CURRENT MISSION

To befriend a unicorn.

ABOUT ME

I am a well-mannered eccentric. I like books and music and words and rad eighties/nineties teen films like Teen Wolf and I also like friends.

I don't like awkward introductions, so when we meet, I might be brandishing a mad grin and preparing to accost you with lame humour so that you will like me straight away. You will probably think I'm just lame without the "like" part, but at least you'll know that I'm not a threat - just lame. Lame, as in uncool by the way, not lame, as in unable to walk properly.

Speaking of being unable to walk properly, I am actually quite clumsy, so I guess I'm lame in all senses of the word. If you have stairs, or, medium to large bodies of water such as ponds or pools or swamps, or, sharp-edged furniture, or, other hazards that might disrupt my ongoing struggle to move around in the world then maybe this won't work out.

Please let me surf your couch. I won't make you laugh, I guess, but I'll teach you all about Australian wildlife.

PHILOSOPHY

Gatsby turned out all right in the end.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am a care bear.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed a few times now (and hosted some pals in Paris). It's been real swell. Truly. I don't think I'll ever stay in a hostel again. You just don't see a city the same way as when you couchsurf. I dig I dig I dig.

Interests

Writing stories, literature allsorts, music-making, grand adventures, the beach, baking gluten free goods (I have allergies), guzzling terribly cheap wine, drunkenly strumming guitars, falling over in the snow, falling over in general, bikeriding around town with the sun in my hair.

• wildlife
• writing
• books
• literature
• wine
• baking
• working out
• movies
• music
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS: The Great Gatsby, Wuthering Heights, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Picture of Dorian Gray, High Fidelity, Harry Potter.MOVIES: Lost In Translation, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Donnie Darko, The Secret Garden, Labyrinth, Reality Bites, To Catch A Thief.MUSIC: Neil Young, The Libertines, Serge Gainsbourg, Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, Beck, Radiohead, The Strokes, Siouxie and the Banshees, Animal Collective, Future Islands, Connan Mockasin, Atlas Sound, Deerhunter, Francoise Hardy, Blondie, Billie Holiday, J.J. Cale, Silver Apples, The Strokes, Mazzy Star, Cypress Hill, Goldfrapp, Tame Impala, Echo and the Bunnymen, Roxy Music, Beatles, Kate Bush, The Smiths, Warpaint, Grizzly Bear, Edith Piaf, Joy Division, Johnny Cash, Nick Drake, The Beach Boys, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Joy Division, The Stone Roses, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Stereolab, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Potatoes.

Teach, Learn, Share

Listening to your instincts is one of the easiest ways to assess a situation. If something doesn't feel right, then it isn't right.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, United Kingdom

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