i spend a lot of time thinking about outer space. i am a student right now, working toward a bachelor's in finance and pretending like i'm taking notes when i'm actually writing poetry. in my free time i like to read good books, drink good beer, eat good food, listen to good music, and generally indulge my 5 senses.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

i'm new to the community but i'm trying to do more traveling, and i've heard this is a great way to meet rad people (and it's pretty cost-effective too.)

i live in student housing, so i currently cannot host, but plan on hosting once i have a more secure living situation.

Interests

poetry, minimilist piano music, language, delicious meals, seeing as much of the world as i can before i die, board games, craft beer, comics, metal (the music, not the material), physics, video games

• animals
• writing
• books
• poetry
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• drinking
• comics
• video games
• board games
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• physics

Music, Movies, and Books

music: the national, the body, owen pallett, keith jarrett, why?, fka twigs, erik satie, silver jews, tune-yards, nicki minaj, thou, miles davis, pissed jeans, juana molina, perfume genius, slint, the weeknd, panopticon, unwound, against me!, frank ocean, danny brown, ash borer, have a nice life, vince staples... etc etc etc

movies: pan's labyrinth, the holy mountain, inglorious basterds, rear window, the brothers bloom, stroszek, babel, rosemary's baby, the lost thing, little miss sunshine, the wrestler, the grand budapest hotel, spellbound, the shining, jiro dreams of sushi

writers: frank o'hara, margaret atwood, tim o'brien, eileen myles, john berryman, jhumpa lahiri, gertrude stein, claudia rankine, richard brautigan, flannery o'connor, william faulkner, jeffrey eugenides, adrienne rich, bell hooks, david foster wallace

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i learned how to make balloon animals.

Teach, Learn, Share

i'm not really an expert at anything, but i can play the piano and used to teach lessons. i'm also mediocre at the guitar and the ukulele, but could help teach a beginner.

i'm not a great cook, but i am good at buying groceries and post-meal cleaning up.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States