HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I haven't had a chance to participate at all yet but I think this is the most brilliant, real and interesting use I've seen for the internet and I want in! COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I drive across the country several times a year and always prefer to stay with friends than in a sad, lonely hotel. My only regret is that usually I am on some ridiculous time table with a load of stock which is getting more and more wrinkly with every hour so I never get to spend more than one or two days with anybody.

Books: Tom Robbins, Neil Gaiman, John Irving, Ayn Rand, Barbara Kingsolver, Jeannette Winterson, Dorothy Dunnett, Amy Tan, David Sedaris, Herman Hesse Movies: Once, Monty Python's Anything, Stardust, Kill Bill, Gattaca, Waking Life, Fanny and Alexander, Empire of the Sun, Amelie, Black Orpheus, Labyrinth, Fight Club, Dark Chrystal, Boondocks Saints, Short Bus Music: Serart, Gogol Bordello, Black Eyed Peas, Joanna Newsome, Be good Tanyas, Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys, Balkan Beat Box, Zap Mama, Hamza El Din, Toots and the Maytals, Gals Panic, Slavic Soul Party, Slick Rick. Most of it really. It's just to exhausting to list!