From Athens, GA, currently living in Mankato, MN.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have hosted a few times, have surfed a few times.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Usually I've just surfed around places in the South, where I kind of know the area and know what I'm doing.

兴趣

Traveling, music, movies, books, outdoors-type-stuff, dancing, live music, stand-up, podcasting. In my 9-5 I'm a librarian, and I'm interested in special collections and archives, and in seeing the way public libraries support their communities. Wherever I'm traveling, I'm always interested into looking into the local libraries. I'm also interested in local culture, music, stand-up, and anything related to movies, e.g. shooting locations or museums, or anything really.

• culture
• humanities
• books
• dancing
• dining
• partying
• technology
• movies
• traveling
• music
• live music
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• hunting

音乐、电影和书籍

I am a huge movie guy. I'll watch anything.
Some favorites:
Rear Window
Children of Men
The Great Escape
No Country for Old Men
Singin' in the Rain
Her
The Lego Movie
Magnolia
The Big Sleep
The Matrix
Out of Sight
A Night at the Opera
Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein
The Big Lebowski

Also a big music guy.
Favorites:
R.E.M.
David Bazan/Pedro the Lion
Modern Skirts
Tegan & Sara
Kanye West
Jens Lekman
High Spirits
Kishi Bashi
King Crimson
Porcupine Tree

Being a librarian I'm obviously into reading. I try to read broadly, but I especially like detective fiction, meta- and post-modern fiction, creative essays, modern literary fiction, comic books and graphic novels, pop-science journalism, and occasionally some fantasy or sci-fi. Mostly what I look for are strong voices; the actual story could be about anything. But I do like dense plots and intricate, echoing themes.
Favorites:
Infinite Jest/A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again/pretty much anything by David Foster Wallace
Telegraph Avenue/also pretty much anything by Michael Chabon
Cryptonomicon/ditto Neal Stephenson
Bad Mother - Ayelet Waldman
The Name of the Wind/The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss
The Sandman series - Neil Gaiman
The Ghost Writer - Philip Roth
Killing Yourself to Live - Chuck Klosterman
Blankets - Craig Thompson

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I shelved non-fiction books in a library for 2 years and I have the Dewey Decimal system memorized. It's a great party trick!

教，学，和分享

Teach: guitar, ukulele, English, anything related to the humanities

Learn: Spanish, guitar, audio/video tech

Share: food, stories, a couch

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Food, directions, good times, info about stuff to do in the area.
We currently have two couches and a blow-up mattress. We have plenty of space so if people want to bring a sleeping bag and sleep on the floor, they're welcome to.

我游览过的国家

Canada, Cayman Islands, Italy, Mexico

我居住过的国家

United States