Jim F.'s Profile

Durham, North Carolina, United States

@JIMBUCTU

Member since 2007

ABOUT ME I love to cook, travel and to meet new people. I read voraciously and love to play the guitar. I am addicted to used book stores. I have always had a rather eclectic & diverse mix of friends. I am deeply interested in global health issues, reducing health inequities, and international relations and politics. Made in America with Afghan parts Part time Latino, full time hero ;) PHILOSOPHY Love life cause its smilin at ya...

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Durham, North Carolina, United States

@JIMBUCTU

Member since 2007

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Why I'm on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING In west Philadelphia born and raised On the playground is where I spent most of my days Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool And all shootin some b-ball outside of the school. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I had my first couchsurfing experience in Boston and it was great! Excellent and generous hosts.

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Registered Nurse/Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician

Bachelors of Science in Nursing- University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Music, Movies, and Books

Let's see, there's so many to choose from... Cool Hand Luke, The Goonies, I <3 Huckabees, Colbert Report, Daily Show, South Park, Donnie Darko, Super Troopers, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Waking Life, Monkey Dust, People Just Do Nothing, inter alia. I love listening to almost anything on college radio (especially WKNC), Hank Williams, Muse, Dandy Warhols, The Strokes, Ben Folds, Ahmad Zahir, Ustad Sarahang, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Little Brother, Mozart, Handel, Wu Tang, Public Enemy, Johnny Cash, Bibio. Really into psychedelic Anatolian rock and Persian disco/funk these days... I'm pretty eclectic... Amartya Sen Paul Farmer Gandhi Malalai Joya Bill Hicks Richard Feynman Noam Chomsky Pajhwok Albert Camus Carl Sagan Sun Tzu Maiwandwal Ali Shariati Howard Zinn

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One Amazing Thing I've Done

Probably the most amazing thing I've done is saved a life/almost gotten killed while trying to save a life. I've also beaten Super Mario Bros.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you curse words in Persian, how to save a life and everything in between.

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Probably the most amazing thing I've done is saved a life/almost gotten killed while trying to save a life. I've also beaten Super Mario Bros.

I can teach you curse words in Persian, how to save a life and everything in between.

Reading, guitar, sports, intelligent conversation, politics, medicine, firefighting, wanderlust, learning about the diversity of human experience :)