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Overview

  • 4 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Japanese
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Sales/Marketing/SEO extraordinaire
  • College, with a little bit of life experience on the side
  • From Madison Wisconsin, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Meet as many interesting people as possible

ABOUT ME

Trying New food, New experiences and new challenges is what gets me out of bed in the morning. I LOVE trying and getting involved in new things!

I love a good party (this is a huge understatement), but don't mind staying in reading either.

I was born and raised in Madison Wisconsin (USA) and never have lived outside the city. So, starting in June (2011), I am moving to Sydney Australia! I figure if I don't leave my hometown now, I never will. So, with a little luck and a little money, I'm heading to an ENTIRELY different experience.

I'm super excited to try out this whole Couch Surfing thing! My friends have been raving about it, so I am super pumped. Its not about the accommodation for me, its about meeting new people and exploring Sydney (Meeting new people trumps exploring, but both would be best!!)

I can't wait to meet awesome people!

PHILOSOPHY

Life is short, why waste a perfectly good opportunity to try something if it comes up?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing for now, Hosting in the future!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've stayed at a few couch surfing places in Sydney so far while trying to find my own apartment. The people have been wonderful so far.

So basically, if you are worried I won't know how to act while being hosted, don't be! I'm very clean and courteous!

Plus, I've had friends who have hosted numerous people, so they have given me the low down on the whole experience :)

Interests

Everything. No, Really. I like trying anything possible. Trying and experiencing new things is my biggest interest.

But, aside from that generality, I been known to get involved in:
Beer tasting
Partying
clubbing
Concerts
Mountain biking
Road biking
Computer building/technology
video gaming
mountain/wall climbing
and a bunch of other random things...

  • concerts
  • dining
  • beer
  • partying
  • clubbing
  • politics
  • technology
  • reading
  • music
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: I'm really weird. If I read A book by and author, I usually end up reading a bunch of that author... SO I'm going to list my Favorite:
J.K. Rowling, Orson Scott Card, Tolstoi, nietzsche, Twain, & Douglas Adams

Music: Techno/electronica/dubstep , Rock, rap, country,classical. I mainly listen to techno, but I love music, literally any kind, so I can get into anything.

Movies: Fast and the furious series, Lord of the rings series, Harry Potter, Tron, Iron man, Superbad, Howl's moving castles, spirited away, idiocracy , batman , ... I love movies too. Old, new, whatever you put on I will watch :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Deadmau5 in concert, on my birthday(most epic show of my life).

Driving to Las Vegas from Wisconsin non stop(driving is my guilty pleasure).

Hitting 150 MPH (240KPH)in My Car on a drag strip

Teach, Learn, Share

Aside from telling you my EPIC STORIES OF WISCONSIN, I can pretty much cover anything US related (politics,events, etc), tech related or Wisconsin related. I'm always in the mood for a good chat.

Also, MUSIC. I can share music. Tons of it. Like, 300GB of music. I guarentee you I'll have something you havent heard and will LOVE.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United States

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