COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I surfed in a bunch of Middle Eastern countries and then hosted dozens of surfers in Madrid and then a bit in Scotland.

12 Angry Men, The Station Agent, This is England, The Apostle, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Down By Law, Undercover Brother, The Man Without a Past, Dr. Strangelove, anything with Mae West Ryan Adams, Jams Brown, David Bowie and bad R&B. Milan Kundera, Fernando Pessoa, Alice Munro, Gloria Naylor, Anton Chekhov, Norman Mailer, Edith Wharton, "The Rainbow" D.H. Lawrence, books by corrupt conservative Christians.