CURRENT MISSION

To find out why scooby-snacks are sooooo scoobilicious.

ABOUT ME

Offbeat. Reasonably irrational. Easy to get on with, unless you're an a**hole, then we may have problems. I rarely get annoyed, except with myself. Listening to Johnny Lee Hooker as I type. Don't like typing, but sometimes it has to be done, and when I have to do something, I do it. The rest of the time I like to do what I like to do, and I like liking what I'm doing.

Have been twisted into many different shapes over the years, never quite return to the way I was, but always something close. I guess you could call it development. I LOVE being dumped in new situations and seeing how I react, pride myself on being able make friends just about anywhere. I spent about six years near-continuously non-sober. Now I only drink occasionally.

I'm lovable, hate-able, some would say unforgettable (people have tried, I've been sent the psychiatrist invoices to prove it...). We may not see eye to eye, but I don't really have a problem with short people, or those with differing opinions. I do have a problem with people who have no opinions.

I change with my environment. My environment changes with me. You are going to see a different me from everyone else, and the stage always looks different with new characters.

Ä° am an aspiring libertine.

I like to share.

PHILOSOPHY

Live to learn, learn to live.
Party like there's no tomorrow, there may not be.
Respect, tolerate, appreciate.

"I enjoy, therefore I am."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Been around a few blocks, literally and metaphorically, willing to share that experience with others.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Travelled across three continents so far, met, hosted, and stayed with some random people, the vast majority of whom I have liked...

Interests

People, their stories (real or imagined), food, nature, art, beauty, inspiration, perspiration, sports, the past, the present, and particularly the future, hope, silence, noise, partying, flirtation, love, sex, conceptions of morality, shaking my ass, belly-buttons, belly-dancing, bellowing, bell-ringing, hunchbacks, cathedrals, theology, semi-linear-trains-of-thought, shoes, socks with holes, the holes in socks, flip-sides, other-sided coins, dark-sides, dark-matter, grey matter, shades of grey, mind-expansion, world-contraction, clichéd descriptions.

• arts
• beauty
• festivals
• dancing
• environment
• dining
• partying
• drinking
• music
• sports
• divinity
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Don't read enough, but when I do I enjoy sci-fi-ish stuff that explores where we all might end up. Also enjoy some heavier literature from time to time, Mann, Dostoevsky, Melville, Dr. Seuss.

Love plotless, brainless Hollywood blockbusters (yeah...). Or maybe some Kubrick, Godard, Miyazaki. One's I love include Batman, Life of Brian, Apocalypse Now, Cool Hand Luke, Ikiru, Fear and Loathing...

Enjoy good music, genre's not so important. Probably like funky stuff best (old-skool Chili Peps, Ray Charles), but I listen to a LOT of music. And I love a good dane. Oops, I meant Swede. Oops, I meant dance. (Typos, gotta love 'em...)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Been through the two longest under-sea tunnels in the world. Got wasted at dawn on the streets of Venice, with the Italian versions of Cheech and Chong. Went to a beach party where I danced to some great house music, in the sea, alone, sober, naked. Oh heart, hast thou tasted liberty? (Melodrama anyone?) İ was a cave-man for three days at Fujırock (the biggest music festival in Japan). Oh, and I procreated and entered into marriage...

Teach, Learn, Share

Anything I can offer, I usually give, to those I feel are doing things for the right reasons. Would love to learn how to make the world's best pancakes.

Never preaching, ever teaching,
Sometimes yearning, ever learning,
Give and take, just not for the sake,
Friendships, make and brake,
Mistakes, mistaken for better,
Or worse, don't fetter,
Blood letter, lessen the pain,
Lessen the gain? Refrain.
Recall your mind,
Review your bind.
Predicaments are made,
Don't be staid.
Make it happen, get it done,
Give and take, share the fun.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palau, Palestine, Russian Federation, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States

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