CURRENT MISSION

sun + nature

ABOUT ME

i want to live and i want to love

PHILOSOPHY

avoid the flourish. do not be afraid to be weak. do not be ashamed to be tired. you look good when you're tired. you look like you could go on forever. now come into my arms.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i joined couchsurfing recently after i started traveling for a long time, but we always had people staying on our couch in NYC. i love having people stay and showing them around the city. it helps you to appreciate where you live and it's fun.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i had a few excellent couchsurfing experiences in australia. and one really bad one.

Interests

freedom. kindness. spontaneity. imagination. sincerity. mistranslations. old libraries. green reading lamps in old libraries. writing. henry darger. egon schiele. breadsticks and nacho cheese sauce. the lord nelson brewery. fireplaces. leonard cohen. chocolate malts. papuan frogmouths. frog fish. pigmy seahorses. asberger’s syndrome. the indian side head-knod. amy sedaris. caligula. serge gainsbourg. bikes. coral. seas. lakes. rivers. ponds. boats. dance parties. rosary collections. cakes shaped like cattle. trains. bidets. cheese. bread. gin fizzes. real christmas trees. stockings (both kinds). easter baskets. american breakfasts. german breakfasts. 3-piece suits. fresh bagels. sashimi. when your little sister has cold beer waiting for you directly after you get off the trail of a multiple-day-hike. do-it-yourself. reusing shit. cuba. hot springs. cole’s gummi bears (better than haribo). hand-made cards. old movie theaters. strangers.

• fish
• writing
• poetry
• diy
• dancing
• chocolate
• cheese
• beer
• partying
• reading
• traveling
• fishing
• hiking
• swimming
• lakes
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: roman polanski, wes anderson, werner herzog, sophia coppola, herald and maude, rushmore, the graduate, paris texas.

music: the cure, joy division, bob dylan, the smiths, violent femmes, t. rex, totally enormous extinct dinosaurs, otis redding, shuggie otis, wu tang clan, roxy music, caribou, timbre timbre... motown, soul, techno, funk, classical, cheesy 80s...

books: leonard cohen, jonathan franzen, william burroughs, milan kundera, david sedaris...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

swimming in september.

one time i was surrounded by a school of squid while they were changing colours and patterns. hammerhead sharks. giant school of bump-head parrot fish. frogfish.

the desert. the sky at night in the outback. hiking in new zealand.

convinced the ausländerbehörde to extend my visa.

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach you how to speak poetry.

i have lucid dreams sometimes. i'm really interested in learning how to have them more often and how to have more control in the dreams.

i also want to learn how to be more awake/ aware/ conscious/ present-moment too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominica, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, United States