CURRENT MISSION

To connect the dots.

ABOUT ME

Let's just use this:

http://www.facebook.com/people/Patrick-Baker/13001103

PHILOSOPHY

My favorite quote is from Oscar Wilde: "Life is too important to be taken seriously."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

If the timing is right, I'm happy to lend someone my couch for the night. The same applies to showing someone around LA.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

When I was working on a British television show that filmed here in LA, a girl from Vancouver just wandered up to us on the beach and asked what we were doing. I told her, we got to talking and hung out later that night. She needed a place to stay, so she stayed on my couch for the night. A few weeks later, she was passing back through (she'd gone across the US) and needed to stop again. I was more than glad. It was my first experience opening my home to a complete stranger. It was a good experience, and I'd like to have more like it.

Interests

comedy, theatre, exploring, subways, history, politics, the United Kingdom, improv, pinball machines, hanging out, rocking out.

• animals
• writing
• politics
• history
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Zadie Smith - White Teeth, David Sedaris, The Baron in the Trees - Italo Calvino Chuck Palahniuk, Chuck Klosterman, Nick Hornby, Joe Orton, Tom Stoppard, Harry Potter, Marvel 1602.

Movies: Spellbound, Eurotrip, Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle, Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, The War Room, The Aristocrats, The Hudsucker Proxy, Me and You and Everyone We Know, The Girl in the Cafe, The Confederate States of America, Slumdog Millionaire

Music: Annuals, Ben Folds (Five), Radiohead, Mazzy Star, The Books, The Mountain Goats, The New Pornographers, The Decemberists, Bright Eyes, Elliott Smith, Aimee Mann, Iron and Wine, Counting Crows, Kronos Quartet, Jump Little Children, Oasis, Turin Brakes, Flogging Molly, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Death Cab For Cutie, Wilco, Dangermouse, RJD2, Soul Position, Listener, Mr. Lif, Billy Bragg, The Hold Steady, They Might Be Giants, damn near anything with a fiddle or a banjo.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Standing at Omaha Beach and understanding the vastness of D-Day.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a lot about how to get around Los Angeles (and Boston, and North Carolina for that matter). I can make balloon animals. I'm a decent writer. I'm a good improv performer and I have a good knowledge of alternative comedy. I know a lot about and am very interested in American history.

Right now, I want to learn all about California and the people that live here. Especially you kids up north.

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States