Please read my profile before hosting me or coming to my house! I am totally ok with people having different interests (I think it helps you learn more from life) but I wouldn't want you to host me or come here if you are not open to someone with some interests that are different than yours.

CURRENT MISSION

I'm currently traveling in Israel for several months.

I aim to take advantage of the free time I have to live life fully, and to make any un-free time feel free. To form as many quality connections with as many humans as I can.

ABOUT ME

My name is David! I love turning strangers to friends, and learning all I can along the way. I'm very social but really enjoy solitary activities as well - reading, hiking, etc. I strive to find the humor in all aspects of life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To acquire new knowledge and skills from people I meet, and to share my own with hosts and guests.

Interests

Staffing & attending burner/arts/music festivals, DJing, reading, discovering new music and literature, discussing philosophy and politics, playing guitar (novice), bourbon, cooking delicious mostly-healthy food, writing both fiction and non-fiction, meditating, movement/exercise.

• arts
• writing
• literature
• music festivals
• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• exercise
• clothing
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite authors: Kafka, Marquez, Bradbury, Camus, HS Thompson, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Dostoevsky, Pynchon, Poe.

Favorite music: Jazz-fusion, experimentsl electronic, gritty rock and blues (from Zappa to Tom Waits and everything inbetween), funk, hip-hop, house/breaks/drum n bass/dubstep, classical, hardcore punk/metal, ambient, reggaeton, nortena, dancehall, dub reggae.

Favorite movies/TV shows: Natural Born Killers, Pulp Fiction, Boogie Nights, Big Lebowski, Breaking Bad, Bojack Horseman.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent six weeks building/tearing down the infrastructure for Burning Man (70,000 person arts festival in Nevada desert).

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to learn about new types of music and interesting literature.

I could teach you about the world of U.S. government lobbying, the clothing industry supply chain, and how to make tasty slowcooker dishes (nothing fancy, but they're delicious).

What I Can Share with Hosts

Great conversation, jokes ranging from humorous to downright awful, any knowledge I've acquired through my interests listed above, prime-time dish-washing skills.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Israel

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States