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New York, New York, United States
@KARLKARL
Member since 2008
CURRENT MISSION My Current mission is to find myself lost deep in the united states and to meet beautiful people and see if the apple pie does indeed get bigger the deeper into the midwest you go. Love karl ABOUT ME I am a former Boy Scout. I hit the winning home run on opening day in little league. I have hitch hiked from Seattle to Denver, Seattle to Alaska. I can dance to house music. Right now I'm a college environmentalist trying to get to D.C. for the Powershift 09 conference. Feb 27-March 2 I am trying to enjoy the Summer of '09 in travel. (May '09) Back at school 9/09 Traveling 7/15/10 School 2/11 Musical Tour 5/11 Summer Travels 5/12 Summer Travels 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Hitting The Road June 2017! Summer Travels with my lovely fellow vagabonds 2019! PHILOSOPHY Justice
Interested in Birds
Fluent in English
Learning Sign Language - American
3 Vouches
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING With Enthusiasm COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Adel from France came and stayed with Carl Dexter and me in Portland Me. Out side of the org I have couch surfed a lot. UPDATE JUNE 09: Just surfed with Seah and the folks at The Forbes Mansion, Worcester. They are AWESOME folks. Now in Chicago with Peter, CS is so great! Kyle and Megan in LaCrosse WI. are two of the sweetest people you'll ever surf with. Couchsurfed Canada 7/09 etc. 2010 Summer Music tour 2011. Etc. Etc. ...2017
Music, Movies, and Books
Noam Chomsky: Manufacturing Consent, Thoreau: Walden; Clint Eastwood: The Good The Bad and The Ugly; John Lurie: Stranger than Paradise
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Hitch Hiked from Seattle to Denver, Seattle to Alaska. Traveled France, Visited Morrison Grave on 35th anniversary of death. Ate a lot of Cheese. Read a humongous 19th century biography on Confucius one winter in Portland, Maine. Fell in Love Once
Teach, Learn, Share
I can teach guitar. I can speak bad French. I can teach bad harmonica. How to read music. Bird identification. Wild flower identification as well as wild edibles.
What I Can Share With Hosts
Travel stories, road info, enthusiasm, lots of love, recipes...
My Interests
God Speed You Black Emperor being played with Miles Davis' Bitches Brew while a Noam Chomsky lecture is going over that. I spin this type of stuff on WMPG. WMPG.ORG Nature walks, Bird watching, Wildflower identification, Butterflies and dragonflies. Local organic farming co-ops Activism
