PLEASE read over the info about my home before requesting to crash as it may not suit everyone! I'll do my best to accommodate you but everyone is different!

Hi! I'm Olivia, and I live with my two cats in NYC's East Village. I work at Weill Cornell Medicine at the moment researching Alzheimer's Disease prevention, but I hope to go back to school for philosophy to become a bioethicist. My work also blurs the boundaries between art and science, the polarization of which I wholly reject and see as a disservice.

I also love to meet new people, share stories, read, write, play music (electric bass and guitar + cello), cook (though my kitchen is tiny), skateboard, go out dancing, see films, hike, ski, be outside/in nature, have a spliff and a beer with friends...uhhhh I could go on but I love to LEARN anything from anyone!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I hope to share unique experiences and learn new things from interesting folks anywhere possible! I love when paths cross unexpectedly and I am looking for more of that with couchsurfing. I hop around a bit and I know people come to NYC, where I live, all the time, so this has a very practical bend for me as well. Teach me new things about what you love or anything at all :)

Interests

• cats
• books
• poetry
• beer
• movies
• music
• rock music
• hiking
• surfing
• skiing
• snowboarding
• skateboarding
• swimming
• neuroscience
• philosophy
• science
• cinema
• nature
• beach
• dance
• house music
• techno music
• techno
• weed
• cello
• bass guitar
• skating
• research
• neurology
• marijuana
• bioethics
• scientific research
• philosophy of science

Music, Movies, and Books

Some fav books: Chelsea Girls by Eileen Myles, 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche, René Daumal's Pataphysics, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Some fav music: Velvet Underground, Talking Heads, Phish, Grateful Dead, Outkast are some quintessential fav bands but I listen to tons of the following genres - punk rock, emo punk/pop, shoegaze, indie rock, riot grrrl, hardcore, experimental, house, techno, tech-house, rave/electronic dance, honestly you name it and I love hearing and learning of new music.

Some fav movies: A Clockwork Orange, Requiem for a Dream, Blue Velvet, A Bout de Souffle, Solaris, Trainspotting, Twin Peaks (tv show but still have to list it), Kids, oh man I could go on and on again

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living in New Zealand for 9 months had a great impact on me.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to skateboard (basics, no crazy tricks sorry but I'd love to learn some!), play bass, play guitar, play cello, cook a mean pasta sauce, steak, pizza, or baked good, navigate NYC, improve your memory/cognition.....

I want to learn ANYTHING! But I also want to improve at things I already can do (play music, skate, write) - I love to see others' methods and pick their brains.

I can share my couch + skateboards, instruments, cooking utensils, Xbox (lol)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My knowledge, my guitar, skateboard, writing and books, and more

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, England, France, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States