I'm currently living in Dublin, studying at UCD as an exchange student from Canada. I was born in Montreal, but I grew up in a small town in upstate New York. I am a calm and easygoing person.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am in search of an authentic experience.

Interests

Anything that exercises my mental, spiritual, or physical faculties in a constructive way. (e.g. nature, history, literature, theatre, art)

• arts
• literature
• running
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

I like anything from classic sixties rock and roll, to classical, to modern ambient electronic music. Sometimes I just prefer silence.

I couldn't possibly list my favorite films, but my favorite directors would include Stanley Kubrick, Paul Thomas Anderson, Werner Herzog, the Coen Brothers, and most recently Alejandro González Iñárritu (I loved Birdman). I consider the performances of Jim Carrey to have had a profound impact on my life. I also have a particular fondness for prison escape movies, as I find the notion of escape to be romantic.

Books: People of the Deer by Farley Mowat, Half-Breed by Maria Campbell, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, and Shakespeare.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I came face to face with a black bear once.

I scared it away...

by running away.

Teach, Learn, Share

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness"
-Mark Twain

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am a very agreeable person: I'm clean, quiet, and polite, but always up for conversation, and I live for a laugh.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States