CURRENT MISSION

To explore strange new planets

ABOUT ME

I live in the superficial LaLaLand of Los Angeles. It is a City of Angels, but you have to look deep beneath many layers of porcelain veneer to find them.

Deep down I'm a total nerd and spiritual guru, but most people wont see that at first because my social mask is quite strong. If you are a deep person of intellectual, and cultural substance (which you probably are or we wouldn't be having this conversation), I may let you peel back a few layers of my onion... or better yet, my soul may be completely transparent to you...

My company rents Harley-Davidson motorcycles to international tourists (primarily Europeans), and I sell Vespa scooters on the west side of L.A. near Venice Beach...

Being in business in L.A. means, I have a scrillion acquaintances, and only a small handful of "close friends". Most of my friends are eclectic artists, musicians, and European, world travelers.

One of my favorite charities to work with is Best Buddies... They help foster friendships, and social interaction for people with intellectual disabilities... Downs Syndrome... We're planning a major art show for next March titled; The Art of Friendship. www.bestbuddies.org

I like red wine, but I'm not a heavy drinker...
I live an 80% Raw diet, but I'll eat just about anything, especially if its exotic, like pizza an' cheezeburgers...

I'm pretty well balanced in life, but I've been known to have moments of neurotic craziness, which is always fun to laugh at afterwards.

I'm not a great musician, but my Taylor Guitar is so beautiful inside and out, she is most likely the one woman I could never leave...

I've been accused of being overly verbose with excessive use of adjectives. I never use "Quotations" too much... and I'm actually pretty fucking funny, but reading through everything I've written here you'd have no idea that was true...

PHILOSOPHY

You are the observer, the observed, and the process of observation...

I believe in trying to evolve into a better person tomorrow than you were yesterday... nothing has brought me closer to this goal than the number of times I've failed to accomplish it...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm new here, I haven't participated yet, but looking forward to hosting some form of community event...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Most movie storylines entail either one of two genres.

1) A stranger comes to town
Or
2) A heros journey

Couch Surfing enables you to live both story lines...

Interests

I like Yoga (trained instructor), riding vintage Vespa or Lambretta scooters, riding Harleys, philosophy, meditation, nutrition, staying hydrated, cycling, hiking, beaches and mountains, traveling, wandering ancient, cosmopolitan cities, and meeting interesting world travelers.

• arts
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• yoga
• dieting
• running
• instructor
• meditation
• motorcycles
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• business
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Classic Movies: My fav director of all time is Frank Capra. Anything by Capra with Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, or Jimmy Stewart. Arsenic and Old Lace, Meet John Doe, It's a Wonderful Life. Howard Hawks Screw Ball comedies like Bringing Up Baby... Hitchcock; Notorious, Rope, Vertigo, the Man who Knew too Much, Rear Window.

More Modern Movies: Silverado, The Outlaw Jose Wales, Fistfull of Dollars, Tombstone, Butch Cassidy...ok enuff western genre... Training Day, Shawn of The Dead, Repo Man, Avatar, Forgetting Sarah Marshal, hotel Rwanda, The Departed, Little Miss sunshine, Juno, Lost in Translation, Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds.

Music: For daily listening I like Euro lounge style music like Stephan Pompougnac Hotel Costes... its playing on my Pandora Radio right now... My fundamental love is Rock & Roll, how three chords can make so much music come alive is amazing to me... Bruce Springsteen, U2, Led Zepellin, AC/DC, Guns n Roses, Poison, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, Queen, The Killers.

Books: I'm not a big "reader"... if its on CD, I'll listen to it while I drive... Love Deepak Chopra, Gary Zukav <(he's pretty dry, but the material is good. Fiction; John Grisham... All time fav. I hope he writes another hundred books before he dies...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In 2003 I rode my Harley 6000 miles from Anchorage Alaska to Milwaukee, WI. The entire trip never ceased to be amazing from start to finish...

I spoke at Flip Wilson's funneral... Flip introduced me to spirituality... before that I was an agnostic. We smoked pot together a few times, and I laughed, and laughed and laughed... He was very funny and a good friend.

When I was 21 I delivered Arnold Schwartzenneger's Harley to his house... he gave me a pat on the head...

I once let another salesman take "my up" because I was sick of talking to "time wasters" all day long... The dirty old man in the trench coat turned out to be Neil Diamond and he bought 3 Harleys from the other salesman.

I just realized that the instructions were to list ONE amazing Thing...

Teach, Learn, Share

I have had three specific transcendental experiences in the past ten years since I started meditating. I floated in the Quantum soup of silent, pregnant, nothingness for what felt like an eternity... It changed my life... I can't tell you how to get there yourself, but I can show you the way.

I'm pretty good at tuning a carburator, which is a wasted skill now that everything is electronic fuel injected. If you have an old Vespa or Harley that doesn't run, I can probably get it running...

I'm actually a good cook... my favorite thing to cook is scrambled eggs... secret ingredient... LOTS OF BUTTER!!!

I love language, learning, and being exposed to cultural diversity. I prefer to learn the "Slang" of a foreign language versus proper diction.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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