CURRENT MISSION

Survive 2nd year

ABOUT ME

My name's John (although stupidly all my friends call me JFK). I'm currently studying French and Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and really enjoying it. Edinburgh is fucking sweet, so do come visit. I love music, movies, sport, books, good conversations, good people, good people + parties and of course travelling and couchsurfing too!

PHILOSOPHY

Hard to some up ones philosophy in a sentence but here goes:
Give it a lash.
Carpe Diem
Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
"MAÑANA!"
Thank god i'm an athiest
and other contradictory and pithy slogans.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just moved into our lovely new flat, so looking forward to hosting as many people as possible.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have done absolutely nothing so far but that should change soon

Interests

Beer, lonboarding, skateboarding, music, parties, busking and playing music, travel bla bla bla bla

• books
• beer
• partying
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• skateboarding
• sports
• world cup

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: Scorsese,Tarantino,Audiard,Godard, Hitchcock, Harmony Korine,Almodovar, Wong-Kar Wai,Park Chan-wook, Wes Anderson, Truffaut and all the other goooood ones.

Books: Never get enough reading done but i love Kerouac, Dave Eggers, Hemmingway, Camus, Fitzgerald, Dostoyevsky

Music: Bob Dylan, Crystal Castles, Pixies, Kanye West, Otis Redding, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Neutral Milk Hotel, Led Zep, Jimi Hendrix, Air, Fatboy Slim, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Animal Colletive etc etc etc all the good stuff

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Witnessed the World Cup in 2006 in Germany. The atmosphere was simply amazing. Really exciting time with so many people from so many countries. I love big events like that, that can bring a lot of people together. Hopefully I'll be in Brazil for 2014

Marin headlands at 2 am on a foggy July morning is a pretty sweet sight.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could stereotypically teach you how to pour and enjoy a nice pint of Guinness. Could teach you a lot about beer really, mmm DRINK. I could teach you the odd word of Irish or Irish slang if you were so inclined.

And I'm willing to learn just about anything you have to teach me. Teaching me how to make my profile better wouldnt be a bad start.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom