CURRENT MISSION

Find dive bars or just good people in other countries

ABOUT ME

I currently work for a digital marketing agency. I grew up in the midwest United States (Michigan), then lived in Scotland for 6 years. Currently on year three of this whole New York thing.

I'm generally a pretty pleasant person and like a good chat over beers or coffee.

PHILOSOPHY

Let's go bowling.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've hosted, including some tours around Edinburgh, and been hosted several times. I think that's about all. Can one be an armchair couchsurfer?

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Limited, yet positive. Have made some great friends along the way though.

Interests

Music, Writing, Design, Beer, Interesting Conversations, Walking Around, Y'know, that kind of stuff.

• writing
• design
• beer
• coffee
• walking
• reading
• music
• bowling
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Various rocking and rolling type nonsense. See also: the hip hop.
Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/JohnnyTactile/

Books: Vonnegut, Bukowski, Palahnuik, Thompson, Cash: The Autobiography, Hell's Angel: The Autobiography of Sonny Barger, etc.

Films: High Noon, Hidden Fortress, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sin City, Evil Dead II, Dark Knight, Dead Man, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Doing a fiction reading in Paris on the banks of the Seine was pretty killer.

Teach, Learn, Share

Huevos rancheros, maybe? I'm also handy with a hyphen.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States