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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Software Developer
  • University of Waterloo
  • From Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

I love listening to people's stories, though I can be pretty quiet when I'm meeting new people. I'll be loud and happily making an ass of myself in a small group of people once I get to know them or get a few drinks in me (or preferably both). Full on INTP.

I'm a programmer by trade, currently working for the wonderful Khan Academy trying to improve the education of the world.

I've had multi-month trips to Asia and Europe in the past, and am missing the adventure.

Philosophy: Your life is a collection of your memories. Possessions may come and go, but you'll always have your stories.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I had great experiences meeting people of the world staying in hostels in Europe and Asia, and a few great experiences with Airbnb hosts, and it made me feel far more connected to the place I was than when I stayed at hotels.

Though I haven't had the chance yet, once I have a stable place of living where I can buy a couch, I'd love to host couchsurfers.

Interests

Programming, playing badminton, board games, snacks and desserts, popping, lying in the grass appreciating some natural beauty, hilarious drinking games, road trip games, hearing other peoples life philosophies, learning new things

  • beauty
  • education
  • desserts
  • drinking
  • drinking games
  • board games
  • socializing
  • skateboarding
  • badminton
  • teaching
  • languages
  • psychology
  • software

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Gone Girl, Fight Club, The Dark Knight, Memento, Zoolander, The Truman Show, District 9, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Prestige and anything with a quality mindfuck at the end

Music: Death Cab for Cutie, Pendulum, Daft Punk, deadmau5, Stars, Tokyo Police Club, Calvin Harris, RJD2, Ratatat, and others of their ilk

Books: Ender's Game+Shadow+the entire Enderverse, The Diamond Age, Outliers, Predictably Irrational, Freakonomics, Harry Potter, Classic Feynman, 4 Hour Work Week. In general, behavioural economics, sci-fi, or extremely interesting life stories.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This one time I balanced a chair perfectly on the corner of one of its legs.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach you the very basics of popping, how to tie a tie (sloppily) in less than 10 seconds, how to dice an onion, how to cut a deck of cards with one hand, and probably a host of other isolated little skills that I have none of the surrounding experience for. I also know a few things about computers.

Especially interested in learning new physical skills (skateboarding, rollerblading, handstands, flips, sleight of hand), social psychology tricks, and new languages.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States

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