My partner Aubriana and I recently got married and bought a house in North Hollywood, California. We work in the entertainment industry local here in LA and are professionals of over 10 years. I am a Senior Designer at Walt Disney Animation Studios and have been there for such movies as Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, and Moana. I bike to work as often as I can too lol Aubriana works at Universal Studios Hollywood working on making dinosaurs at Jurassic Park and is in the Prop/Set union. We live at home with our roommate Patricia as well. She is a gifted storyboard artist for live action film and television. She LOVES movies so if your a cinephile the conversations will be endless. We also have 1 dog, 1 cat and 2 snakes. We were a zoo at one point, but believe it or not this is us downsized! There's more to tell (including a few things I probably can’t put on here lol) but you'll have to stop by or ask! Oh and we love reptiles did I mention that!!! Also helping out with several homeless causes around the area.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because of Aubriana's hectic work schedule it's hard to get out and meet people let alone travel around the world. But we are very social creatures and need to talk to people as much as we can. Aubriana has not been out of the country so this is a fantastic way to get to meet and learn about people with as much access as we have at the moment.

Interests

Burning Man, psychonauts, british traditional witchcraft, altered-states, lots of tattoos, lots of camping, driving for fun, prop building, costuming, swimming, clubbing, raves, Drag Queens, SXSW, Wasteland Weekend, monsters, Full Moon rituals, roller skating, women empowerment, working on ourselves, therapy (somatic, couples, etc) movies and music music music! And photography!

• animation
• filmmaking
• film
• biking
• burning man
• gin
• empathy
• bourbon

Music, Movies, and Books

Back to the Future, Indiana Jones, Coroline, ParaNorman, The Thin Red Line, 20th Century Women, Birdcage, RuPaul’s Drag Race, To Wong Fu, Futurama, That Seventies Show, Markiplier, Game Grumps, Mad Max, Lego Movie, Unikitty, Undertale, My Little Ponies, The Lion King, The Sword in the Stone, Fox and the Hound, Bambi

Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Sweetwater, Canned Heat, Country Joe and the Fish, Richie Havens, Melanie, Buffy Sainte Marie, Tim Buckey, The Moody Blues, Beach Boys, Animal Collective, Panda Bear, Glass Animals, AJR, The Living Tombstones, ODESZA, Porter Robinson, Blue October, Lorde, Panic! at the Disco, Weird Al, Houndmouth

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving and bungee jumping. We've built a Zoltar fortune teller machine together that has a velociraptor inside of it instead of a person!

Teach, Learn, Share

We are always down to constantly learn and experience the world through other peoples eyes. We’re constantly working on ourselves and learning to listen to others better.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We have a pool! We have a private backyard and music on demand lol We live near the metro train station and have bikes that we can loan out. The neighborhood is great and plenty to do. If you use Lyft or Uber to get around the options are endless. We are 10 minutes away from Universal Studios and Hollywood itself. 10 minutes away from Warner Bros. Studios and Disney Studios. We are 20 minutes away from downtown. And 40 to 45 minutes away from Santa Monica and Venice beach! And the mountains are the other direction too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic