HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I have hosted MANY people in the past where I used to live. Sadly I can't host right now but would always love to connect with local CS (and other) communities as well as occasionally surfing when I go on trips. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE In the beginning: My first CS experience I stayed for a week in San Diego with a great couple while at a conference. I've had a number of really nice people stay at my place in little old DE... not sure why anybody wants to come here... but there I was! Even found a guy walking from NY... south and offered him a place to crash and look at maps (unofficial CS'ing, got him into it :-) ) Past: I had been fairly nomadic for a few years but had finally settled down in NYC! Hosted some great people at our condo on Rockaway Beach, NYC! Now: Just recently moved to Petaluma, CA (North Bay) and currently renting from somebody else so can't host at the time being. Sorry!

I like a lot of movies...hard to list. Not so much horror. I used to play Jazz trombone....so inherently i like Jazz, but also lots of rock and techno/ambient stuff. I finally discovered Muse which is AWESOME and The XX. Shibumi is a FUN book, and Ishmael and My Ishmael are important books! I know the Celestine Prophecy is just fiction, but I really do agree with a lot of its philosophies. Stranger in a Strange Land is a great one too!