CURRENT MISSION

To try as many traditional foods as possible from all over the globe, and to address inequality, misogyny, poverty, and corruption in my South Park-esque screenplays.

ABOUT ME

Love writing and love food. Very avid writer; working on a free screenplay on Facebook about an interesting group of people in southern Utah, and a fictional daughter of Jon Huntsman - Clarissa Daisy Huntsman. (That was in 2012. Now, in 2015, I'm writing about a girl traveling to Mars with the daughter of Eminem - who's a feminist rapper).

And NOW - in 2024 - I've published 20 books. Google "Matthew Vandenberg author".

Also, I'm obsessed with US politics. I write a lot about that. Links are on my Twitter page www.twitter.com/geniocratic and my latest work is on TikTok @Geniocratic.

PHILOSOPHY

Acceptance, peace, love, unity.

Find me on TikTok @Geniocratic

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet the sweetest peeps and . . . to date, like, maybe, idk.

Interests

Creative writing, research, watching films, shows, reading literature and keeping up with the latest popular music.

• writing
• literature
• coloring
• dining
• running
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• psychology
• religion
• science
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

K-dramas like Crash Landing on You and Move to Heaven. Seven Pounds, The Beach, Get Him to the Greek, Brand X, South Park, Peep Show (UK), Skins NA, Skins UK, Flight of the Concords, War and Peace, Any documentary by John Pilger [a late and great socialist], The Ethical Slut, Hippie Hippie Shake, Escape from Camp 14, The Inbetweeners, The Office (UK), My Booky Wook, My Booky Wook 2, The Whole Woman by Germaine Greer.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing the Hollywood Hills and seeing the beautiful valleys and horse ranch (Sunset Ranch).

Seeing the massive Lake Baikal from the train through Russia - largest freshwater lake in the world and right in the middle of a continent.

Teach, Learn, Share

I invented a new religion with a female prophet for spreading love, peace and unity. She's a Mormon hippie in Utah.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Complicated, comprehensive stories about nuclear war, science, psychology, hippies, sexuality, Mars, and a whole series of South Park-like episodes about everything from Fifty Shades of Gray, to Edward Snowden, to Donald Tr**p, to Kanye West, to Syrian refugees!

Since I have no NEGATIVE REFERENCES, allow me to write some:

Girl with eyes (color unknown):
This guy was such a creep. He just stared at my lips for five long hours and said nothing. Eventually I found myself mesmerized by the way he was tilting his head from side to side, but that's beside the point (which was sharp so I had to slap him so his head wouldn't fall on it). He later wrote a 2000 word essay on the dimensions of my lips and compared the space between them to the solar system, which he thought was kinda hot but I insisted was cold like a vacuum. He then sent me a vacuum cleaner and suggested I turn it on, so I hit him over his stupid head with it. I knocked him out cold. At least I thought I did, but it turns out he just wanted mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and to smell my breath which he insists is like some Milky Way.

Girl with friends:
So, I invited all my friends around to meet this guy and all he did was write rap on his cell phone the whole time, without saying a word. I even threw punch in his face (and one of my friends threw a few punches at no one in particular because he was rather intoxicated...where was I?) oh, and he just kept writing these rap lyrics that it turns out were about making out with me. He's such a weirdo.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russian Federation, Scotland, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Netherlands, South Korea, United States, Wales