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Overview

  • 41 references 24 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Indonesian, Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • waiter/bartender/barista/artist/grower/vagabond
  • BA in Studio Art Georgia State University
  • From Atlanta, GA, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Moving to SoCal and making it home!

ABOUT ME

I'm a pretty laid back dude. I left to go travelling in 2009 and ended up living in Melbourne, Australia for 7 years. I used australia as a homebase in between trips to southeast asia. I moved back to the US about a year ago to manage a farm in northern Cali. artistic, ANY types of visual art..and what not. studio art major, photography. I also took a 2 year jewelry design and manufacturing course while i was there. i l going to burns and festivals, 420, anything dealing with water,roadtrips, hitchhiking, dumpster diving,camping, shiny rocks....

PHILOSOPHY

"Close your eyes and it's past"- social distortion

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been surfing and hosting for nearly 10 years both theough the site and connections made though it. I have made some amazing long lasting friends through the years.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I dont believe ive had a bad one yet! My hosts have been awesome÷

Interests

biking, travel,jewelry making, individuality, punk, photography, painting, writing, DIY, making new friends, getting lost in my head while i stare at the wall, gangster movies and mind fucks, the ocean, the sound of glass breaking, anything that i haven't done before and is probably dangerous, tattoos, printmaking, crazy hair styles,generally sticking it to the man, lol

  • aquaria
  • arts
  • writing
  • photography
  • tattoos
  • diy
  • boating
  • movies
  • traveling
  • cars
  • dumpster diving
  • painting
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • camping
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • hitchhiking
  • road trips
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

pi, memento, goodfellas, scarface, the departed, boondock saints, half baked, anchor man

rancid, whole wheat bread, yonder mountain string band, outkast, a tribe called quest, tiesto, buju banton,social distortion , bass nectar, psyche origami, if its got fat bass and a beat.... Im down!

7 tattoos, a million little pieces, anything hunter s. thompson, kerouac, william burroughs(sr. and jr.),jim carroll, augusten burroughs, chuck palahniuk, too many to list... i'm always reading at least 2 books currently on a chuck palahniuk kick

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

2017 Oregon Eclipse, sunrise over the dead sea from the top of Massada in Isreal, with my brother, skunks and fungus in camdentown,the aquarium in barcelona, riding bikes into cars in the streets of paris, 32 flavors in amsterdamski, coyotes in moab, uphill hikes in the snow through bryce canyon, driving through rabbit infested desert, the grand canyon closes,critical mass vancouver, barbeques in seattle, hiking around Mt. hood and seeing the Colombia gorge, bike rides and squats in eugene, hippy bus to cali, reuniting with Meg in New Mexico after 3 months apart, Transformus,last minute road trips, the Baton Rouge kids, beach camping in St. Augustine, Burning Man '09 and '10,a plane ride over BRC, Cali to N. Carolina in 40 hrs, the list goes on....

Teach, Learn, Share

sounds like a good philosophy

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can make meals, help around the house, i am a Great listener. But if you dont wanna talk, i have a million stories and travel recommendations!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, Canada, France, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United States

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