ABOUT ME

I have a hard time sitting still, but I'm working on it. I like to wander; I have a terrible sense of direction. I am a really bad whisperer but I'm also not that loud. I love sharing music, meals, ideas, pondering nonsense with people, and I am not afraid to talk about Harry Potter.

PHILOSOPHY

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love couches; mine and other people's.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

has grown me upwards and outwards.

Interests

face paint

• beer
• painting
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Some essentials: Pixies, The Flaming Lips, Old Crow Medicine Show, the Avalanches, Angel Olsen, Neutral Milk Hotel, New Order, Talking Heads, Panda Bear, Sam Cooke, Beirut, Missy Elliot, Twin Shadow, Yeasayer--along with anything bluegrass, anything with a good handclap or drum beat, anything fun to sing along to or blast at high volumes. Books: Anything Jonathan Safran Foer, Roberto Bolaño, Haruki Murakami, Dave Eggers. 100 Years of Solitude, East of Eden, Savage Detectives, Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, the Phantom Tollbooth.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

alligator eyes in the night.

Teach, Learn, Share

i love sharing what i can. ideas, meals, music, stories, beers, times.

pro-learning.

i can teach you basic uke chords, some fun chest beats, games, rap lyrics from my youth...

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Montenegro, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Peru, Spain, United States