CURRENT MISSION

To be creative, whilst still being productive in day to day life.

ABOUT ME

Teacher by profession, student by nature.

PHILOSOPHY

There is no peak in human ambition, only pique for those that can't do more with less. And for the influential side of humanity, our need to climb is lost in the architecture of convenient living.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have good tea in my kitchen and a sofa that can turn in to a bed.

Interests

I like to explore new places, urban and country. I love telling stories; sometimes truthfully, sometimes with elves.

• architecture
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Thomas Pynchon, Mikhail Bulgakov, Joseph Conrad, Thomas More, Iris Murdoch, Aldous Huxely, Sylvia Plath, Anton Chekhov, Hermann Hesse, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ayn Rand, George Orwell, D.F. Wallace.

{The Outer Limits}

I love a well connected series: The Wire, Breaking Bad, True Detective

{The Outer Limits}

On the Waterfront, Inherent Vice, Fear and Loathing, The Man Who Knew Too Much, M, The Saddest Music in the World, Last Tango, David Lynch, Kevin Smith, Wes Anderson, A Streetcar Named Desire, The White Ribbon.

Swans, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Bon Iver, Leonard Cohen, J. S. Bach, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dvorak, Bob Dylan, Built to Spill, Immortal Technique, Elliot Smith, Cat Power, Sigur Ros, Stravinsky, Tom Waits, Maurice Ravel, Immortal Technique, Atmosphere, Yann Tiersen, Radiohead, Pixies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hitchhiked around Europe last year which was pretty gnarly at times, but it was pretty amazing getting from Prague to Barcelona in two days.

Teach, Learn, Share

Not from any particular types of people, but just really passionate people, regardless of the subject, always entertain me and I can normally pick up a thing or two.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, China, Iraq, Réunion, United Kingdom