CURRENT MISSION

To prepare more thoroughly for trips abroad

ABOUT ME

I'm a 23 year old boy from the North London suburbs. I love so much it hurts. Sometimes I joke around; sometimes I'm serious. Sometimes I joke around so much that you can't tell whether I'm being serious. Seriously.

PHILOSOPHY

I'm going to have to be pretentious here and quote William Blake:

'He who binds to himself a joy
Does the wingèd life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sunrise.'

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed for a month in France and had a great time. It felt like a very authentic experience, and I was very lucky to have stayed with the people I did.

Interests

I tend to go through bursts of passion for random things: art deco, Dali, pictures of fruit on white backgrounds. Generally, I love learning about stuff - society, culture and the mind - especially over a cup of coffee. When my head isn't in a book (I'm exaggerating to sound clever), I like meeting new people and exploring new cities, cycling around them and taking photographs. I'm a bit of a night owl too, and will happily drink into the early hours of the morning talking bollocks.

• arts
• culture
• books
• coffee
• drinking
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Some of my favourite films: Fight Club; Boys Don't Cry; London to Brighton; Juno; All Dogs Go to Heaven; The Truman Show; Blue Velvet

Some of my favourite musicians: Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada; Sigur Ros; Radiohead; Belle & Sebastian; Air; Nick Drake; The Velvet Underground

Some of my favourite books: Lolita; The Catcher in the Rye; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; The Chronicles of Narnia; The Secret History; Flowers for Algernon; The Great Gatsby; anything by Kafka; Confessions of an English Opium Eater; Less Than Zero

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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