CURRENT MISSION

Helping my mom get through Europe

ABOUT ME

I'm an introspective musician, which usually means that I love friendship and laughter, that I'm a little scattered and distracted and that I have a highly developed aesthetic that is never consistent. I love meeting people and taking part in activities but I have to be in the right mood for small talk. I'm addicted to significance and beauty.

PHILOSOPHY

I'm amazed when people can fill in this box. I think my philosophy might be to evade questions like this at all costs.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now I'm traveling but I've tried to learn a lot of new things to help others while I'm on the road. I'm a good guest, always up for singing, dancing, music, cooking, cleaning, hiking and doing the washing up.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Every experience with couchsurfers has been wonderful. Especially since I'm an awful planner and many of my couchsurfing friends took me on short notice.

Interests

Ecological building and farming. Violin, Balkan music. The different histories of France. Sunlight and cooking. Love and beauty. And although I feel weird admitting it I'm becoming really intrigued by the pyramids and the Mayan calendar, etc. I don't like to list a lot of things that interest me because I love people's secret worlds, but I know that people like to connect through shared interests. So I'll tell you that people who sew are like magicians to me. I fantastize about creating menus. Textures evoke strong reations. But when I'm closed off or preoccupied I don't notice anything.

• singing
• beauty
• dancing
• cooking
• walking
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• violin
• hiking
• boxing

Music, Movies, and Books

DIRECTORS: Jan Svankmajer, Brothers Quay, Miyazaki, Cohen Bros. Wes Anderson
MUSIC:
Satie, Paginininini, The Books, Glass, Cage, David Byrne, Animal Collective, Momus, International Garage Bands, Vashti Bunyan, Balkan folk music, Enon, Indian Brass bands, Jolie Holland, Michael Hurley, The Kinks, The Zombies, Blur (most art school brit bands in fact), Divine Comedy, Neil Young, Charlie Patton, Marc Ribot, Scott Walker, Jaques Brel, Ute Lemper, Kurt Weil, Reszo Seress, R. Crumb, and of course The Hands of Winsor McCay, my band with Patrick who is also my friend.
Authors: Murakami, David Mitchell, Jan Potocki, Umberto Eco, Herman Melville, Jorge Borges, Italo Calvino, Julio Cortàzar, Virgilio Pinera

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once, I held my breath for two whole minutes.
I've had a lot of lucid dreams.
I can spell words backwards better than anyone I know.
Once I sat by a river and I didn't think at all. I've also swam with dolphins and they tried to make me stay, which freaked me out, but was still very flattering.

Teach, Learn, Share

Basic music theory, especially for guitar and violin.
HTML/CSS but not much. I'm a decent cook and a decent bicycle repairman.
I'm also a walking dictionary! I was an only child and I still am in a lot of ways, but I've become much better at sharing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Ireland

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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