HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I just joined this network this past year, and so far have not been able to offer my couch, but I have many friends who have extolled its great virtues, so I'd love to get involved in the community and hopefully give back to other wandering souls once I'm back from my trip.

MOVIES: Children of Heaven, Harry Potter, Favela Rising, The Departed (I'm an extra in it!), Walk the Line, Rushmore, Harold & Maude, Garden State, Amelie, Together (Swedish film, 2001), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...Spring, Fight Club, The Devil's Advocate, Zoolander, Shawshank Redemption, Stigmata, Mulholland Drive, Kissing Jessica Stein, the original Star Wars TV (I don't have cable but I'll watch these on DVD any day): L-Word, 6 Feet Under, City of Men, Sex & The City, Seinfeld, Scrubs (1st & 2nd seasons) BOOKS: The Alchemist, Ishmael, anything Kurt Vonnegut, The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cunt by Inga Muscio, Life of Pi, Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Living Buddha, Living Christ, The Forrest People, The Underground Man, A Picture of Dorian Gray MUSIC: Air, Thievery Corporation, Entheogenic, Nalepa, Nicodemus, Tracy Chapman, Cat Stevens, Pink Floyd, Death Cab for Cutie, Iron & Wine