ABOUT ME

Hmm, how would I describe myself...

I'm quite outgoing, although I really appreciate the quiet types. I'm a total nerd and love to discuss literature and pretentiously cerebral movies, but I consistently make an ass of myself. I think these days I'm trying to collect as many experiences as I can, live as many walks of life as possible before I decide on the one I really want.

PHILOSOPHY

"Better to be imprudent movables than prudent fixtures." --Keats

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

For now, I'm just looking to go to coffee and to help visitors get a little slice of Vermont.

Interests

Hiking, but not too intensively. Science + society. Music and musicians. A good conversation about a good book. The occasional film.

• books
• literature
• coffee
• movies
• music
• hiking
• paragliding
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Lots of rock (classic, Indie, all kinds), Jazz, Latin, hip-hop, classical. Kind of a wannabe indie kid, but my favorite band of all time: Rolling Stones. Definitely open to recommendations as well.

Movies: Slightly divided taste of those weird cerebral dramas that make you think (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I Heart Huckabees, Crash) and foreign, also really stupid movies (Anchorman, 40 Year Old Virgin, etc.).

Books: Wow, way too many to name. PROUST. Favorites include dis-utopian literature (A Clockwork Orange, Brave New World, 1984), 19th Century Russian literature (Gogol, Dostoevsky), modern mind-bending surrealist novels (Hakuri Murakami).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Went paragliding in Lima, which requires you to jump off the cliff.

Galapagos.

Teach, Learn, Share

Don't judge someone by how they appear to be, take the time to get a sense of how he/she really is.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Ecuador, France, Italy, Peru, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Peru, United States