Hi! I'm Al, a queer animation student from Orlando, Florida. I've worked as a Disney cast member, a subtitle writer for 'Love and Hip Hop', and a graphic designer for a semi-famous rapper. Currently, I help make educational hip-hop music videos and TV commercials.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm traveling to Vancouver in a week, looking to find friends and hiking buddies!

Interests

Hobbies include painting, hiking, stick-and-pokes, LGBT activism, volunteering at a children's writing center, gardening, DIY music, amateur pickling, disability advocacy, and boxing.

• writing
• books
• film making
• cooking
• comics
• painting
• live music
• piano
• cycling
• hiking
• animation
• activism

Music, Movies, and Books

Huge fan of The Avalanches, Marvin Gaye, Danny Brown, The Flaming Lips, and Mitski. I work for a hip-hop podcast and help make educational hip-hop music videos on the side so hip-hop is basically my life! I also write for a small music magazine. Let's geek out over music or go to a show sometime!

Movie-wise I love animated films, documentaries, horror, and anything that makes me uncomfortable

Favorite shows include Bojack Horseman, Twin Peaks, Superjail

Books: currently reading Memoirs of a Geisha, just finished Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Goes without saying that I'm always open to recs :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Happy to treat you to dinner/drinks, help out around the house, or make you some art!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Japan, Macao, Mexico, Philippines, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States