HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING My grad program keeps me on the move (a semester each in four different cities), so I'm more of a couch seeker these days than a host. However, once my situation changes I'll return the favor. And I'm happy to meet for coffee or a beer when time allows. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Pretty new to it. Two great experiences so far, one in Czech Republic and one in Copenhagen.

movies: Assassination of Jesse James, Field of Dreams, Big Lebowski, anything by Terrence Malick, Stanley Kubrick, Michael Mann, and a million others. Recently discovered Nicholas Winding Refn. music: Radiohead, Mark Lanegan, Sigur Ros, Iron + Wine, Woven Hand, Ray Lamontagne, Beirut. I grew up with grunge, so still love Pearl Jam and Nirvana and the rest. I like a pretty eclectic mix, but am not especially into hip hop or electronic music. books: Cormac McCarthy, Pete Dexter, Barry Lopez. Tend toward literary fiction, but am making more of an effort to read popular fiction as well. I've been devouring nonfiction, mostly about history, recently about science. Quantum physics baffles me, but I find it endlessly interesting.