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Overview

  • 7 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2005
  • Cancer research
  • Done graduated!
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Just call me Dunbar.

ABOUT ME

I'm a late-twenty-something from Eastern Washington, currently combining grad school degrees in new and exciting ways. I was in San Francisco for the past 3 years, now I'm in Boston with plans to head back to SF in the Fall.

PHILOSOPHY

Sometimes you just have to take it easy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Seasoned surfer. Willing host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been a guest multiple times. Couch surfing has done much to reaffirm my faith in human goodness.

Interests

Mexican beer, eating a high fiber diet, democracy, tasteful falsetto, Spanish, music, movies, traveling, good food, bicycles, health care for all, gardening, pink lady apples, coffee, grammar.

  • dining
  • beer
  • coffee
  • dieting
  • gardening
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Big Lebowski, Rounders, Born in East LA.
Music: LOTS! TV on the Radio, M Ward, Joanna Newsom, Sufjan Stevens, Los Tigres del Norte, Dion and the Belmonts, Lil' Wayne, CSS, M.I.A.
Books: Catch-22, Choke, On The Road, Guns Germs & Steel, The Milagro Beanfield War

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I helped a very pregnant teenager get a taxi cab when she was going into labor after an ambulance dispatcher said she was too far along in the process for them to take her. The very pregnant teenager was much calmer than me.

Teach, Learn, Share

If your bike needs work or you want to work on working on it yourself, I might just be able to help. Or if you need a confusing sentence constructed, I'm your man (see above).

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Ireland, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States

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