CURRENT MISSION

Back channelling god

ABOUT ME

I don't like injustice, and I believe in solidarity. I am relatively powerless because I'm not part of any groups, but I do what I can at my level to stay cool. I like people, and I like that they're not perfect.

I write screenplays sometimes, I teach English and train teachers. I run a teacher training company, we work with English teachers all around the world. I spend a lot of time reading.

PHILOSOPHY

Gift theory, Mauss.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'll host. I'm a very good host. Don't get in your face, and I know how to handle conflict should it arise, and I believe in receiving as much as, or more than, I give.

I am now looking to surf again, after taking a break for many years.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Kenya, California, Washington D.C.

兴趣

I'm interested in most things. I'm very big on pleasure and intellectual expansion.

• reading
• history
• language
• science fiction
• fantasy
• fantasy books
• carl jung
• science fiction books

音乐、电影和书籍

I think it's like love, your first one(s) are often the last.
So they're the books that I grew up with and shaped me.
Dostoyevski, JD Salinger, George Orwell, Georges Perec... books by these guys I will never forget, I think.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Raised two children, twins.
It's hard to say that I did it. I am their father, they're my sons, it's a relationship, and relationships always go both ways.
We're raising each other. Still really amazing.

教，学，和分享

I'll teach English, French, dramatic narrative structure, how to find a good place in the world. I'll teach pedagogical practice and theory.

I am at a life turn again. It's time for me to start learning from other people again. I'm not as rusty as I thought I was. I am learning.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

A few anecdotes, though I don't like to brag about "all the amazing places I've been."
I can share friendliness.
Booklists, and tales from the 80s and 90s growing up in NYC, then traveling some of the world for a few decades. Crossing borders illegally during Covid. Stories of sacrifice and betrayal, and crazy loves that work out in the end.

我游览过的国家

Algeria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Palestine, Portugal, Rwanda, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

我居住过的国家

Egypt, France, Kenya, Morocco, Rwanda, Singapore, South Africa, United States

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