CURRENT MISSION

Connect with people, learn about the world, analyse life

ABOUT ME

I love learning about the world, people and society. I am interested in connecting with people on a meaningful level - whether it be emotional or intellectual. I am passionate about good conversation, food, wine, mojotos and gin and tonic. I like to explore new cities, looking in particular for alternative culture, interesting fashion, signs of the political (especially graffiti) and friendly cats. Although I am Australian I am fiercely un-nationalistic and I do not like beer, beach culture or watching sport.

PHILOSOPHY

I am yet to develop a tweetable, quippable life philosophy. I'm working on it slowly.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I recommend the project to everyone I know.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In the past six months a lot of my life has been shaped by the people I have met through CS. I feel like my travelling experiences and my life is far richer as a result.

Interests

Pondering the human condition takes up quite a bit of my time. I devour books, although lately I have been writing more than I read. I love buying second hand clothes, running, patting cats. I am interested in a broad range of modern literature and various academic fields including political science, political economy, social science and social movements.

• cats
• culture
• writing
• books
• literature
• fashion
• dining
• wine
• beer
• running
• clothing
• politics
• traveling
• sports
• political science
• religion
• science
• social science
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books and writers:

'We Need to Talk about Kevin'
'The God of Small Things' Arundhati Roy
'Vernon God Little' DBC Pierre
'Ludmila's Broken English' DBC Pierre
'Lights out in Wonderland' DBC Pierre
'The Island' Aldous Huxley
'Brave New World' Aldous Huxley
Kim Stanley Robinson's 'Red Mars' series.
Dan Simmons' Hyperion and Endymion
'The Dispossessed' Ursula le Guin
'The Year of Living Dangerously' Christopher Koch
'Highways to a War' Christopher Koch
'The Quiet American' Graham Greene
David Attenborough's 'Life on Air'

One Flew Over the Cookoos Nest.

The most beautiful and moving film I have seen is 'A Single Man', although 'Dancer in the Dark' comes close.

These days I mainly listen to jazz.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I look for moments of the sublime in everyday.

Teach, Learn, Share

I think one of the most stimulating ways people can learn and teach each other is through conversation and debate. So what I am most interested in sharing with other couchsurfers is discussion: about life, politics, relationships, religion, sexuality, drugs, literature...

Countries I’ve Visited

Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Indonesia

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