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  • Fluent in English, English; learning Chinese, English, Estonian, French, German, Russian
  • 64, Other
  • Member since 2007
  • Statistics Clerk and graduate student, academic researche...
  • Formal School long time now a grad student in systems sci...
  • From Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Continue train trips to Southern Ontario a few times a year, then try other conferences may be camping in Africa and Agrentina with my wife/partner

ABOUT ME

I owe bicycles not cars, ride bus almost everyday.read books, surf the net, google my name, study too much. Played in rock bands and attended concerts as my intro to couch surfing. Traveled with school theatre, Ethnically an anglo european mix. My partner is able to speak more French Canadian. My partner sleeps regular hours but not me. We both write poetry. I also write cyber fiction and do live music tech and performing. I do internet work on the side. Into being legal and making the world a better place where laws will no longer be needed. Long time Green party member. Lived in urban commune in school a long time ago.

PHILOSOPHY

honest, admit mistakes, know that I am good, help others, polite to a funny fault. Ride a bike and stay fit.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Searching for now.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Lived in Urban commune with frequent guests. Attended out of town concerts. Stayed with family. Had old family friends stay on couch in 2008. Had fellow wobblies stay over and green party member for conferences and the like. Helped abused women with temp shelter. Helped drinkers with temp shelter.

Interests

Statistics, Internet, Gender, Carpentry and electronics and household maintenance, Music(bass, singing, PA, lighting, and guitar), academic studies, nature, partner likes sharks, movies. Always like food. Good words spoken written and sung. Roots, Creating a better world. Making money in the working world. Organising unions and politics.

  • writing
  • books
  • poetry
  • singing
  • concerts
  • dining
  • partying
  • electronics
  • politics
  • technology
  • movies
  • cars
  • music
  • live music
  • guitar
  • cycling
  • spelunking
  • camping
  • surfing
  • law
  • statistics

Music, Movies, and Books

Wife likes movies more than me, I like sociology, computers books and great fiction. Read a lot of web pages everyday

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

caving in West Virgina, field camp near Petawawa Ontario, tidal flats researching in Tudasaque (sp?) Quebec. Joined large protests.

Teach, Learn, Share

I help teach statistics basic and critical. I also support unions through paper work. I have much meeting experience. I do web pages for non-profits too. Share bike fix up stories. Brag about bikes. Do computer projects and internet researching. Writing various.

Countries I’ve Visited

Estonia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, United States

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