Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to meet locals where I travel, not just other travellers in hostels. I want to see what it's like to live in these places, and get to know what their people are really like. And I think I'd rather form one strong with a host than a lot of casual ones with all the people at a hostel.

Interests

Film (especially Asian or from the American auteurs), music (listening and making), literature, games (board, card, video, whatever!) modern visual art, food, sport, philosophy, computer programming (I'm not very good, but I want to get better), nature and the outdoors, animals, problem solving ... and of course travel!

• animals
• arts
• literature
• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• karaoke
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:

- I generally prefer the sound over any lyrics, and I really enjoy music with interesting structure or textures.
- My favourite ever piece of music is Spiegel Im Spiegel, by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
- A few albums/works I love are: Hospice (The Antlers), Immunity (Jon Hopkins), Hejira (Joni Mitchell), Kind of Blue/Sketches of Spain (Miles Davis), The Epic (Kamasi Washington), Loveless (My Bloody Valentine), Dark Side of The Moon (Pink Floyd), Screamadelica (Primal Scream), Kaputt (Destroyer), Benji (Sun Kil Moon), Remain in Light (Talking Heads), Two Dancers (Wild Beasts), Loud City Song (Julia Holter), You're Dead! (Flying Lotus), Chopin Piano Concerto #1, Ravel Piano Concerto in G major, Ravel's Miroirs, Beethoven Piano Concerto #8, Debussy's Suite Bergamasque and Images (book 1).

MOVIES:
A few films: Match Point, Das Boot, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Manhattan, Brokeback Mountain, Apocalypse Now, Hana-bi, Paranoid Park, This is England.

A few filmmakers: Stanley Kubrick, Paul Thomas Anderson, Takeshi Kitano, Wong Kar Wai, Tsai-ming Liang, Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Ingmar Bergman, Quinten Tarantino

Books:
Never Let Me Go, Ender's Game, Death of a Salesman, Harry Potter, A Song of Ice and Fire, A Catcher in the Rye, Slaughterhouse Five

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sang Alanis Morissette's 'You Oughta Know' at Karaoke.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to make proper Carbonarra (there's not meant to be cream in it!)

I'd always love to learn as much as I can about wherever it is I'm couch surfing, but if that isn't possible I'd settle for a lesson on how to cook a favourite local dish ;)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love to share music, stories, travel tips/locations, and ideas! And of course, everything I can about how to get the most out of Melbourne.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Netherlands