CURRENT MISSION

Be the best host possible / explore and adventure 'till my feet bleed!

ABOUT ME

Hey, I'm Dustin! I live in West Lafayette (5 minute walk from Purdue's Campus) with anywhere between 5-6 of the coolest roommates alive (sidenote: 2 of those are a wonderful gay couple -I hate that I have to mention that but some people suck and just aren't cool with it) I'm a grad student at Purdue and I study literature.

PHILOSOPHY

Academically: 20th Century Continental is really my cup of tea.

The kind of Philosophy this is -actually- asking for: Be a good person, don't fuck people over, and always treat others 20% better then you yourself would like to be treated to account for errors.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Be the host with the most! (By "the most" I really mean that I'm a student and that I don't have many things; however, I have two of the comfiest couches north of the Mason-Dixon, and a shitload of hospitality!)

Interests

art, literature, philosophy, music, language, outer-space, travel, good beer, cheap food, great conversation.

• arts
• culture
• literature
• dining
• beer
• traveling
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: I study 'em so they are my thing. My top ten (in no particular order)

1) One Hundred Years of Solitude -Marquez

2) The Stranger - Camus

3) House of Leaves -Danielewski

4) Collected Fiction -Borges

5) Anything by Euripides

6) The Odyssey (Fagles translation)

7) Beyond Good and Evil- Nietzsche

8) Triste Tropiques - Levi-Strauss

9) Anything by Shakespeare (particularly "Hamlet" MacBeth" "The Tempest" and "Richard II"

10) Leaves of Grass - Whitman

Music: I can't begin to list all the music I dig. Here are some genres that I consider my favorites

Classic Rock (Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Sabbath)

Electro

Jazz (Dave Brubeck)

Blues

Movies:

1) Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind

2) Monty Pyton and the Quest for the Holy Grail

3) Documentaries (I know this isn't specific but I could watch a good doc' any time!)

4) Andrei Rublev

5) Spirited Away (Really anything by Studio Ghibli)

6) Clockwork Orange

7) The Big Lebowski

8) Pokémon the First Movie (Cinematic GOLD!)

9) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

10) Let Me In

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sunset at Stonehenge!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love talking about language and culture.
My superpower is the gift of gab.
If I know it, I am willing to teach it!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Everything - If I can share it, you are welcome to it!

Countries I’ve Visited

Italy, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States