CURRENT MISSION

To liberate, to love, to laugh, to travel and create.

ABOUT ME

I'm a pretty friendly, easy going guy and try to be compassionate and see the best in people - most of the time! I can happily be domestic for days, pottering about, and other times I like to go out and be something close to wild....other times I mix the two, like when I sing and dance in my room or around the house when nobody's in. Sometimes even when someone is in. The poor things.

I guess I'd be called a 'creative' or perhaps some sort of artist...I perform, make videos, take photos, and have been known to write and paint also.

I try to live quite a healthy life and often eat what some people would call bird food, and I regularly practise yoga and zazen meditation, but I don't think i'd classify myself as hippy if that's the impression you're gauging.

I love meeting new people and hearing about peoples lives and opinions, so couchsurfing is perfect!

PHILOSOPHY

cut the crap (out of our lives)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Well, I would like to host when possible...if not I´m happy to meet people and show them around my favorite places.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have slept on a few couches before and I went surfing last year and was told I was a natural, although I got a bit impatient and cold.

Ha Ha. So far I've stayed on two different 'couches' in Berlin, which were both wonderful experiences. I am eager to host if it is compatible with my present situation/housemates wishes...just ask!

Interests

Art, film, good friends, tahini, river and sea swimming, wild landscapes, cosmopolitan cities, exotic cities, historical cities, other cultures, zen buddism, yoga, walking, cooking, dancing with carefree abandon, making people laugh and smile, laughing and smiliing myself

• arts
• singing
• performing arts
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• walking
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• surfing
• sports
• swimming
• teaching
• languages
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC - Bjork, PJ Harvey, Grace Jones, M.I.A, The Cardigans&A Camp, Kate Bush, The B52's, Patrick Wolfe, Rufus Wainright, The Gossip, Destiny's Child, Missy Elliot, Peaches, Air, Goldfrapp, Fever Ray

DIRECTORS - John Waters, Kim Ki Duk, Mike Leigh, Pedro Almodovar, Roman Polanski, Won Kar Wai, Lars Von Trier, Jim Jarmusch, John Cassavettes, Park Chan Wook

AUTHORS - Herman Hesse, Alain De Botton, Jean Genet, Yukio Mishima, Margaret Atwood, Aldous Huxley, Warhol, Armistead Maupin, Truman Capote, Milan Kundera, Orhan Pamuk, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being a flamingo from Alice In Wonderland at a festival in Germany (Fusion) and made more people laugh and smile than I ever have before....getting stoned in the toilets of the super kitsch and fun ´Roses´ bar in Berlin with my friend Rose after we were invited by a Turkish girl called Gul (Rose in Turkish)...and then they later got it on while I danced on my own on the little dancefloor to Roisin Murphy.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a qualified swimming and EFL (English as a foreign language teacher)...so I´d be happy to help people with their English or swimming if they wanted! And I´d also be happy to show people some yoga, but I´m not qualified yet - this is a future aspiration.

I'm keen to learn lots of things but especially other languages, about religions and philosophy, art, foreign food, musical instruments and sports etc...