I was born in England, but spent a lot of my younger years in Buenos Aires. Grew very attached to Northern England during my adolescence in Yorkshire. Then I spent 4 years in Edinburgh for University. I've managed to fit in a fairly decent amount of travel between all of that, most recently finding myself in Argentina and a few other spots in South America.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's a great way to meet genuine locals, and potentially (hopefully!) long-lasting friends.

Interests

I have loads of interests, one of them being bizarre and dark humour. I can get passionate about politics sometimes, but feel like I need to become more well-read to be able to completely validate my thoughts on it. I'm a strong advocate for feminism, equal rights, and drug decriminalisation.

I'm also a big music lover. I've played the bass guitar since I was 16, and can play a little bit of acoustic/electric guitar too. I'm left handed but have learnt a few basic chords on a right-handed guitar since they're so much more common! I recently also played a MIDI keyboard in a sort of electronic folk band. I produce music on my laptop when possible, and do some rapping too.

• womens rights
• politics
• traveling
• music
• guitar

Music, Movies, and Books

I started off loving Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party and The Strokes, later falling in love with The Beatles, David Bowie and some other classics. Somewhere along the line I started listening to Raekwon, and the US and UK hiphop scenes wormed their way in there (Verb T, Premo, Jam Baxter, Jehst, Dr Syntax, Mos Def, Tribe). I also like Burial, Com Truise, Macintosh Plus, Mac DeMarco, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Sleaford Mods, and more. Sometimes I like listening to music I can zone out to (eg. Lemon Jelly), and other times I like listening to music that makes me think (eg. Braintax)

12 Angry Men is film I watched recently which I liked a lot, and La Haine is another.

My favourite book is 1984. But I really need to read more. Been stuck reading Dune for the past 6 months. Other good ones I've read: A Brave New World, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, maybe there's another good book that ends in World but I can't think of it!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I ate a sandwich which was 5 pieces of bread in between 2 other pieces of bread

What I Can Share with Hosts

If we have access to a computer I can share with you the music I make on my laptop. If that's not possible, I can try and recite some of my rap lyrics to you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, England, France, Laos, Malaysia, Netherlands, Peru, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, England, Scotland