I am a human person, living on the planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy. I try not to panic, and have a towel on my person nearly all the time. Sometimes I think I 'get it', but then realize I don't know what 'it' is, and I'm probably just hungry.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is such a great way to meet people, exchange ideas, and share culture!

Interests

Cinema, comedy, art, reading, thinking, doing, food, cool people, animals, making lists, laughing, repeating myself, and making lists.

• animals
• arts
• culture
• festivals
• film festivals
• dining
• movies
• reading
• socializing

Music, Movies, and Books

Yes, please! If it's good, I'll consume it. There are WAY too many to list.

An incomplete, but mildly specific list:

Music
Jazz, Hip Hop, Blues, Classic Rock, Punk, Electronic.

Movies
Anything Kubrick (especially Dr. Stranelove & A Clockwork Orange),
anything Scorsese (especially Goodfellas & The Wolf of Wall Street),
anything Coen Brothers, (especially The Big Lebowski!),
anything Tarantino,
anything Linklater,
anything Woody Allen,
most everything French New Wave,
most everything 1970's New Hollywood. Chinatown,

Books
Anything Vonnegut,
anything Capote,
Philosophy (existentialism, stoicism, classics, logic)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've backpacked along the US continental divide. I've been to several cool film festivals.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good conversation, good energy, a fun & healthy exchange of ideas! I want to be one of the good people on this planet, and relish the opportunity to prove that we're all part of a global community.