HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I go to local CS meetings from time to time and surfed a lot in Europe, once in NYC. I enjoy hosting when I can. I can also give really good advice concerning places to visit all across the United States, just name a state! COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I can't believe that I did not know about this website earlier! I've done this for years through family, friends, friends-of-friends... Basically, it has been amazing to meet so many people with the same outlook on traveling and sharing cultures. So far everyone has been as their profiles suggested and I am always glad to give a kind-hearted attitude in return, be it as surfer or host.

I used to study music, so I appreciate it as an art and am open to ANYthing. James Brown to Outkast, Led Zeppelin to The Cramps, Black Sabbath to Rob Zombie, The Beastie Boys to RATM, Johnny Cash to Townes Van Zandt, the Prodigy to Benny Benassi, Scriabin to Mr. Bungle, Schubert to Grainger... it is really endless. I'll read anything as well, but I don't always commit to finishing books. Movies... well, I'll watch anything once, but it takes good script-writing and cinematography to keep me engaged (ex.: No Country For Old Men, Spirited Away, High Fidelity, the Animatrix, Call Me By Your Name).