CURRENT MISSION

To grow. Like a plant. By meeting people and learning from them.

ABOUT ME

Patrick is a nerdy, dorky old fashioned old man trapped in a lanky young man's body. He likes to have his friends over and cook too much food for them. He is deeply caring, very patient, and a bit passive. Most importantly, he knows how to eat well.

PHILOSOPHY

learn, live

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm starting to host people again, now that we have a place suitable for guests. And I will share my gifts with them and cook for/with them.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Awesome, beautiful people who taught me about wonderful parts of the world that I would never have found otherwise. My favorite (and first surfer) thus far was a person who was walking from Canada to Mexico. Opened my eyes further in a direction that I really liked. Arigatou Jo-dan!

Interests

Dancing - Blues and Fusion mainly (alternative social partner dance)
Bicycles - road, mountain, and every other kind
cooking (with friends and from scratch as much as I can)
eating
yoga
spending time with friends and people
movies
music
books

• arts
• books
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• walking
• movies
• socializing
• pottery
• music
• blues
• engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

Miyazaki films, Gunshy, Benny and Joon, Shortbus, Last life in the Universe, Tekkonkingkreet, Across the Universe, Smart People, Resevoir Dogs, Animatrix, Diving Bell and Butterfly, Persepolis, Labyrinth, Patriot Games, Farscape, Dune, Fight Club, 12 Monkeys, Hudson Hawk, Juno, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Seven Years in Tibet, Weeping Camel, Hero, Royal Tenebaums, Lord of War, Ronin, Danny Deckchair, Zoolander, Babel, Monthy Python, Amelie, Donnie Darko, City of God, Bourne series, Wasabi, Fifth Element, A Taste of Tea, Hunt for Red October, Network, Suburbia, Crank, Fast Food Nation, Shawshank Redemption, WallE, Piano Teacher, AngelA, Bucket List, Lost in Translation, Motorcycle Diaries, Madadayo, Seven Samurai, Rashoman, Drams, Good Will Hunting, Requiem for a Dream, Trainspotting, V for Vendetta, Hot Fuzz, Devil Wears Prada, Mask of Zorro, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Constant Gardener, Tankgirl, L4yer Cake, Brother, In Bruges, Keeping Mum

Land of Talk
Weezer
Deerhoof
Queens of the Stone Age
Johnny Cash
White Stripes
Black Keys
Daft Punk
Gogol Bordello
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Diana Krall
Blues, Rock, Swing, Jazz, Techno, etc, just about anything except sappy poppy country and screamo

Dune, Stranger in a Strange Land, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Rubyfruit Jungle, Ishmael, little slow on books these days

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have been in love, and I have been loved. I have lived in the densest city in the world and seen the beautiful untouched countryside that the same people work to preserve. I rode my bicycle up a mountain in cold in the small alps in Germany, then ate the best food of my entire life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I think the highest task in life is to try to learn to love yourself and others. I try to learn and teach that whenever I can, but it can be difficult.

I love fixing things and I am a fairly good bicycle mechanic. I am good at cleaning things. I like giving massages, but want to get some more formal training and practice. I like teaching others(one of the most enormous, difficult, and rewarding arts).

From my engineering knowledge I can teach you all about metallurgy, plastics, ceramics, composites, natural materials, atoms, chemical bonds, material properties. Stuff, we are all made of stuff, but what is stuff?

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Germany, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States

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