COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE As a surfer - London (December 2005), Dublin (January 2006), Rome (July 2006), Oxford and Bath (July 2007). As a host - 2 Canadian cs (February 2006), 1 US cs, 1 canadian cs & 4 finish cs (April 2006), 2 US cs (April/May 2006), 2 canadian cs & 1 US cs (June 2006), 1 french cs (June 2006), 1 chilean cs (November 2006), 1 canadian cs & 1 US cs(December 2006), 1 israeli cs (April 2007), 1 austrian cs, 1 colombian cs, 3 french cs, 2 danish cs, 3 italian cs and 2 german cs (August 2007), 4 italian cs (December 2008)

Films - Cronnenberg, Lynch, Kubrick, Cimino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Woody Allen. TV - Seinfeld, Little Britain, Family Guy. Books - Grapes of Wrath, any by Kafka or Proust, Jane Austen (i'm embarrassed to admit) Music - Fist of all, Pulp, the Beatles, Gang of Four, The Smiths and The Libertines, Then, lots of new bands like Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Maximo Park, Kaiser Chiefs, Art Brut, Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, also, Aimee Mann, and some dance and hip hop, etc.