CURRENT MISSION

Studying and writing as much as possible.

ABOUT ME

I'm a 20-year-old English / creative-music major at Amherst College.

Books & records.
Electronic music.
Drums.

PHILOSOPHY

I have nothing to offer anyone except my own confusion.

- Jack Kerouac

love will lick the balls of your enemy.

- Charles Bukowski

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a serial host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted great people (& bands) 2008-2009 in my dorm at Amherst. Have yet to be hosted.

Interests

books
music
bikes
drums
jazz
cooking
camping
coffee
records
DIY
electronics

• writing
• books
• diy
• cooking
• coffee
• electronics
• music
• electronic music
• jazz
• drums
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

Saul Williams, Doomtree, the Weakerthans, the Beatles, Johnny Cash, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Radiohead, Refused, Rage Against the Machine, Why?, Atmosphere, John Coltrane, Sun Ra, Crosby Stills Nash And Young, Sage Francis, Explosions In The Sky, Brad Mehldau, Nine Inch Nails, Albert Ayler, Peter Brotzmann, Tortoise.

Donnie Darko, Into the Wild, Waking Life, the Life Aquatic, High Fidelity, the Royal Tenenbaums, the Blues Brothers, Man On Wire, The Big Lebowski, Sans Soleil.

Jack Kerouac, Albert Camus, Aaron Cometbus, Allen Ginsberg, Ray Bradbury, Charles Bukowski, Billy Collins, Vladimir Nabokov, Dostoevsky, Jack London, Jean-Paul Sartre, Frantz Fanon, Richard Wright.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent a summer at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have a decent collection of books and LPs in my room I'm happy to talk about and share with visitors. I love listening to records and I think more people should get turntables.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States