CURRENT MISSION

I am currently debating between a 1. mini-vacation to Iran 2. a months-long job teaching English in Colombia 3. year-long (or two years) job teaching English in Saudi Arabia 4. Joining the Peace Corps, for [Spanish-speaking country], Tonga, or Madagascar

ABOUT ME

My Tattoos:

Right cheek: Chinese symbol approximating "courage"
Left cheek: Chinese symbol approximating "humility"

NECK:

Middle:"SFTU"
MEANING: Though plenty have thought this to signify "shut fuck the up", it actually stands for, "Seek, first, to understand."

Right: Persian acronym approximating "this, too, shall pass."

Let: Another, different Persian acronym also meaning, "this, too, shall pass."

CHEST:
"Know your enemy"
MEANING: 'Tis good advice ;)

ABDOMEN:
"The Perils of Obedience"
MEANING: It is the title of the published research (abridged version) concerning the Milgram experiment.

*If you are unfamiliar with the experiment, and would like to know about it, you can see some of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C5Y8xG1l6A

***If you are unfamiliar with the published research, "The Perils of Obedience", and would like to read it, you can do so here:
http://russlindquist.info/literature/stanley_milgram.php

DAN TIAN:
[Yin Yang]
MEANING: Symbol for balance at what I (and others) consider as the physical center of a human body.

WRISTS:
Left: question-mark (green, for my baby, Aiden)
Right: question-mark (purple, for my baby, Athena)
each question-mark has, for the 'dot' a ying yang symbol. Left hand points to you; right hand points to me.
MEANING: question-marks mean choices; and now, whenever I look at my hands, I am reminded of three things 1. my son, 2. my daughter (two of my five, and the only two for whom I was able to provide for any significant length of time) 3. that I should seek, in every choice that I make, to choose that which will bring my kids back to me, while seeking principled equilibrium for both myself as well as those around me.

BACK OF NECK:
"Fundatio pro vita est vicis"

BELOW THAT:
*An hourglass (life)
-filled with a rainbow (the variety of the world)
-contained, in its top-space, an infinity sign (symbolizing life's infinite possible choices)
-contained, in its bottom-space, an infinity sign (symbolizing life's infinite possible consequences)

SHOULDERS:
Each has the symbol for infinity.
Left is blue, for my baby, Aiden.
Right is pink, for my baby, Athena.
The infinity is placed on the shoulder, because so much 'potential' begins in the shoulders.
The colors are my kids' respective favorites, (though favorites only via social-indoctrination, sadly).

I have written hundreds of protest songs, mostly about corruption in the politics of gender-relations, religion, and societal governance.

As of now, I have finished up that which will probably be my final semester of college - at least for a while. Whilst there, I wrote for the school's paper (here's a link to all my stories: http://gcsummit.wordpress.com/category/summit-staff/russell-lindquist/)

Also, I competed with the Speech and Debate team. I won bronze twice - each time, with a different partner. I would strongly argue that each bronze should have been a gold!...of course I would argue that! ;)

Growing up, I was given plenty opportunity to learn patience: I was the second-eldest of seven children, worked at several pet-stores, and worked also with people who had physical and mental disabilities.

As a teen, I was involved with martial-arts six days per week - two for my own study and four as an assistant to my instructors.

As a young adult, I took a crash-course - though cursory - in 'partying and drugs'. Thence I developed a principled aversion thereto (trust me - the preceding, hoitey-toitey sentence conveys a [thoroughly funny] idea).

As an adult, I have developed many skills, not the least of which is an ability to communicate with Spanish! ¡Que bueno!

By the way: I have a personal website:
www.RussLindquist.info

PHILOSOPHY

In some way, you are my inferior; so, in that way, you should seek to learn from me. And, in some way, you are my superior; so, in that way, I should seek to learn from you.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couchsurfing.org - what a great idea! I just started on here, 12-22-2010...what to do, what to do!? ;)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

As of 12-22-2010: zero.

Interests

Conversation, meditation, teaching, learning...etc ;)

• pets
• arts
• writing
• literature
• tattoos
• meditation
• partying
• politics
• music
• guitar
• piano
• drums
• languages
• religion

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw my daughter (now 6 years old) born 3 months early, weighing only 28 ounces!

Teach, Learn, Share

I am interested in teaching the following: music--guitar, drums, piano, voice; self-defense; assertiveness; body-language; conversation; writing.

I am interested in learning, more than anything else, languages. I am slick with the Spanish (but could benefit from practice).