ABOUT ME

Hey, I am Phil and I just graduated from college and am living on my own for the first time. I come from a Italian and Polish family with a lot of brothers, which leads to a lot of fantastic stories. One of my favorite things to do is go to the movies, I love the movie theater and I love films. As far as hobbies go, I like photography and travel. Recently I finished a 365 project, taking a photo a day for a year. I have a great sense of humor, and I love to laugh/ make people laugh.

PHILOSOPHY

This is a hard one. Really the only personal philosophy I have is be honest, be positive, be respectful, and there is always a reason to cheers (and/or party).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new to couch surfing, but I hear a lot of great things from friends so I figured I would join the site and see how it goes. Only travel plans in the near future are a road trip this summer. But, I plan on traveling as much as I can!

Interests

I love to meet new people, I love movies and television, photography, I am a beginner when it comes to baking, running, travel, reading, Harry Potter, social justice education, queer theory, and I also love to just walk around new cities.

• theater
• photography
• education
• baking
• running
• partying
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• surfing
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: (Always looking for something new to read so give some suggestions) Hamlet, Great Gatsby, Harry Potter (Coming out as a dork), Confessions of a Mask, and Coffee Table Books.

Movies: (Anything that can get me emotionally connected and is made well, nothing ruins a movie like shitty acting or writing.)
Black Swan, The Dark Knight, Sherlock Holmes, Fight Club, Memoirs of a Geisha, Little Miss Sunshine, The Last Samurai, Moonrise Kingdom, Spirited Away, Up, Girls Will Be Girls, Paris is Burning, The Amazing Spider Man, Casablanca, The Prestige, Spirited Away, Easy A (Emma Stone is fantastic), Amelie, Intouchables,L'Auberge Espagnole, I Heart Huckabees, Hugo

Shows: (I watch too much TV.)
Lost, Friends, Weeds, Chopped, Iron Chef, Dexter, Heroes, Dead Like Me, Lie to Me, Arrested Development, Hoarders, True Blood, Skins (UK), Queer As Folk, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Gilmore Girls , Twilight Zone, Downton Abbey, RuPaul's Drag Race, Sherlock, Battle Star Galactica, The L Word, Game of Thrones

Music: I love new music, suggest stuff (Don't Even Get Me Started)
Passion Pit, Andrew Bird, Annie, Arcade Fire, Beirut, The White Panda, Blink 182 (Throwback to growing up), The Acorn (yeah canada), Citizen Cope, The Clash, Coeur de Pirate (again I love foreign music/ music in other languages), Cut Copy, Daft Punk, Dirty Projectors, Beatles, Harlem Shakes, Feist, the DoDos, Iron and Wine, jj, Islands, Jack Johnson (People Watching?), Kid Cudi, Lykke Li, Matt and Kim, Micachu and the Shapes, Miike Snow, Modest Mouse, Noah and the Whale, of Montreal, (a little bit of) Patrick Wolf, Regina Spektor, Rouge Wave, Shugo Tokumaru, Starfucker, Tegan and Sara (Angst Lesbian Teen?), Sunset Rubdown, The Ting Tings, Vampire Weekend, The Weepies, YACHT (Just to name a few), Baths, Citizen Cope

Food: (I'll try anything once, I love trying new food.)
Italian (home cooked, not dine-in), Polish (Borscht, golumpki), Japanese (Curry Rice, Daifuku), Thai (Green Curry Stew, Pumpkin Curry), Indian (anything), Mediterranean (Tabouli, Chick Shwarma), Hawaiian Pizza, Arugula, Noodles, Curry, Fish and Chips. Cooking with people, and cooking dishes they grew up with is one of my favorite things to do with a new friend. I am really open to trying new food and drinks.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Maybe not the most rare of awe-inspiring: But stayed up all night with a complete stranger and shared more about each others lives than I have with most people that I know.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: How to Make a Cosmo, Home-made Italian Pasta Sauce, a few Italian Card games (Scopa and Tressette), Escarole (an Italian dish)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States