • writing and research
  • space monkeys
  • From Berkeley, CA, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

adventures

ABOUT ME

Update 12/16: I've been in LA for the past 2 years and am now in the process of figuring out what the next adventure will be. I'm psyched on music, things that involve helping refugees, programming and climbing. Thinking of getting back into the couchsurfing community after a hiatus in order to meet kickass people and get amped on visiting new places.

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i'm well known in some parts for some things and for some things my parts are well known. i'm also very serious and never allow couch surfers to laugh or tell more than three jokes. i pray to the crow and seek the vitamin, vegetable, and mineral. i can't sleep without socks on and enjoy high quality fabric softener. i do not like cats, and if you know any, i'll probably ask you not to give them my address.

PHILOSOPHY

mmm i guess just go for it. some people are into music, some are into school, some are into under water basket weaving- but in the end there's really no reason to not get really passionate about at least one thing and hit it hard.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've surfed and hosted.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's a good time. I've never had a negative experience.

Interests

I really like music (john coltrane, junk science, bonobo, stravinsky, the beatles...), traveling, doing anything outside, and reading. i also really like kicking it with my friends.

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES Synecdoche was really good. I grew up on the original Star Wars so I have to say they were pretty critical too. Revolutionary Road was also really good. I've liked every pixar movie I've seen so far, but Cars was probably my least favorite. Pulp Fiction, Snatch, 4 Rooms. Really like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. BOOKS Desert Solitaire, East of Eden, Slaughter House 5, Demian, Sidhartha, Harry Potters, War and Peace, Calvin and Hobbes, Tropic of Cancer

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i can make a chicken or a dinosaur with my fingers.

Teach, Learn, Share

definitely can have a lot of opinions (especially after a drink). i don't know- i guess i know a fair amount about jazz, and maybe a bit about physics and environmental issues. I've interned as a journalist and spent a lot of time camping.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, England, Fiji, France, Haiti, India, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain, Uganda

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, France, United States

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