Hi, I'm Eric. I enjoy good company, good conversation, and good food and drink.

PHILOSOPHY
(From my old profile, keeping this because I think it still holds)
Not sure if I can articulate a personal philosophy. My main goal is to be happy, but a variety of things make me happy. Within that context I prioritize finding new things: friends, places, experiences but engage with them as positively and respectfully as I can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I spent the Spring and Summer of 2014 backpacking Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. I didn't need places to stay, but I thought couch surfing would be a fun way for me to spend time meeting people and exploring new places.

In addition to Couchsurfing, I've also WWOOF'ed and done a number of host stays and consider myself pretty adept at living respectfully in another persons home.

Interests

Cooking, food, puddles, sports, climbing, beer, board games, card games, philosophy, literature, art, impressionism, reading, statistics, music, conversation, tea, hiking, design, podcasts, 19th century french sociology, Japanese rock music, summer rain

• arts
• literature
• design
• impressionism
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• drinking
• board games
• reading
• podcasts
• music
• rock music
• hiking
• surfing
• sports
• rock climbing
• sociology
• statistics
• wwoof

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Manhattan, Die Hard, Lost in Translation, Young Frankenstein, Yojimbo, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim, After Life, The Square

Music:
Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Broken Social Scene, Air, My Morning Jacket, Phoenix, Beatles, Happy End, Talking Heads, Andrew Bird, The Strokes, The War on Drugs, Kevin Morby, Anderson Paak

Books: Stoner, Arcadia, Steppenwolf, Norwegian Wood, Nine Stories, Down and Out in Paris and London, 1984, The Things They Carried, The Great Gatsby, Heart of Darkness

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed Mt. Fuji in a thunderstorm.

Lived in a chashitsu (tea room) in Northern Kyoto for a summer.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm one of the few experts in the english speaking world on 1970s Japanese rock music

I bake bread.

What I Can Share with Hosts

If you are looking for a couch to crash, please write me a personalized message.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States