CURRENT MISSION

to enjoy life and better understand the world we live in

ABOUT ME

Jordan- I am a graduate student at IU's School of Public and Environmental Affairs and a bus driver and supervisor for the campus bus service. I enjoy the study of language, culture, and religion, and discussing current events with people who have unique perspectives.

Michelle- I am a Project Manager/Editor with IU Press and work on projects ranging from philosophy to paleontology and everything in between. I have extremely varied interests and love learning about other people and cultures. I especially love books, so I'll probably hit it off with anyone with a big bookshelf or who travels with a stack of books!

PHILOSOPHY

Be nice to the bus driver.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We stayed with some awesome hosts in Europe during a backpacking trip, and would now like to return the favor to any one passing through Bloomington!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We stayed with three awesome hosts in Italy, Luxembourg, and France. We haven't hosted any one yet in Bloomington, but we're looking forward to meeting new and fun people.

Interests

Music (listening and playing), Travel, Writing, Art (viewing and creating), Literature, and Adventure

• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• literature
• wine
• traveling
• music
• piano
• backpacking
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Michelle-

(books) Camus' The Stranger, Barbara Kingsolver, Salmon Rushdie, Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Bei Dao's poetry, and many, many more.

Jordan-

(music) Radiohead, Andrew Bird, Beirut, Alamo Race Track, Charlie Parr, Animal Collective, Black Keys, Yeasayer, Fleet Foxes, Modeselektor, the National, Sufjan Stevens

(movies)Perfume, There Will Be Blood, The Shawshank Redemption, Garden State, American Beauty

(books)In the Penal Colony (Kafka), The Stranger (Camus), Steppenwolf (Hesse), The God of Small Things

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Jordan-
I drove from Los Angeles to St. Louis without sleeping. I got drunk at a Whole Foods store in New York during a rain storm and then ran up and down Wall Street in the middle of the night with a half empty bottle of wine.

Teach, Learn, Share

Jordan-

-How to ride a unicycle!
-How to play piano or some other string instrument!
-How to build a website!
-How to drive a bus!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Slovakia, United States

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