I'm planning to spend some time traveling and touring around New Zealand, and it would be wonderful if I could get to spend time with some of the people who live there. I think if you are in a different country, you run the risk of being detached from the people and the culture if you only experience things on the surface level.

Listen to:anais mitchell, Marika Hackman, the mountain goats, sylvan Esso. watch: colossal, hunt for the Wilderpeople, Maudie, the big sick, arrival. read: good omens,the lace reader,small gods, the bell jar, uprooted, the silmarillion to LOTR to the hobbit.