CURRENT MISSION

To figure out my next mission, but hope to meet some cool people and keep some couches warm for now.

ABOUT ME

Chicago born philophile, philomath, xenophile, europhile, logophile, chasmophile, anglophile, dendrophile, apodysophile, sarcophile, philonoist, and Oenophile.

PHILOSOPHY

There's not a problem that food can't fix

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hope to help keep some couches warm and make em feel needed

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm a Couchsurf virgin so far, but have hosted several dozen of my friends and friends of friends

Interests

Interests: Food, beer, culture, sport, biking, music, large dogs, Paul Krugman, whiskey, interesting people, and South African accents

Things I'm not interested in: people who suck, boredom, flavorless food, propaganda, and curling

• dogs
• culture
• dining
• beer
• partying
• music
• cycling
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: This list is endless, but a few that come to mind are City of God, Requiem for a Dream, Mother, The Graduate, Run Lola Run, Natural Born Killers, Enter the Void, and Old Boy.

Music: This list is even longer, but a few artists that get a lot of play on my iPod lately are Little Dragon, Owusu and Hannibal, Stevie Wonder, RJD2, Flying Lotus, MF Doom, Black Keys, Chet Faker, and Nicolas Jaar.

Books: Another shortened list, but The Little Prince (best book ever written), Art of War, Wealth of Nations, Crime and Punishment, To Kill a Mockingbird, Where the Wild Things Are, and have Das Kapital in queue.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Went to a house party where the Gipsy Kings played a set mere feet away from me......sick! Phnom Penh (Camdodia), Granada (Spain), and Chicago, IL (USA) are right up there.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can make Samosas! My greatest accomplishment to date

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, India, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, United States