My name is John Cozzarelli, I am a 21 year old who lives in the same part of New Jersey the Hbo sit series the Soprano's was filmed in. I am currently studying Architecture in Newark New Jersey, at NJIT.

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

Around the time I was graduating high school and trying to figure out which college I would attend it became blatantly obvious to me that my whole family lives with in 15 mile radius of each other, most staying in the same town for 3 generations now. I began to get really anxious of the situation thinking, that my whole life will in this protected bubble and I will never know what it is like to live anywhere else or meet different kinds of people.
Along with that I also have been skateboarding for about 10 years now and through out those years I have met people that have become some of my closest friends. Through both the internet and skateboarding I have been able to travel and meet people in cities up and down the east coast, having a place to stay in practically all the major east coast cities. Skateboarding brought a lot of weekend road trips. These little road trips to cities like Philly, Boston, Dc, etc. have opened my eyes to realizing how many awesome people you will run into in the world. I have been inspired to travel more and take trips wherever I can get access to.
Finally Couchsurfing just seems like a really fun way to go about traveling. It is easy to get a hotel and walk around a city and stick to yourself. I don't see the point in doing something like that because you have no way of fully indulging in the culture of a place that way. The main point of traveling to me is meeting the people who live there and seeing what they do. That is what the spirit of couchsurfing seems to be to me.

Centres d'intérêt

Skateboarding, playing/listening to music, arts and crafts, photography, eating, craft beers, d.i.y. movements, hiking, documenting, and coffee

• arts
• culture
• architecture
• photography
• beer
• coffee
• running
• drinking
• crafts
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• skateboarding
• road trips

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Music- Elliott Smith, Jeffrey Lewis, Kimya Dawson, Paul Baribeau, Modest Mouse, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Pat the Bunny/Ramshackle Glory/Wingnut Dishwasher Union/Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains, Defiance Ohio, The Velvet Underground, Pavement, Bob Dylan, Daniel Johnston, Built to Spill, The Misfits, Bomb The Music Industry, but I also get down with rap music

Movies- Goodfellas, Detroit Rock City, Her, The Truman Show, Yes Man, Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma, Chasing Amy, The Big Lebowski, Good Will Hunting, Psycho, American Psycho, The Uninvited, Scream, Wrist Cutters a Love Story, Willy Wonka, Old Boy

Books- The Happy Atheist, Torment Saint, Into the Wild, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (I just started reading for recreation this year)

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

In one weekend I went on a 26 mile bike ride from my house to Brooklyn, climbed up a 1,800 ft mountain in the Catskills, and ventured the Delaware water gap, none of which events had any correlation to each other they were all just events that happened to fall into place for me.

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

I can share my knowledge of talking about nothing for hours on end and ultimately i would like to learn anything I can possibly learn.

Ce que j'aimerais partager avec mes hôtes

A good? conversation over a beer, unless you don't drink then I can share my praise to you for being able to do that, endless amounts of sarcasm, any household chores that are needed to do, an ability to photoshop pictures of you with your favorite celebrities, and hopefully a laugh

Pays que j'ai visités

Canada, Jamaica, Mexico, United States, Venezuela

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

United States