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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Chinese, Russian, Spanish
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • I'm an ESL teacher by trade, but a musician and writer in...
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  • From Roanoke, Virginia (though i'm originally a Buckeye)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I love music and I love traveling. I like to think of myself as a "Trebled Nomad". Life is about experiences with the places you traverse and the people with whom you converse. Do what you love, love what you do, and keep up the excitement.

ABOUT ME

All about me...Well, I'm a twenty three year old trying to find his way through life. Aren't we all, right? I believe experience is the best educator and that you can learn something new from each person you meet.

I like to have a good balance between spontaneity and planning, though i have been told that I "fly by the seat of my pants". Love what you do and you can't go wrong! I like to consider myself a "Citizen of the Earth" rather than any other nationality. Is that pretentious? Ah, it's just the way I see it.

PHILOSOPHY

Live life the way you want! It's too short to be at the heel of others. Experience, experience and more experience.

And of course, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Short, sweet, and simple.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm very outgoing and open to doing anything at least once. I like adventure and immersion in cultures and anything, really.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've never couchsurfed but I think this is one of the best ideas. I think people who couchsurf have similar mindsets and it's a great idea to have a community of travelers connect and stay with one another.

Interests

Playing guitar and piano, reading a lot and writing even more, anything to do with the Universe/Cosmos/Astronomy, martial arts like Sambo, Jiu Jitsu, and Muay Thai, languages of any flavor, cooking and consequently eating, anything to do with exercise, and so much more..

  • arts
  • writing
  • cooking
  • exercise
  • flying
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • martial arts
  • jiu jitsu
  • astronomy
  • teaching
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Funk, Rock, Motown, Blues, Jazz, Techno/Electro, and really, just about anything.

Movies: Drama, Action, Adventure, Comedy, and few Romance

Books: I LOVE science fiction, classic american literature, british literature, and really just about any good book (Authors like Sagan, Hemingway, King, Steinbeck, Vonnegut, Lamott, and others)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Chernobyl sticks in my mind for sure, as well as The Coliseum in Rome. The little things i've seen like people living in a village of 1,000 or fewer without first world amenities was very interesting. The way humanity can act always interests me as well; riots, large social events, and the like, always fascinate

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Italy, Jamaica, Moldova, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ukraine

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