Hello! I'm a musician and computer programmer from Washington DC. I like to eat (a lot). I love animals. I have a cat named Katya. I like to bike around when I can. I like to hear about people's lives.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to meet people who live in the places I travel to and see what their lives are like. I would rather get a feel for how people live day to day than see whatever big building everybody says you have to go to. I like to play music with whoever I can!

Interests

I'm in a band in DC called Near Northeast. I play bass and sing harmonies, as well as produce, record, and mix our two albums. We've toured the mid-Atlantic, northern California, and are soon to tour the Balkans. Check us out!
https://nearnortheast.bandcamp.com/album/true-mirror

I like to do long bike tours with a few friends. In 2015 we rode from DC to Pittsburgh, in 2016 we rode up Skyline Drive in Shenandoah, VA (that was quite a climb...), and in 2017 we rode from Montreal to Quebec.

As a programmer, I'm interested in machine learning and data-driven techniques. I've worked in computer vision and as a web developer. If any of these things are your jam, let's talk about them!

• cats
• dogs
• music
• turtles
• bike riding
• computer programming
• lizards

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Neutral Milk Hotel, Miles Davis, Igor Stravinsky, Slayer, Radiohead, mum, Shlohmo, Timber Timbre, Kendrick Lamar, Animal Collective
(the Beatles, of course)

Movies:
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly, Eraserhead, Akira, Howl's Moving Castle

Books:
Godel Escher Bach, Steppenwolf, A Fire Upon the Deep, Hyperion, Accelerando, House of Leaves, Notes from Underground, A People's History of the United States

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I took off a year from working to record and mix my band's second album, and I think it's pretty good.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music! Cooking! Conversation! Help with their website! Playing with your cat or dog!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States