CURRENT MISSION

Bon vivant

ABOUT ME

I'm pretty all-out in my endeavours and want to drink in as many experiences as possible. I'm a music freak, into art, literature, tennis, building rock walls, cooking, and too many other things to mention. More than fairly well-informed about the world around me. I like to entertain and have parties. I'm very social, have a lot of friends, and consider CS as a way to increase my friend group and build lasting relationships.

PHILOSOPHY

"Omnio fieri possent" Seneca (Everything may happen)

"Only connect..." E.M. Forster

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I started out hosting surfers and then surfed for the first time during my 'Scando Swing' in September 2009. I have also met up with surfers who I was not hosting/being hosted by for drinks and nights out.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

CS provides an incredible opportunity at every turn. It affords one the opportunity to share your own experiences - cultural, social, political - in a very direct and engaging way with someone who is in turn expanding your understanding and knowledge base of the world around you. This happens in the most entertaining, unexpected and fun ways. Your weltanschauung evolves and grows more comprehensive with each CS experience.

I do not view hosting a guest or staying with a host as the terminal point of the CS experience (following the requests, email exchanges, etc). I view the stay as a launching pad for a potential friendship that can carry on and deepen over the miles and years. I tend to stay in touch with those I encounter through the site and look forward to building more friendships.

I have had truly revelatory, exhilarating and wonderful experiences through CS.

Interests

Too many to list! I will definitely have to fill this out at some point...

• arts
• literature
• cooking
• partying
• drinking
• music
• tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Mew, Kylie, Jonsi, Madonna, Hooverphonic, Robyn, Bjork, The Cardigans, BWO, Orbital, Fischerspooner, The Knife, Goldfrapp, Blur, Scissor Sisters, Everything But The Girl, Klaxons, The B-52s, Sigur Ros, Roisin Murphy, Kasabian, The Raveonettes, The Verve, Pendulum, Late of the Pier, Little Boots, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Yeah yeah Yeahs, Sufjan Stevens, Donkeyboy, Lily Allen, Cut Copy, Ben Frost, Dungen, Ladyhawke, Annie, MGMT, Empire of the Sun, Sugababes, M83, Music Go Music, NIN, Lady Gaga, Yelle, Kaiser Chiefs, Portishead, The Music, Glasvegas, Hercules & Love Affair, Oasis, Of Montreal, Santogold, Lykke Li, The Dandy Warhols, Los Campesinos!, Frida Hyvonen, Ladytron, Apes & Androids, The Kills, CC, Aimee Mann, The Long Blondes, Brazilian Girls, Fuck Buttons, Moby, Lindstrom, Amanda Palmer, Dresden Dolls, The Cure, Siouxsie, Sam Phillips, Suzanne Vega, Sinead, The Teenagers, Love Is All, The Ting Tings, Ellen Allien, Bloc Party, Girls Aloud, Crystal Castles, Maria Montell, Basement Jaxx, Editors, Muse, Phoenix, Peaches, Nirvana, Uffie, Ellie Goulding, Thomas Holm, Penguin Prison, Elin Lanto, Fever Ray, The Big Pink, Alcazar, Patrick Wolf, Joanna Newsom, Pet Shop Boys, The Whip, The Sounds, Klader & Vapen, Visitor, La Roux, Metric, Robbie Williams, Daft Punk, Grizzly Bear, Saint Etienne, Simian Mobile Disco, White Lies, Franz Ferdinand, Bat for Lashes, Frankmusik, Tiga, Vitalic, Mike Snow, Leftfield, The Sound of Arrows, LCD Soundsystem, Royksopp, Air, Animal Collective, Art of Noise, Beach House, Charlotte Gainsbourg, El Perro Del mar, Florence and the Machine, GusGus, Morrissey, The Smiths, Duran Duran, Pearl Jam, Placebo, The Prodigy, Sondre Lerche, Jen Lekman, Wild Beasts, The xx, Justice, Hole, Yeasayer, Fear of Tigers, Delphic, Health, JJ, Hot Chip, Stars, Arcade Fire, Alphabeat, Polyphonic Spree, Baker, Hurts, Eric Saade, Bright Light Bright Light, Olafur Arnalds, Johan Johannsson, Thomas Koner, Valgeir Sigurdsson, ABBA, The Ark, Ash, Battles, The Chemical Brothers, The Decemberists, The Hives, Kaspar Bjorke, Lansing-Dreiden, Dolly Parton, Midlake, Peter Bjorn & John, Sally Shapiro, Zeigeist, Yaz, White Stripes, FM Belfast, Marina & The Diamonds, Lana Del Rey and about a million more!

Books:
The Age of Innocence, Return of the Native, Howard's End, The Swimming-pool Library, Dracula, Joy of Cooking, Memoirs of a Geisha, White Noise, Wuthering Heights, The Alienist, Perfume, Orlando, Middlemarch, de Sade, The Awakening, House of Leaves, Naked, Running with Scissors

Movies:
Amelie, Magnolia, Dangerous Liasons, A Room wth A View, Elizabeth, Fight Club, 3 Colors Trilogy, Nightmare Before Christmas, Mulholland Drive, Moulin Rouge, Age of Innocence, Children of the Corn, Royal Tenenbaums, Requiem for a Dream, Matrix, The Hours, Trainspotting, Truth or Dare, Pillowbook, Cold Mountain, Dogville, Pumpkin, Buffalo 66, Election, Kundun, Rocky Horror, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Teach, Learn, Share

Be excellent to one another.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Scotland, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Scotland, United Kingdom

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