HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I'd like to travel the United States and Europe with friends. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE New to this whole thing, can't wait to get started!

Recently, I've been reading Italo Calvino's classic "If upon a Winter's Night a Traveler" and "You are not a Gadget" by Jaron Lanier. Been watching a lot of Werner Herzog documentaries recently. Love 'em. I like opera, Wagner, Schumann, Bruckner, Debussy, Messiaen, John Tavener, Arvo Part. Also, Aesop Rock, Blackalicious, Jenny Lewis, Andrew Bird, Moondog, Belle and Sebastian, Beirut, the New Pornographers, Fleet Foxes, the Decemberists, Laura Marling. And lots of other music of course.