HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Lately, mostly as a guest, I am hoping to start a house in the next several years with ample CS space COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I have stayed with hosts in Oakland - and ended up being their roommate, haha - and spontaneously on several occasions in Vancouver, Berkeley, and Boston.

Well...! Movies - 'Saving Private Ryan', 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' (Werner Herzog explores 30,000 year old caves in Lascaux, France), 'Enemy' (Jake Gyllenhaal and the question of facing ourselves), 'Porco Rosso' and all Miyazaki movies (how can you not love Studio Ghibli). My book list is evolving, but I really am truly in love with Paul Auster, especially 'Sunset Park' (20 year olds squatting in NY), 'Timbuktu' (the story of a dog losing his master), and most of all 'Winter Journal' (Auster reflects on his life through his body and place). I also enjoy Bill Bryson, and James Gleick; and a few classics from Russia that pull on my heart strings. Music - jazz! and a huge array of other stuff I would be glad to share with you ;)