CURRENT MISSION

finish my novel, travel, learn new things

ABOUT ME

I'm a writer, editor, and occasional DJ. I've lived in NYC for almost seven years, and in Brooklyn for almost five. I like interesting experiences, good conversations, and insightful opinions.

PHILOSOPHY

be the change you wish to see in the world. create the community you would like to live in. make the art you want to exist.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf and I host when I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

paris, barcelona, new york, brooklyn, san francisco, taichung, taipei

Interests

writing, books, music, art, movies, travel, meeting new people, learning new things

• arts
• writing
• books
• running
• movies
• traveling
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: anything by Werner Herzog, many things by Woody Allen and Kurosawa, La Jetee
Music: post-punk, synthpop, garage, Fela Kuti, Velvet Underground, Pavement, Can, Yellow Magic Orchestra, J Dilla, Joni Mitchell, Prince
Books by Roberto Bolano, Marguerite Duras, Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka, Robert Walser, Frank O'Hara, Hemingway, Lydia Davis, Julie Hecht, Denis Johnson, Kobo Abe, Tao Lin, Joy Williams, Haruki Murakami, Chris Ware, Gabrielle Bell, Daniel Clowes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There's amazing stuff all the time if you're paying attention. For example, one morning in France, around five or six A.M., I saw a man in a tie running to a playground to take a dump behind a sort of raised tunnel. Why then, why there? We can never know. Seriously though, there really is stuff all the time, everywhere, if you are looking for it. Looking out my window, now, I can see the Aegean, which is this amazing shade of blue, blending almost imperceptibly into the horizon, and then the sky.

Teach, Learn, Share

teach: English, tragicomic stories, perspective-altering facts
learn: non-English, tragicomic stories, perspective-altering facts

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Netherlands, Spain, Taiwan, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Greece, United States