I'm a preschool teacher /adjunct college instructor who makes films.

Took a long break from couch surfing, but looking to start hosting again.

I like reading and watching movies, as well as walking around this awesome city.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It makes you feel good about the human race.

Interests

• arts
• dining
• recipes
• coffee
• walking
• flying
• movies
• cheerleading
• teaching
• sightseeing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: mostly European Arthouse, Experimental or Classic Hollywood, but I'm open to and knowledgeable of just about every genres/nationality/time period. Godard, Tarkovsky, Kubrick, Kiarostami, Lynch, Hou, Tscherkassky, the Brothers Dardenne, Tarr, Herzog, the list is almost endless.

Music: BEATLES, BEATLES, BEATLES. Also, Leadbelly, Patsy Cline, Jesus Lizard, Black Flag, Mozart, Peter Brotzmann, tons of others.

Books: Flannery O'Connor, Mark Twain, Steve Gerber, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Susan Sontag, Chinua Achebe, Shirley Jackson, Richard Price, Flaubert, William Carlos Williams.... I enjoy reading about cinema, linguistics, sociology, Marxist theory, religious traditions and biology.

I hope I'm less pretentious than I sound.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

How About Two Amazing Things?

1. I watched (as part of a large audience) all 7 1/4 hours of Bela Tarr's Satantango (the 35mm print was gorgeous) in one sitting, and it was a nearly indescribable experience. The most revelatory experience I've had with any sort of Art.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love learning about the day-to-day experiences of others from all over the world, the little differences between cultures.

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