CURRENT MISSION

have extraordinary experiences, gain a global perspective

ABOUT ME

I'm weird.

PHILOSOPHY

Sometimes I wonder if I'm wasting my life. Then I wonder what "progress" is, anyhow.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had guests through Hospitality Club, but I am new to couch surfing.

Interests

subcultures, music, art history, offhanded people, short stories, thrift stores, experimental travel

• arts
• clubbing
• thrifting
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• art history
• history
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: Baraka, Before Sunrise, Heathers, Harold and Maude, Requiem for a Dream, I Heart Huckabees, Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind, Waking Life, Amelie, Being John Malkovich, The Cell, Fight Club, SLC Punk, Ghost World, Thirteen, High Fidelity, Kids, The Game, Vanilla Sky, Good Will Hunting, Clockwork Orange, All Dogs Go to Heaven / MUSIC: Strangers Die Every Day, Radiohead, Neutral Milk Hotel, Fiona Apple, Interpol, Wilco, Mars Volta, Blonde Redhead, Tori Amos, Aimee Mann, Belle and Sebastian, Elliott Smith, The Shins, Iron and Wine, Beck, Skip James, Kaki King, Rilo Kiley, The Beatles... and so much more / BOOKS: BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN and A SUPPOSEDLY FUN THING I'LL NEVER DO AGAIN by David Foster Wallace, NINE STORIES and CATCHER IN THE RYE by JD Salinger, THE STRANGER and THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS by Albert Camus, COLLECTED SHORT STORIES by Ernest Hemmingway, THE COMPLETE STORIES by Franz Kafka, THE LONELY PLANET GUIDE TO EXPERIMENTAL TRAVEL by Rachael Antony and Joel Henry, SIDDHARTHA by Hermann Hesse... the list goes on, but you get the picture

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

stood alone on the beach in Newport at midnight during a heat lightning storm and watched a thick pink bolt stike the pavement 30 feet away from where I was standing... for some reason that's the first thing that comes to mind

Teach, Learn, Share

I can pick up on people's passions pretty well and have a knack for showing them things they'd enjoy but maybe would never have known about.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bermuda, Canada, Jamaica

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States