HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I've couchsurfed a few times, I hosted and surfed while I lived in France. Now I living in Cambridge, MA and we have been hosting people unofficially ie not via couchsurfing this summer. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE My couchsurfing experiences have gone really well so I want to keep doing it when I can because it makes traveling/living more interesting. When I was hosting last year in Toulouse, it was like I could travel without leaving my apartment. It was fun to cook for my host and to exchange stories, traveling and life experiences, etc. It's a really great way to explore a place, so much better than staying in a boring hostel...

Movies - Pirate Radio, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, It's A Wonderful Life, Up!Music - Etta James, Fleetwood Mac, Aretha Franklin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Four Tops, Otis Redding, Iron and Wine, Adele, music that's good to sing along with or dance toBooks - East of Eden, Siddartha, what I've read so far by Tahar Ben Jelloun