I enjoy meeting new people from all walks of life and hearing their stories. I also like helping people out by giving them a free place to crash for a night or two. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE: Beyond CouchSurfing, I've been hosted and I've hosted more people than I can count... as a Rotary International Exchange Student in Brazil, on a study abroad programs to Ecuador and again to Brazil, traveling through Western Europe, AND throughout my 'round the world journey with my sister ('07-'08).

MOVIES: Marvel, X-Men, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Everything is Illuminated, Babel, Crash, Harold and Maude, Office Space, Big Lebowski, Napoleon Dynamite, Snatch, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Idiocracy, 13th, Avatar,... a wide range of flicks. SHOWS: Ted Lasso, His Dark Materials, West World, Umbrella Academy, The Crown, Outlander, Severance, Doctor Who, Underground Railroad, Peripheral, Foundations, The Handmaid's Tail, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Chosen,... comedy, drama, SyFi, cerebral, and more. MUSIC: international, jazz, downtempo, dub, reggae, funk, chill, neo-soul, ambient, eclectic, lounge, classical, spiritual, folk, bluegrass, vinyl, some house, some hip-hop... anything with good grooves, good beats or good lyrics. BOOKS: The Bible, Life of Pi, Lamb, The Shack, Sacred Rhythms, Surrender to Love, When the Heart Waits, Caste, Traveling Mercies, The Irresistible Revolution, Blue Like Jazz, Dangerous Wonder, The Shaping of Things to Come, Velvet Elvis, Sex God, Serving with Eyes Wide Open...