Hi! I'm Colin. I'm 26, live in Philadelphia and am a big fan of espresso in the morning, old jazz on new radios, taking late night strolls, waking up to a bright morning sun, and learning a bit about this world and the people that live here.

For a living, I work in design research (a field of applied psychology), where I run studies aimed at understanding how people think, communicate, and use products in order to make their designs more usable, safe, and satisfying.

I used to live in Arizona, and I've seen many of the U.S. states but have only just begun travelling internationally. Though off to a good start with that.

Scope / add me on Instagram: @skumquat2on

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Mainly looking to surf, but if the timing is right with work and roommates, I'd definitely be willing to host.
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Love at first site / why I think couchsurfing is great:
I first couchsurfed as my friend and I road tripped from Philly to Phoenix, and found that with each person we stayed with, the relationships were instantaneously friendly and fun without any pretense.

Interests

New people and old friends.
Exploring.
Furniture, product, packaging & interface design.
Nice colors.
Painting and paintings; drawing and drawings. Installations
Books, magazines, zines.
Indie dramas & rom coms & documentaries & horror & experimental stuff
FOOD. Making, eating, thinking. (vegan for now plz)
Craft beer, sazeracs, red wine.
Biking, running (okay. sometimes.), lying on the beach, being in the water
Collecting plants in my room that I'll some day learn to keep alive.
Dogs & fish & birds & hamsters & cats are pretty cool.
Severely tangential google searching.

• dogs
• birds
• fish
• books
• design
• documentaries
• dining
• wine
• red wine
• beer
• vegan
• running
• painting
• drawing
• cycling
• fishing
• surfing
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

some movies: Barton Fink, Submarine, Objectified, In a Better World, Berberian Sound Studio, Silver Linings Playbook. and so forth.

some music from acoustic to techno to jazz to classical: Phoebe Bridgers, Ben Klock Angel Olsen, Austra, Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes, Gold Panda, Daughter, Jelly Roll Morton & other jazz, Cut Copy, The Smiths

some books: The Bell Jar, How we are hungry, Norwegian Wood, The Magus, The Sugar Frosted Nutsack, Steppenwolf, Pharmakon

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

designed some studies that resulted in tying together several (previously-segmented) sects of cognitive creativity research

Countries I’ve Visited

Curaçao, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Lucia, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States