CURRENT MISSION

To understand and appreciate

ABOUT ME

My profile name may be somewhat misleading... I'm really not all that wild per se (sorry lads). It's an inside joke. I'm an English lit student, and so of course one of my main passions in life is reading. Current favs include Jonathan Safran Foer and Keats (yeah... I know he's not that current. deal.).
The thing that I really live for though is music. I'm sadly unable to play more than the opening riffs of a couple songs on guitar... but I love going to shows, listening to records, and being generally music nerdy. If I can make jokes with you about Ian Curtis or Mark E. Smith, then, you are an automatic friend. I generally love indie (and what a broad category that is), but am open to pretty much anything. I am fascinated by art and photography and can spend hours more than any sane person in a museum.

PHILOSOPHY

Beauty is truth, truth beauty.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hung out with people couch surfing at my friends' houses before. I plan on hosting people when I get back to the states...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've never couchsurfed before.

Interests

art, music, philosophy, literature, nature, human psychology.

• arts
• literature
• photography
• beauty
• dining
• reading
• music
• guitar
• surfing
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Mountain Goats, Grizzly Bear, Beach House, The Smiths, The Cure, Elliot Smith, Edith Piaf, Jeffrey Lewis, The Feelies, Against Me!, Arthur Russell, Final Fantasy, Smashing Pumpkins, Animal Collective, Okkervil River, A.h. Kraken, Cloud Cult, New Order, Joy Division, Los Campesinos!, The Magnetic Fields, Nirvana, Neutral Milk Hotel... ok. I'm gonna stop now.
Movies: The Big Lebowski, Trainspotting, Dead Man, Delicatessan, City of Lost Children.
Books: Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Everything is Illuminated, Paradise Lost, Never Let Me Go.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent a week at the Rainbow Gathering in Wyoming. A temporary community built practically overnight, that cooked, sang, danced, and shared everything from life experiences to food for a couple of weeks then left, erasing any sign they had been living in the middle of the woods. Only to reform once a year. Kind of like Burning Man... but a little more low key.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can make wicked eggs in a basket, huevos rancheros (NM style), and burritos.
And I can teach you the opening chords of Postcards From Italy (by Beirut) on the ukelele.

Countries I’ve Visited

United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States