CURRENT MISSION

To gain enough information to get everything I want written done.

ABOUT ME

I am a writer, a loiterer, and an efficient mess. I've traveled before, but not often (my parents never liked to travel, and my mom was afraid to fly). I've never been out of the country, but I wouldn't mind changing that. There is too much I don't know, and too much I want to learn, and too much I won't learn but will attempt.

PHILOSOPHY

I live because I am alive, and I strongly dislike the alternative. I also believe in the notion of treating people as you want to be treated, though people say I can be pretty hard on myself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm new here, so I've done nothing. When I do something, you will be the first to know. Probably.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet. I mean I've traveled with friends and family, but does that really count?

Interests

Reading, writing, loitering, movies, long walks, words, other things I haven't thought of.

• writing
• flying
• movies
• reading
• traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

Books (without authors attached): Water for Elephants, Holes, Wild Ginger, White Teeth, Super Sad True Love Story, The Sea of Fertility Tretralogy, Welcome to the NHK, Songs of Soloman, Pillars of the Earth, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Boogiepop series, Watchmen (collected), The Divine Comedy, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Kite Runner, Let the Right One In, Volkswagen Blues, The Toxic Avenger novelization, The House of the Scorpion, My Year of Meats, Marrow of Tradition, Othello (okay, it's a play), Fiddler on the Roof (damn, another one), Dr. Faustus, Ender's Game, The Princess Bride (it was a book first) and much more.

Movies: Barton Fink, The Girl who Leapt Through Time, Paprika, Serenity, Nightmare on Elm Street, most of the classic Muppet movies, Transformers the Movie (1987), Hot Fuzz, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Michael Clayton, Summer Wars, Princess Mononoke, The Princess Bride (again), The Men in Black, Sweeney Todd, The Dark Knight, Gran Torino, Misery, and again, much more

Shows (I don't really watch TV much anymore): The Simpsons (to a point), South Park (sometimes), Family Guy (pre-resurrection), Madoka Magica, Gurren Lagann, Futurama, Future Diary, 30 Rock, Big Bang Theory, Firefly, Gargoyles (until Season 3), D.N. Angel, House (until somewhere around the 5th season), Flapjack, Eureka Seven, Knights of Prosperity (nobody remembers this show), Mission Hill, Darker than Black, Adventure Time, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Death Note, Tiger & Bunny, and still more

Music: Weezer (though they have declined), Reel Big Fish (them too), They Might Be Giants, Tenacious D, Hikaru Utada, Ringo Shiina (5 points if you know who this is), Tokyo Jihen, Green Day (American Idiot only), Kanon Wakeshima, Elemint, Minawo, Asian Kung Fu Generation, The Pillows, The Beatles (if this isn't on your list, I question your knowledge of the world), Carla Bruni, The Decemberists, Imogen Heap, Kalafina, Maroon 5, Oasis, Queen, Sonata Arctica, and yet still more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I made a friend of mine so happy that they cried.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would like to learn what interests me, and I'd like to share the best of myself. Other than that, not sure what to say here.