From Athens, GA, currently living in Mankato, MN.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have hosted a few times, have surfed a few times.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Usually I've just surfed around places in the South, where I kind of know the area and know what I'm doing.

Intereses

Traveling, music, movies, books, outdoors-type-stuff, dancing, live music, stand-up, podcasting. In my 9-5 I'm a librarian, and I'm interested in special collections and archives, and in seeing the way public libraries support their communities. Wherever I'm traveling, I'm always interested into looking into the local libraries. I'm also interested in local culture, music, stand-up, and anything related to movies, e.g. shooting locations or museums, or anything really.

• culture
• humanities
• books
• dancing
• dining
• partying
• technology
• movies
• traveling
• music
• live music
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• hunting

Música, películas y libros

I am a huge movie guy. I'll watch anything.
Some favorites:
Rear Window
Children of Men
The Great Escape
No Country for Old Men
Singin' in the Rain
Her
The Lego Movie
Magnolia
The Big Sleep
The Matrix
Out of Sight
A Night at the Opera
Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein
The Big Lebowski

Also a big music guy.
Favorites:
R.E.M.
David Bazan/Pedro the Lion
Modern Skirts
Tegan & Sara
Kanye West
Jens Lekman
High Spirits
Kishi Bashi
King Crimson
Porcupine Tree

Being a librarian I'm obviously into reading. I try to read broadly, but I especially like detective fiction, meta- and post-modern fiction, creative essays, modern literary fiction, comic books and graphic novels, pop-science journalism, and occasionally some fantasy or sci-fi. Mostly what I look for are strong voices; the actual story could be about anything. But I do like dense plots and intricate, echoing themes.
Favorites:
Infinite Jest/A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again/pretty much anything by David Foster Wallace
Telegraph Avenue/also pretty much anything by Michael Chabon
Cryptonomicon/ditto Neal Stephenson
Bad Mother - Ayelet Waldman
The Name of the Wind/The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss
The Sandman series - Neil Gaiman
The Ghost Writer - Philip Roth
Killing Yourself to Live - Chuck Klosterman
Blankets - Craig Thompson

Algo increíble que he hecho

I shelved non-fiction books in a library for 2 years and I have the Dewey Decimal system memorized. It's a great party trick!

Enseña, aprende, comparte

Teach: guitar, ukulele, English, anything related to the humanities

Learn: Spanish, guitar, audio/video tech

Share: food, stories, a couch

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

Food, directions, good times, info about stuff to do in the area.
We currently have two couches and a blow-up mattress. We have plenty of space so if people want to bring a sleeping bag and sleep on the floor, they're welcome to.

Países que he visitado

Canada, Cayman Islands, Italy, Mexico

Países en los que he vivido

United States