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Overview

  • 5 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning English, Japanese, Spanish, Yiddish
  • 42, Other
  • Member since 2011
  • Computer repair; piano lessons
  • On the mean streets of suburbia
  • From Minneapolis, MN
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Live in Singapore and have my girlfriend find a singing job there

ABOUT ME

Just a little about me. I own Watchdog Technology, which is a small computer repair/web-development/etc service for residential and small-business customers. I'm also a concert pianist and a piano teacher.

My girlfriend, who is traveling with me, is a lawyer as well as a classically trained singer/actor/dancer in Argentina. I met her in Tokyo a couple years ago and we're now traveling the world together.

PHILOSOPHY

Efficient charity

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been to a sushi meetup and a board game evening, during which, due to chance and incompetence, I let the world burn.

I'm hoping to Couchsurf some on my upcoming trip.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hitchhiked the US and couchsurfed some, though not through this site

Interests

Transhumanism
Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence
Piano
Travel, naturally

  • singing
  • performing arts
  • acting
  • concerts
  • dancing
  • technology
  • traveling
  • piano
  • business
  • teaching
  • law
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Bach "Old J.S."

Rifftrax/MST3000 movies, mainly; excellently weird Japanese films; 12 Angry Men & 12 Monkeys (two separate films)

Good science-fiction literature (yes, science fiction is literature, don't start a fight) like William Gibson, Iain M Banks, Vernor Vinge, Charles Stross, Linda Nagata, Neal Stephenson

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walked the Camino de Santiago and climbed down the rock face at Finisterre; fell on my ass at the bottom, like a boss

Teach, Learn, Share

I am capable of teaching you the following skills and trades:
Piano performance (don't expect much in one day :) )
Computer networking/repair/security etc
Wing Chun Kung Fu & Krav Maga
English

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, United States

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