I'm interested and interesting. I enjoy absurdist humour, going on adventures, and havin' a time.

I think life is best lived in a balance between comfort and challenges.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Hangover from when I was travelling a couple years back. I'm busy with my stationary life in Ontario now, but open to meeting/potentially hosting travelers.

Music, Movies, and Books

Books are

Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / 1Q84 - Haruki Murakami / The Tiger - Jon Vaillant / How to Talk Dirty and Influence People - Lenny Bruce / Green Grass, Running Water - Thomas King / The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy / After Dachau - Daniel Quinn / The Stand - Stephen King

I cannot stand Douglas Coupland. Holy pretentious.

Music is

Alt-J / Angus & Julia Stone / Beenie Man / Birdy / Brandi Carlile / CRUDBUMP / Dan Mangan / Die Antwoord / Diplo / The Distillers / Edith Piaf / Florence and The Machine / Harry Belafonte / honeyhoney / Johnny Cash / Laura Marling / Lil Rick / Major Lazer / Mumford and Sons / Nirvana / OAR / Pitbull / Peter Fox / The Pogues / The Polka Dogs / Sean Paul / Seeed / Shakey Graves / Spinnerette / Stan Rogers / Wilco / Yeah Yeah Yeahs

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I watched a helicopter rescue some people who wrecked their canoe on the Bow River in the Rockies, and that was pretty exciting.

La Sagrada Familia completely blew my mind.

All kinds of things in East Asia were fantastic. I could list them, I guess, but I could also just not.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Ireland, Laos, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada