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Overview

  • 24 references 16 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Afar, Berber, Low German, Láadan, Manchu, Sibe, Tetum, Tsonga, Upper Sorbian, Xhosa
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2005
  • doctor
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  • From Philadelphia, PA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

hablar espanol

ABOUT ME

Raised by apes.

PHILOSOPHY

Leave this world in better shape than you found it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted a lot and hope to get the chance to surf soon. I can give you lots of ideas for fun things to do in Austin even if I don't have time to join you. I have a very busy life and chances are I won't be able to join you on every thing you do here. Sometimes I cook for my guests but no guarantees.

I do some things with the Austin CS group but mostly just abuse it to get free spanish lessons from mi amigo Mario.

Interests

chess
swimming
learning spanish
home renovation
foosball
snowboarding
wakeboarding
kiteboarding

  • photography
  • dining
  • cooking
  • chess
  • painting
  • piano
  • snowboarding
  • wakeboarding
  • swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

phoenix, passion pit, mgmt, daft punk, the bravery, the sounds, css, gorillaz, spoon, marc broussard, sufjan stevens, bag raiders, fred falke, alan braxe, fatboy slim, AVA, mark knopfler, modest mouse, black and white years, immogen heap, nofx, devotchka, ratatat, ghostland observatory, flaming lips, the kinks, alejandro escovedo, david byrne, lykke li, ryan bingham, the decemberists, bob schneider, !!!, cake, franz ferdinand

The only books I read lately are Spanish language books because I'm very focused on learning it. Other than that I enjoy reading books about productivity and studies of success (4 hour work week, outliers, crush it, the now habit, etc), personal finance books (automatic millionaire, wealthy barber.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Kiteboarding is amazing.
Carla is more amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you about:
Austin!
foosball
personal finance
home renovation
spanish

I wanna learn:
hablar espanol mejor
tocar la guitara
photography
all about your country
to paint
cocinar muy bien
piano
to play chess better

I will share:
my house
my food
my good times

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Colombia, France, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

Old School Badges

  • 6 Vouches
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