CURRENT MISSION

to have hos in different country codes

ABOUT ME

American student from UC Los Angeles studying in Paris until December, will be traveling with a friend (another university student) through Europe 22.10-1.11.

PHILOSOPHY

Not actually my personal philosophy since that changes all the time, so I'll put some of my favorite ridiculous quotes up here

I don't want to repeat my innocence, I want the pleasure of losing it again.
-This Side of Paradise

A celebration of any kind can and often does erupt into violence
-a pamphlet from the UCLA police department filled with 'helpful tips' on having a party

I forgot my mantra
-Jeff Goldblum, Annie Hall

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Can't host anyone in my tiny dorm in Paris right now, but will be willing to host when I return to Los Angeles in January 2010.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet, but hope to make lots of memories! Have heard nothing but excellent things about CS.

Interests

journalism, politics, traveling, literature, big city life, history, film, cheap things, thrift stores, rivers, mountains, excellent views, making new friends, Larry David, tea, sampling regional alcoholic specialties, talking about all of these things, but also having hellz of fun out on the town, too!

• books
• literature
• wine
• partying
• drinking
• thrifting
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• swimming
• emergency services
• history
• journalism
• tourism
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Film: Woody Allen, Jodorowsky, David Lynch, Scorcese, Cohen brothers, Wes Anderson, Godard, Truffaut
Music: Bob Dylan, the Strokes, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Animal Collective, the Smiths, Pixies, Grizzly Bear, some dirty American hip hop and funk when the occasion calls
Books: Roberto Bolano, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Baudelaire, Franzen, Bronte & Bronte

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

interviewing celebrities for the Daily Bruin (UCLA's student newspaper); working at the Los Angles Times on the day that Michael Jackson died; swimming in a secluded waterfall in Brazil; as for Europe...eating space cake in Amsterdam, drinking several bottles of wine with my friends at the Sacre Coeur in Montmartre, and wandering the streets of Paris as the sun was rising

Teach, Learn, Share

not in L.A. right now, but if you come after January I could show you things about a city that is often stereotyped as superficial and dumb. It's not true, I promise! Los Angeles is one of the most diverse and fascinating cities in the world and I could show you places you would definitely not know about by reading a guide book or by watching "The Hills." yuck