HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I've not been a very active member of the Couchsurfing community so far, but I'd love to get more involved and meet new people. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I surfed a few couches while I was travelling in America, and always had a really good time. Recently in Edinburgh I had a flatmate who was really passionate about couchsurfing so we hosted some people in our flat; met some lovely people, though I regret I didn't have more time to spend with them!

A random selection of what I like... Books; Annie E. Proulx, Raymond Chandler, Graham Greene, Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen. Movies; The Darjeeling Limited, Charlie Chaplin, Once Upon a Time in the West, Breakfast at Tiffanys, LA Confidential, Die Hard. Music; Radiohead, Bob Dylan, REM, the Pogues, Andrew Bird, Bollywood, Belle and Sebastian.