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Overview

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  • Fluent in English
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Student, Bar-Tender
  • Finishing college soon... Hopefully
  • From Chicago, IL
  • Profile 45% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I want to meet people i was never meant to meat, and go places i was never supposed to go

ABOUT ME

I'm a Film Major. Born in Chicago, grew up in D.C. I was in the Army for six years, two of those years were good. I like to do just about anything, my friends constantly ask me to do things with them because i always say yes.

PHILOSOPHY

What if never was. Just what i think of life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just registered. I don't have a couch to sleep on since my house is packed with people anyway. But i always pick up hitchhikers when i'm on trips, which is a cool way to pass time and feel good about yourself.

Interests

Making my friends laugh, them making me laugh. Football(european and american), rugby (played in Arizona until i almost drowned, long story), Concerts and Theatre. Most of all, anything I haven't tried before.

  • concerts
  • politics
  • socializing
  • music
  • soccer
  • rugby
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Slow moving films, Kubrick, Jarmusch, love good foreign movies, anything from Chan-Wook Park. Rock n' Roll mostly. Queens of the Stone Age is the best.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was driving to Chicago from Virginia a couple winters ago, i took a detour to drive through the mountains of west virginia and my car broke down. I was probably 20 miles from anything and it was snowing. I waited at my car for someone to drive by for about 8 hours. The thought of no-one coming and my possibly dying out there took me back to zero, so-to-speak. I watched the snow fall over the mountains, it was the most beautiful thing i've ever seen. Then i was rescued by a hippie in a truck.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm good with American Politics, economy, society, music, film, and a few other subjects scattered here and there. I watch too much CNN

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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