visual art teacher/painter/writer/filmmaker/frustrated dancer and singer

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'd like to see and meet people of the world.

Interests

• dogs
• arts
• singing
• theater
• painting
• anthropology
• art history
• sociology
• travel
• film
• party
• street food
• diving
• hostel
• hashing

Music, Movies, and Books

Indie, folk music, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, City and Colour, Amos Lee, Wye Oak, Jose Gonzales, Ray La Montagne, Kaleo, Sharon Van Etten...

Timeless music from James Taylor, Queen, Joni Mitchel, Crosby Stills and Nash, Christopher Cross...

Indie and international movies: Cinema Paradiso, The Syrian Bride, Babel, Maria Full of Grace, Children of Heaven, Turtles Can Fly, In This World, Little Miss Sunshine, The Band's Visit, Mysterious Skin, The Waking Life, Persepolis, Schinder's List, Pieces of April, The Visitor, The Edge of Heaven, Jellyfish, The Station Agent, American Beauty, Dancer in the Dark, Once, Junebug, Sunshine Cleaning...

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good sense of humor and two sweet dogs

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Guam, Philippines