HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I love the idea of having a human connection to a new city or country. Traveling to some place and leaving without any lasting human connection is a very sad and lonely thought to me. While my current housing situation does not allow for hosting couch surfers, I am excited about the possibility of showing people around Boston and giving advice for some of the excellent restaurants around town. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I am in love with CouchSurfing. I LOVE CouchSurfing. It has revolutionized how I travel. So far, I've had the pleasure of staying with four different hosts while in South Africa and was devastated when I left all of them. I feel like I made new friends in the short time I stayed with them. CS people are some of the most open, generous, caring, welcoming, wonderful people I've met.

Books: "A History of Bombing" is the most recent book I finished; I highly recommend it. Music: Jason Mraz, K'Naan, Lauryn Hill, Brandi Carlile, Frightened Rabbit, Regina Spektor, and the list goes on... Movies: Wall-E, Shattered Glass, Good Night and Good Luck, Hotel Rwanda, Ice Age, LOTR, and more I can't think of right now.