HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING We would love to introduce people to the area, give advice, maybe share meals or host, but we have to be really sympatico as our place is small... We have a double air mattress. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE We've surfed with David (thanks cuz!) and Philippe and hosted Thomas and Nicolas. We already knew David, but met Philippe, Thomas and Nicolas through this site. We also surfed in Belgium, and it was amazing!

Mary: Well, this all depends on when you ask me! Today, I would say... Movies: Flash Gordon (okay, I'd always say Flash Gordon); Spirited Away; Bladerunner; Nightwatch and Daywatch; Amelie; the Saragossa Manuscript; Pan's Labyrinth; Kontroll; The Dirty Dozen (sentimental reasons as well as high camp); early noir such as the Big Sleep; Chinatown; Angel A; The Fifth Element... And, okay, I admit we've both watched some TV, and our favorites include Battlestar Galactica; Angel; Buffy; El Internado; Diablero and other high geek fare. We also both love twisted comedy, including the Producers (original movie); Blazing Saddles (okay, Hugh, not me); most Monty Pythonesqe stuff. Hugh loves the League of Gentlemen (not to be confused with the League of Extraodinary Gentlemen). Music: B-52s; Klezmatics; Pogues; Gogol Bordello; Magnetic Fields; Orchestra Baobab; Samba Ngo; Bob Marley; Mahler; Ray Charles ('50s R&B) Books: Shy Green Fields (Hugh Behm-Steinberg, perfect pillow book!); The Bloody Chamber (feminist fairy tales, Angela Carter, actually most fairly tales); His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman); recently, the Yiddish Policeman's Union. Hugh: Movies--Recently saw Juno and liked it. Will post favorites later. Music: Tastes run wide--Sonic Youth to Die Fledermaus. Depends when you ask. Books: Too many poets to list, though I'm really into Paul Celan and Robert Creely.