CURRENT MISSION

To find the fountain of youth

ABOUT ME

Amia and I (Cory) grew up together in Seattle, drawn to one another by our mutual regard for blackberries, Arrested Development, other people, really long books, and ice cream. We are both Juniors at undergraduate universities. I´m studying biomedical engineering in Providence and Amia´s major is community health in Washington. This summer we´re traveling together through Central America, hoping to meet great and eclectic people and gain new life perspectives. Most of all we´re just glad to be out of the States!

PHILOSOPHY

Hedonism, why not?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We hope to meet all the wonderful couchsurfers we can while traveling and are eager to show anyone around Seattle, Bellingham, or Providence while we´re around.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We just started! Talked to a few friends who had very positive things to say about couchsurfing so we thought we´d give it a shot.

Interests

Cory´s interests: Cashell Bleu cheese, Papaya with lime, love, alpenglow, playing piano, making music with friends, recursive formal hierachies, emergence, natural selection, riding a bike at night, swivel chairs, listening to stories, being alive.

Amia´s interests: playing in mud, handball, milk (by the gallon!), polar bear swims, bushwhacking, cookie dough...the simple things in life.

• books
• cooking
• cheese
• coffee
• traveling
• music
• piano
• cycling
• handball
• engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Brave Little Toaster, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, 2001 Space Odyssey, Terence Malick, Being John Malkovich, et al.

Music: So much to say here! Joshua Redman, Brian Blade, Mingus, Thelonious, Ellington, Art Blakey, Cannonball, Terrence Blanchard, Chick Corea, The Dirty Projectors, The Clash, The Stones, The Beatles, The The, Highlife, USF, Flying Lotus, Aphex Twin, Dr. Whodat, The National, Yellow Ostrich, Coelho Radioactivo, Chopin, Strauss, Wagner, Mussorgsky, Mahler, buncha other stuff

Books: Vonnegut, Hemingway, David Foster Wallace, Octavio Paz, Douglas Hofstadter, Nathaniel West, J.D. Salinger, and picture/pop-up books.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cory has performed with Wynton Marsallis at Lincoln Center in New York, playing trombone in a big band.

Amia has competed in The National Handball Collegiates in Arizona.

Teach, Learn, Share

We can teach: how to cook dutch babies, what is postmodernism?, how to play piano or trombone, how to tie your shoes, how to eat a Reese´s.

We are your humble apprentii: how to roast coffee, where the best steak is at, how to speak Spanish good, and anything else, knowledge is power!

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Italy

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States