CURRENT MISSION

Turn some sharp corners.

ABOUT ME

I live my life by an inexplicable and infinite set of mundane rules.

I am really really really really really pale.

I like film photography (but I always lose my lens cap...)

PHILOSOPHY

http://twitpic.com/2d4o9u/full

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

For now I'm hoping to surf a little. I'm moving to Montpellier for a year in August so can hopefully host there!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed my way from NY to San Francisco with a friend in 2010 and had a great time (and then around Europe - equally great!).

Interests

I really really really like Moby Dick, hummous and doing the Guardian crossword. I love what I study and the opportunity it affords to obsess over tutors and random library infatuations. Sailing is just excellent, I am pretty shocking at it though. This is very hard to write...

• literature
• photography
• sailing

Music, Movies, and Books

I could list all three for ever and ever...

I just read East of Eden and OH my god that book is incredible. Now I am reading Lord Jim and wishing I was Conrad. Poetry is the bossest of mediums (Frank O'Hara is a god).

I also recommend the Harvest of Tragedy and The Mirror and the Lamp because they will make you want to be a literature critic and will make you fall in love with the English language and are basically just incredible in every way.

The last film I loved was Moonrise Kingdom and I cannot WAIT to see Beasts of the Southern Wild when it comes out. You can never go wrong with Silence of the Lambs or 50s musicals.

THIS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ7P3dG8MmY

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The view of Frenchman's Bay from my porch in Maine.

Teach, Learn, Share

I will show you how to make a paper crane, teach you some Scottish slang (aye) and lecture you for hours on literature and the sea.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Norway, Portugal, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States