CURRENT MISSION

Rebuilding my life after a big break-up and health issues - joy!

ABOUT ME

Erm. Have two lovely dogs, and a suddenly much smaller group of people I know in Bristol. Love live comedy when I get around to it, used to love mountain biking and live music, working on re-building those loves - any help much appreciated! Have lived in Norway, and would LOVE to meet any Norwegian speakers to practice my Norwegian on - it WAS fluent. It's now more EFfluent as I forget more words the more I try and remember :(

Love music, pretty eclectic range, does not respond well to R&B and much dance however. Daft Punk, Prodigy (or at least Fat of the Land) and Faithless are my limit really. Current favs are: Tom McRae, Toh Kay, Katzenjammer, Kaizer's Orchestra, Flipron, 12 Stone Toddler, Major Parkinson. Points for knowing any/all of them! :) If you care: http://www.last.fm/user/neobrainless

Or, check out my band-on-hiatus The Highway Home, as I figure the music I like making says something about what I like, especially tracks 2, 3 & 4 of the EP :) https://soundcloud.com/the-highway-home

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live - don't preach at me and I wont shout at you! Being nice is always good, being relaxed about stuff helps life go a lot more easily.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Erm. Not much at the moment to be honest. Can't really offer a couch at the moment. Looking to get involved with some climbing/biking/music stuff around town though.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met up with one person from CS, who was cool, had a fun evening, hope I made them feel a bit more welcome to Coventry!

Interests

As stated above, music - I play guitar, am getting better at bass, attempt violin when I think none of my neighbours are in :P Oh, I love going to live music too - spend far too much on that...
Love climbing, but haven't got around to it for FAR too long now :(
Love bikes, really, honestly, I do!
Also a bit of a failed geek - can't do anything useful, but spend far too much time on my computer anyway!

• dogs
• books
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• boating
• music
• live music
• guitar
• violin
• cycling
• sailing
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies... Hmmm, enjoyed Pandorum and District 9. Loved Sherlock Holmes and Four Lions. That covers some random cinema. I think I'll include the AWESOME Josie Long 'Trying is Good' DVD here as it is VERY GOOD. Casshern rocked my lil' socks too. Love the whole Firefly/Serenity collection.

Music is far too big a question, I'll only scare everyone with my anality (great word, no?) if I list bands I like... To add some more to the above: Blur, Kula Shaker, Led Zeppelin, Offspring, the Levellers. Must stop before I list EVERYONE I like...

Books. Hmm. Don Delillo is a perennial favourite, as is Stephen Fry. Will Self is good too, and linked (via his 'cover version' of The Picture Of Dorian Grey) Oscar Wilde - though tbh I have only the Dorian Grey so far...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing the Northern Lights from the helm of a sailing boat on the Oslofjord was pretty spectacular. As was lying in the snow completely alone under a perfectly clear winter night, unable to hear anything but my own breathing. Norway is awesome :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how a Gas Turbine works! I did a mini course in it for work, have a certificate and everything! :O Only other useful skill would be bicycle maintenance - I can do pretty much anything hsort of suspension servicing :) Lacking some tools for some bits though. Also lacking a workshop :(

As far as useful things are concerned I'm pretty rubbish, I can cook a mean cake or four, and make pretty good food, but nothing fantastic, or at least not that couldn't be beaten by many others, or a decent recipe book.

Can rabbit on about lesser known information about some bands I know for hours if prompted to too much. I restrain this as much as I can, but if you ask I will tell! You have been warned! :P

Oh, and can handle basic guitar teaching...

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Norway, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Norway, United Kingdom