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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Looking for a bridge that would be relevant to my success here in Portland.
ABOUT ME
I'm a very laid back, mild mannered introvert and I usually keep to myself in housing situations. I tend to keep things very clean and organized as well because it's the atmosphere that makes me comfortable the most.
PHILOSOPHY
Self ownership. Who owns you who owns your life, who has the responsibility for you. I come from a natural rights viewpoint.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Surfing my way around as of right now. Not place to host but some extra room in my tent!
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
None as of yet!
Interests
I plan to build my own small home (under 700sq ft). Earth contact, sod roof, biodynamic garden, energy independent (solar, wind and geothermal), water catchment systems, locally fell lumber all hewn by hand, a large woodworking shop for hobby building. I plan to do all of this by hand with manual tools only (no power tools, we'll see how that goes). Arduous sure, but it's the energy and love I want to put into it.
Also an aspiring woodworker. Mainly just to make things for myself, furnish the aforementioned home.
Plenty of outdoors activities such as camping, hiking, backpacking, kayaking, canoeing, climbing and biking. I'm also a big fan of yoga but my practice has suffered due to my situation. I'm a very big nerd as. I love comic, comic book movies, games of all types, scifi and fantasy, ect ect.
- books
- yoga
- gardening
- shopping
- movies
- woodworking
- outdoor activities
- cycling
- hiking
- backpacking
- canoeing
- kayaking
- camping
- surfing
- rock climbing
Music, Movies, and Books
Books: Darth Bane trilogy, A Song of Ice and Fire, The First and Last Freedom by Krishnamurti, Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, Be Here Now by Ram Dass, The Marriage of the Sun and the Moon by Dr. Andrew Weil, Walden, Harry Potter, The Broken Wings; The Prophet and The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran, The Art of Happiness by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets, The Abolition of Man by Clive Staples Lewis, Commentaries on Living by Krishnamurti, The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek, Crash Proof 2.0 by Peter Schiff, Steppenwolf by Hesse.
Comics: Joss Whedon's run of Astonishing X-Men, Avengers, New Avengers, Iron Man, Indestructible Hulk, Civil War, World War Hulk, Old Man Logan, Planet Hulk, Infinity Saga, World War Hulk, Age of Apocalypse, House of M, Uncanny X-Force
Movies: Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Chris Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy, Blade Runner, Indiana Jones, Howl's Moving Castle, Bourne Saga, 28 Days Later, Braveheart, No Country for Old Men, Sherlock Holmes, The Limits of Control, True Grit, Django Unchained, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Bastards, Skyfall, Life of Pi, The Fountain, The Fall, Kung Fu Panda, Up, Wall-E, The Incredibles, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, 50/50, Stranger Than Fiction, I Love You, Man, Captain America, Iron Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, The Hulk Thor, X-Men, Kick-Ass, Sin City, Scott Pilgrim, Chronicle, Collapse, Dirt!, First Earth, Gasland, Flouridegate, Food Inc., Food Matters, Genetic Roulette, The Future of Food, 180 South, Between the Folds, Inni, Heima, The Miroir Noir, Unmistaken Child, Zeitgeist, Kymatica, Good Will Hunting, Moneyball, Seven Years in Tibet, Shawshank Redemption, The Soloist, Harry Potty, The Hobbit, Amelie, Happenstance, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, The Hidden Fortress, Another Earth, Brick, Garden State, Gigantic, Jeff Who Lives At Home, No, Submarine, The Science of Sleep, Wristcutters, Never Let Me Go, Broken Flowers, Dead Poets Society, Up In The Air, The Road, Reign Over Me, 1984, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Alien Anthology, Close Encounter of the Third Kind, Looper, Oblivion, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Signs, Sunshine, The Hunger Games, Tron, Lost in Translation, Somewhere, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Rushmore, Darjeeling Limited, Inception, The Life Aquatic, The Royal Tenenbaums, Hard Candy
Shows: LOST, Fringe, Sherlock, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, Game of Thrones, Vikings, The Clone Wars (2D and 3D), How I Met Your Mother, Wilfred, Portlandia, Adventure Time, Avatar the Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra, FLCL, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Rurouni Kenshin, X-Men, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop