HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I don't currently have the space to host anyone in my tiny bachelor apartment, but I'm hopeful that I'll be in a position to do so within the next few months. I love Halifax, where I live, and I'm eager to show any visitors my favourite things about it! COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I used couchsurfing to find a place to stay in Bangor, Maine, on my way to New York City, and I had a great experience! Since then I've enjoyed showing visitors some of my favourite places in Halifax.

Music - The Beatles, Rheostatics, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Pixies, The Replacements, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, The Kinks, eels, Ben Folds, Spoon, Sarah Harmer, Al Tuck, Sloan, oh my goodness much too much... Books - Alice Munro, Raymond Carver, Don Delilo, Carol Shields, Paul Auster, on and on... Movies - The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Synecdoche, New York, Adaptation, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Zoolander, Waiting for Guffman, lots of stuff that's bleak or hilarious...