CURRENT MISSION

Finishing my Criminology MA and getting a PhD

ABOUT ME

I'm an Italian Londoner who's just moved to Sydney to study criminology. I've studied journalism, worked in PR and written four novels. I love American Psycho, Alice Cooper and cupcakes.

PHILOSOPHY

I apologise, I know they're long, but I like quotes. Here are some of my favourites.

"There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me. Only an entity. Something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours, and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable, I simply am not there." Patrick Bateman, American Psycho.

"There are times when I don't like my own company. [...] I get lazy. My brain's not wild enough, not in tune enough, to be finding things that inspire me. [So] usually I go off on my own. I'll go take a trip alone. Just to get to the point where I know that, like it or not, I'm stuck with myself. That I have to go through this and figure out what the fuck it is that's bugging me." Matthew McConaughey, GQ US.

"Evil has only the power that we give it. I give you nothing. I take back." Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes.

"I believe that what doesn't kill you simply makes you...stranger." The Joker, The Dark Knight.

"I woke up like this." Beyoncé. Sorry about that one.

"What are you thinking? How are you feeling? What have we done to each other? What will we do?" Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As I'm currently living with another person, I can't host as I wish I could. I wish I could contribute more as a way to thank all the wonderful people that helped me have an amazing experience in the US sharing their stories and time with me, but unfortunately at the moment I can only hang out.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing helped make my dream of visiting the USA and living there like a local come true. I have just come back from a two-month trip that took me to New York, Washington, Tampa, Nashville, New Orleans, Chicago, Las Vegas, San Diego, LA, Long Beach and San Francisco and I'm on a Couchsurfing high.

It was my first experience ever and it was inspiring, challenging and heart-warming. I was blown away by all my hosts' kindness, intelligence and will to pamper me.

I loved it so much I even popped by the CS Headquarters in San Francisco, where I met all the lovely people behind it. Worth a stop! You can read all about my experience here: http://couchsurferreviews.com/

Interests

Hard Rock & Heavy Metal (with subgenres), criminology, profiling, communications, pr, arts, cocktail bars, restaurants, novels, tech.

• arts
• cocktails
• technology
• communications
• journalism
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
American Psycho, Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Robert Rodriguez, Jim Jarmusch, Guy Ritchie, most superhero movies but NOT Superman, David Fincher, Richard Linklater, Jim Jarmusch, cheesy English comedies like Love Actually and Notting Hill (I do have a heart).

Books:
Jon Ronson, Stephen King, Bret Easton Ellis, JK Rowling, Gillian Flynn, Chuck Palahniuk, Classic literature.

Music:
Hard Rock & Heavy metal plus sub-genres. Alice Cooper, Guns N'Roses, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones, Opeth, Trivium, Death, Children of Bodom, Arch Enemy, Afterhours, Arctic Monkeys,Soundgarden, Afghan Whigs, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Amy Winehouse, Lana Del Rey, Nirvana, Hole, movie soundtracks, Jeff Buckley, Johnny Cash, Pantera, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Simon & Garfunkel, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Beatles, Marilyn Manson, Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Offspring, Lonely Island, The Vaccines, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've written three novels, launched an unsuccessful website on Kickstarter, seen the Rolling Stones, couchsurfed in America alone without getting killed.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to make risotto, how to swear in Italian and how to be flawless.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I smile a lot and I'm generally really happy. I can offer weird stories from three years of journalism (ask about burnt toasts) , from two months of Couchsurfing in America, PR and from life in Italy.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Cuba, Cyprus, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Maldives, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Italy, United Kingdom