CURRENT MISSION

To get to as many countries as I can and meet as many different people as I can before I move to Portland Oregon.

ABOUT ME

I am a writer living in the Dundee/Angus area. I am planning my first foray into standup comedy/ Spoken word. I write fiction and Poetry mainly. Also I want to meet YOU!

PHILOSOPHY

My personal philosophy is that I am my god and in control of my life and if I fall down occasionally I only have myself to blame. I want to experience as many things as possible; food, music, culture, history, literature. EVERYTHING!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Meet as many people as I can in as many cities as possible. Due to my current living arrangements I cannot offer a couch to stay on but I will be happy to meet you and show you around my city.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed many couches in my time, mainly when I've been touring with my bands or just finding myself in an alien city and partying.

Interests

Writing, Reading, Visiting places of historical interest aswell as personal interest.

• culture
• writing
• literature
• poetry
• dining
• partying
• clubbing
• reading
• music
• spoken word
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Black Flag, Henry Rollins, Nine Inch Nails, Saul Williams, The Ruts, Mumford and Sons, Hazen St, Tom Waits, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Enablers, Alkaline Trio, Johnny Cash, Amen, Battles, Bat for Lashes, Ben folds five, The Bloody Beetroots, Botch, Bruce Springsteen, The Hold Steady, Frank Turner, Circle Takes the Square, Desalvo, Envy, The Gaslight Anthem, Godspeed You Black Emperor, 16 Horse power, Iggy Pop, N.W.A, Norma Jean, The Presets, Rolling Stones, Shai Hulud, Sofa, Torche, Unity, Youth of Today, Kevin Secons.

Books - Fight Club, Choke, House of Leaves, Haunted, Generation X, Now is the Hour, American Psycho, Kiss me Judas, The Contortionists Handbook, Love the people, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Jokes Over, The most beautiful women in town, Post office.

Stand-up comedians - Bill Hicks, Doug Stanhope, Henry Rollins, Eddie Izzard, Dylan Moran.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have visited Auschwitz and Birkenhauer and I am currently saving to move to Portland Oregon where I will study under the author Tom Spanbauer who taught Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, Choke, Haunted and more.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn to speak Russian, Polish and Ukrainian.

I don't know if I am in a position to "teach" but I can impart my limited knowledge in regards to story construction and writing in general.