HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Even before joining CS, I always opened my home and couch to friends, friends of friends, family and friends of family members. I like sharing what I have with others. As a CS host, I enjoy sharing my fair city (currently Atlanta) with others, making those who visit feel right at home, and helping out whenever I can. I dispense with formalities--when you are in my home, you are family. I love sharing whatever I have in my home with my guests and love cooking or sharing a meal with them (but certainly not necessary if our schedules do not work). I aspire to create a relaxed environment, a respite for my guests from the rigors of travel. Finally, I love learning about the roads people have traveled to arrive at my door. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Since joining CS, I've have met some wonderful people and I look forward to crossing paths with them again. I have enjoyed wonderful conversations late into the night, listening to good music, eating good grub, tearing up the dance floor at MJQ and late food runs. I have made some wonderful connections with those who have stayed with me that I am looking forward to visiting them on their home turf and continuing the conversation.

Books:Fountainhead, most works by Milan Kundera, Love in the Time of Cholera, Pablo Neruda, Life of Pi, travel journals, Hesse, Vonnegut, Jose Eguardo Agualusa Music: Billy Bragg, Elvis Costello, The Jam, The Smiths, The Clash, REM, Midnight Oil, Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Etta James, Nina Simone, Feist, The Decemberists, Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Damien Jurado, Glen Hansard, The Cure, Brazilian Girls, Gotan Project, Dappled Grays, Bloc Party, Royksopp, Bjork, Willie Nelson, The Faint, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Cheyenne Mize, Beirut, Spanish Harlem Orchestra