CURRENT MISSION

To bring Mirth to Earth and to keep John Lennon's spirit alive.

ABOUT ME

Enthusiastic, entertaining, even enlightening. I am a kind soul who believes humour can heal our world. I love animals and they tend to gravitate toward me.

Most of my friends are artists, poets, musicians, healers and innovative thinkers.

Italian is my second language. I have a smattering of German and French, yet I'm an anglophile at heart and love British pop culture.

PHILOSOPHY

Birds don't need passports.
Truth is a pathless land.
Surrealist: penchant for the absurd.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I currently live in S. California, with my girl and have couches to share with like-minded people. She speaks French, Spanish, Greek and some Portuguese in addition to English, so we can have a good time in many languages.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I fell asleep on my mum's couch once and was asked to move. So I got up and slept on yet ANOTHER couch in yet ANOTHER room. Since then I have been sleeping my way around the world on a variety of couches. It's amazing what you learn from upholstery. In Central America I hammock-surfed. Although I only joined CS ~7 years ago, I've been DOING it for years, both traveling and hosting.

Interests

Independent film, me own radio show, design, music, comedy, political expose', foreign languages, saving the earth from the naughty ones, natural healing modalities, nontoxic living, Dwell magazine, alternative energy, skating, martial arts.

• animals
• birds
• arts
• culture
• design
• graphic design
• tv
• traveling
• billiards
• music
• martial arts
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: (REAL) 1950's, 60's, 70's, 80's - Rock 'n roll, new wave, underground, classical, jazz, world, etc.. I'm an audiophile.

Bands: The Beatles, The Byrds, Cream, Dylan, Horselips, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Astor Piazzola, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Stanley Clark, Howlin Wolf, BB KING, Link Wray, Bach, Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky, XTC, Squeeze, Echo And The Bunnymen, Milton Nascimento, Le Orme, LOVE (Arthur Lee), The Pretty Things, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and on and on...

Performers: George Carlin, Jonathan Winters, Peter Sellers, Peter Cooke & Dudley Moore, Monty Python, The Goons, Marty Feldman.....

Film:
Any Italian Neo-realist film
1950's-60's British films, for example:
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Lady Killers (Peter Sellers version)
The Mouse That Roared
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World
A Hard Day's Night
Bedazzled
Other:
The Matrix
Brazil
"V"
Hitchcock, Tati, Cocteau

Metaphysicists: J. Krishnamurti, Rumi, Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

LENN JOHNSTON'S PARALLEL UNIVERSE - me own radio show every Thursday night 7-9PM Pacific Time on OurGenerationRadio.com
Performing with great musicians - see TributeToJohnLennon.com .

Teach, Learn, Share

BA in graphic design. Certification in Pranic Healing.
I have spent many years working with nutritionists, biochemists, and others with state-of-art healing modalities that work.
Martial arts: 3 years with Chinese master.
I have taught over 1,000 people how to inline-skate, and I am a former semi-pro inline speedskater.
Proficient in Final Cut Pro Studio and Photoshop.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Queen-size futon bed (soft!) in a nice, clean, quiet room, an organic meal, fun holding bunnies, musical jamming, good places to walk, beautiful community pool. Sorry, we don't have alcohol or other substances, nor do we have tv... ! We have FREEDOM from microwave radiation, using corded internet, which works better than wifi!

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States