HOW

I'm a musician who has been living in Bristol for 9 sweet years

big fan of people. lucky for you that you were not born a panda

very friendly maisonette in the heart of the shit. The housemates are mint and the downstairs neighbour is always up at ours with gin / omelettes

it's nice

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I went busking across europe for a few months last summer, needed to return dem favours when I got back. But now we just really really likes it

* bonus bit I wrote down when I was a bit loved up out in the world, I may not be quite as mushy in person

My favourite quote was always one of Norman Mailer's, who said "every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less"

And I now think maybe this could be expanded to a societal level also. You can spend your days nonchalantly scraping away at the division that exists between people. I try to remember to engage in as much eye contact / smiling / greetings as possible in town, to sharpen my instincts on how to build warmth with hosts, to know when to share and when to ask questions... and when to shut up... slow for me to figure this out ha

cs is so wonderful because it can gently expand global unity, one small meeting at a time. It doesn't always work ( because there's no accounting for chemistry between complex personalities ), but the more we meet and then share funny stories of our meetings - spreading the word of how strangers are actually essentially fascinating + amusing and not at all something to be afraid of getting near to - then that's surely all for the good and true.

Interests

• singing
• olives

Music, Movies, and Books

possibly unhealthy music obsession

https://open.spotify.com/user/113585179/playlist/4zD3LF9WSjg7MKYoIF2E2x?si=E453J6O_SQyAIb6wGbAVZg

partial to asimov / arthur c. clarke
been on war and peace for awhile now
gormenghast / dune / 1984
one hundred years of solitude

2001 / Blade Runner / Akira
There Will Be Blood / Schindler's List
Raging Bull / Goodfellas / Seven

best I've seen anyway

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

long story

Teach, Learn, Share

music music music
pictures of space
dumb stories

What I Can Share with Hosts

I know how to play at least 23 songs that you like
I'll make you laugh at least thrice
I'm a good cook and cleaner
I'm very considerate
I'm not up-tight

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

England