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  • Fluent in English, Urdu; learning Spanish
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Stand Up Comedian
  • University of California in San Diego
  • From Los Gatos, California, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

See what's out there, and spread laughter.

ABOUT ME

I'm 29, born and raised in California. I'm a professional touring stand up comedian and actor based out of Los Angeles, CA. I travel a lot for work and I'm not famous enough to get a hotel thrown into the deal most of the time so I love staying with friends and making new ones.

You can also find my stand up comedy clips on youtube under my stage name Feraz Ozel, or check out my instagram @FerazOzel

Hobbies:
-Playing Guitar
-Stand-up comedy
-Acting
-Reading -- mostly political or social psychology type books, or VERY nerdy fantasy stuff.
-Traveling
- Movies
- Learning as much as i can

Education:
-BA in Poli Sci and Theatre from University of CA, San Diego

PHILOSOPHY

Pura Vida

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couchsurfing...

Interests

I love live music, watching movies and good conversation. Good drinks with good company is always nice. I keep it pretty mellow these days, but if you wanna turn it up a notch Im not one to be a party pooper.

  • books
  • singing
  • performing arts
  • acting
  • education
  • cooking
  • running
  • partying
  • drinking
  • pub crawls
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • live music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • surfing
  • teaching
  • psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

to sum it up.....

Wedding crashers, the big lebowski, the departed....

Cold War Kids, Fitz and the Tantrums, Alt-J, Matt and Kim, the beatles, Kenny Chesney, Biggie, T.I., Lil Wayne, Mayer Hawthorne....

Lone Survivor, Talent is Overrated, Outliers,

and many, many more...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

World Traveler: 25 countries (ask me bout em :) Most of Europe...Thailand, Middle East, ....Colombia... Patagonia in my sights!

School in San Diego... some of the best surf ever.

Worked for Governor Arnold Scwarzenneger in DC... in the senate and congress everyday

Chicago... amazing Piano Bar,

New York... best stand-up comedy i've seen

San Franciso... Just plain awesome, in everyway...and 45 mins from where my house in California

Ireland... singing irish ballads with loads of irishmen night after night, at pubs older than my country (USA)

Studying abroad in Budapest,Hungary

What I Can Share with Hosts

A live private stand up performance for you and your friends! I've done this in many living rooms and it's lots of funs. I've been on shows on NBC, CBS and toured around the world.
I'm also down to help with chores or run some errands if need be.
I'm a pretty good cook and would love to make you a meal or two as a thanks for the couch surfing opportunity :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, North Korea, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, United States

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