Hello! My name's Ben. I'm a student at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington where I mostly study psychology. I am from Indiana, and after four years in Eastern Washington I am still very excited about being on the West coast.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing has provided me the warmth I crave when visiting new places. One day I will host. It's such a neat act of generosity.

Interests

I, unfortunately, don't play frisbee or make pottery anymore. I still think both are super sick and could geek out over them at the drop of a hat-- they're just not accessible like they once were. I am not an comedy improviser but I think improv comedy is one of the coolest things.

• cooking
• beer
• pottery
• psychology
• religion
• mythology
• buddhism
• whiskey
• ultimate frisbee
• comedy
• bread
• fantasy books

Music, Movies, and Books

I am still working on developing a taste of music. I cannot curate a playlist for the life of me but would love to follow yours, listen to it a lot for a month or so, and cycle back into it a year down the road. I like live music in small venues but not big concerts.

I've been binging fantasy books for a year or so and my current favorite has got to be Patrick Rothfuss. I am playing catch up and am only now reading Dune--my god. I like David and Amy Sedaris. I like modern Buddhist books and especially dig Chogyam Trungpa, Pema Chodron, and Shunryu Suzuki.

As for movies, I feel like I like the good ones in any genre. I most recently saw A Clockwork Orange and that was, well, something.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trained a rat to play basketball!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach bread making! If there is a bakery you like, please share it with me and I will investigate. Besides that.... I'm a learner.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I hope we can share our senses of humor with each other. I would love to bake you some sourdough-- I'll hopefully have my starter with me. If not, yeast it is! I can share fantasy books as I finish them and share snippets of crazy adventures... that I've read about and are made up. I can also provide some food and drink if we get a chance to eat together.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Portugal, Spain, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Nicaragua, United States