I've just spent a year in the UK, working and visiting family, with a pretty long trip to Spain and Portugal over the summer. Getting a little homesick, and planning to return to New Zealand to finish my degree/generally resume my life in November, but hoping to see some more of Europe before I go.

I'm a very chilled-out person, with a big interest in live music (though I am a very poor musician!). I really love to draw, meet new people, find myself in cool / weird situations. I'm a big fan of hitch-hiking, beaches, homemade tattoos.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because it makes couchsurfing a lot easier! I've done some couchsurfing without social media, which has been a lot of fun, but tends to make me a little anxious, because it's very last-minute. Occasions include sleeping in a van in Bilbao with a cool electronic band, staying in a cool chess nerd/cycle courier squat, sleeping on the floor of an art gallery/cafe in Auckland.

I guess that aside, it's very life-affirming and beautiful that a community like this can exist, and I'm very happy to be a "part" of it?

Interests

really into tattoo (if you like, I will stick'n'poke you), live music, hiking and camping, visual art in a big way. I'm a pretty good cook, but a vegetarian one, so that necessarily limits my repertoire a bit.

I'm interested in New Zealand history, which is great, because it's what I'm studying, social theory, Aubrey Beardsley.

• arts
• tattoos
• cooking
• vegetarian
• chess
• drawing
• music
• live music
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• communications
• history
• hitchhiking
• beaches
• last minute travel

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen to a lot of NZ alternative music, and a lot of folk and punk music. Recently I went through a big stoner metal phase. I guess my favourite musical experiences have all been at festivals or house parties, though. Being in a room full of people all freaking out because of a killer solo is one of the best feelings.

Werner Herzog! Twin Peaks! Pretty much anything with Kevin Spacey in it! Wes Anderson.

. Lately I've been reading Borges, Nietzsche, Margaret Atwood, Foucault, Nabokov, Simone de Beauvoir (still gotta read her fiction, though). I've started on Freud's Interpretation of Dreams, but having a hard time taking it too seriously.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

ha ha ha

Teach, Learn, Share

I would like to learn things about your native cities/countries, citizens of couch surfing! I can show you how to bake a loaf of bread, make a tattoo needle with a pencil, teach you about New Zealand (mostly this involves never wearing shoes). In Spain I got pretty good at making campfires, so I guess that's an option.

I'm not the best storyteller, but I'd be happy to tell you stories about hitching and being voluntarily homeless while on holiday.

What I Can Share with Hosts

All of my things! I think drawing your portrait (this is something I'm not very good at doing, but enthusiastic, and want to improve) would be the most heartfelt way to repay your generosity.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, England, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Vanuatu, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, New Zealand