CURRENT MISSION

aesthetic bliss

ABOUT ME

I am studying English Literature at the University of Toronto and would like to write fiction for a living. In addition, I have a strong affinity towards good beer.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe life is inherently valuable and worth living. The universe is inconceivably beautiful and warrants our full exploration.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted a few people and met other couchsurfers while traveling. This site is incredible and I really want to integrate myself more into this community.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Because of couchsurfing, I have played music on the lamp lit streets of Paris; I have met great friends and discovered the inner-secrets of cities usually sheathed from the eyes of new visitors.

Interests

Literature, aesthetics, music, traveling, beer, walking through cities at night; understanding, feeling empathy towards and appreciating other beings.

• literature
• beer
• walking
• traveling
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite books:
James Joyce - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway
Chris Ware - Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth
Franz Kafka - The Castle
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Leaf Storm
Italo Calvino - Numbers in the Dark
Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
William Shakespeare - Hamlet
Richard Brautigan - In Watermelon Sugar

Favourite poets:
William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, T.S. Eliot

Music: I am mostly into contemporary classical, experimental electronic and experimental alternative. Some of my favourites include:
- Animal Collective
- The Books
- The Field
- Amon Tobin
- Flying Lotus
- James Blake
- Joanna Newsom
- Boards of Canada
- Aphex Twin
- My Bloody Valentine
- Neutral Milk Hotel

Favourite movies:
- Brazil
- The Holy Mountain
- Pulp Fiction
- The Tree of Life

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Everything.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France