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Oakland, California, United States
@SLEEPKYNG
Member since 2005
CURRENT MISSION www.beaconreader.com ABOUT ME I'm an excellent speller, also not so good at cooking. I have a knack for good luck, but only when I'm in desperate need of it. I oscillate between sleeping and running around most every day. PHILOSOPHY it is what it is
Interested in Books & Literature
Fluent in English
Learning German
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Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I was a nomadic ambassador a long time ago (10 years!), I've surfed on four continents and hosted people on two continents. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I've couchsurfed more than a dozen times and have loved every experience. I am always amazed and pleasantly surprised at how nice and sweet everyone is!
Music, Movies, and Books
Orphee, Akira, the Dekalog Lil Wayne, Clifford Brown, Shostakovich Du côté de chez Swann, Mrs. Dalloway, War and Peace Epileptic, Locas, Ninja.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Stood in front of Mt. Everest and felt very very very very small.
Teach, Learn, Share
I can teach english, wildland firefighting skills (because YOU MIGHT WANT TO FIGHT FIRES!), talk about many things at length some of which is probably untrue.
My Interests
Travelling the world, Comic books, classical, pop, rock, hiphop, jazz music, world politics. Basically everything - that isn't an exaggeration, I am most likely interested in anything you have to say about anything.