CURRENT MISSION

In Seattle - day trips, hikes and hanging out...

ABOUT ME

I'm a single, liberal, sensitive guy with a goofy sense of humor. I like showing people around Seattle - almost as much as I enjoy seeing new cities.
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Clubs and Jobs: I work in a bookstore near UW. I've helped out with Food Not Bombs, the Committee Organizing Rape Education, Husky Winter Sports, and various social/political events.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is what you make it...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I aspire to be a CS ambassador!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

After returning from Costa Rica / Panama, I lived on my friend's couch for a month. This was in Seattle...

Interests

Educational Technology, swimming, backpacking, dancing, travel, meeting people, music, hiking, camping, snowboarding, walking all over town, thrifting, being silly, watching movies, cooking, people-watching, internet stuff, practicing my Spanish.

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Music: Anything that's not opera, new country or lite jazz. Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Aphex Twin, Nine Inch Nails, Boards of Canada, Chemical Brothers, Crystal Method, old-school funk, early jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, Cake, Miles Davis, Bob Marley, John Holt, King Tubby, Burning Spear, Spearhead, Michael Franti, Ozomatli, Tosca, Dead Can Dance, Santana, Buena Vista Social Club, Gypsy Kings, Beatles, Morphine, Dub Champions, Sublime, early Smashing Pumpkins, Screaming Trees, Mark Lanegan, Soul Coughing, Soundgarden, Capone, Marmalade, Jumbalaya, Sky Cries Mary, Eels

Favorite Books: Still Life with Woodpecker, Catch-22, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Art of Shen Ku, The Dhammapada, and many more...

Favorite Movies: Amelie, About a Boy, Fight Club, Silence of the Lambs, the Godfather I and II.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Building houses with Habitat for Humanity in Costa Rica. This was backbreaking work in hot, muggy weather - and the locals were able to work much harder than I could!

visited 23 states:
Washington, Alaska, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, Texas, Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, DC, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts

Teach, Learn, Share

I can show you around the internet, or just around Seattle. I can teach about electronic music, outdoorsy stuff, or societal issues. I'd like to learn about history, culture, science, and public health.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Panama, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Poland, United States

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