Hello! I live in SF and have a couch! You can surf on it if you wish, but it doesn't float.

SF has been my home for 7 years. I'm happy to show you around! Golden Gate Park is right across the street! It makes for a great walk (especially with cappuccino in-hand).

I write software by day, fiction by night. Inspiration reveals itself in short bursts at random intervals, I do my best to catch it in the moment.

My bookshelf is overflowing. I have many German philosophers to blame. But it's not all their fault.

The only thing I take seriously is not taking things too seriously. But then again, I can't take that too seriously either.

If you were a flip-flop, what kind of flip-flop would you be?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Serendipity. On the lookout for new adventures with open-minded individuals. Interested in learning and participating in different lifestyles as well as sharing my own background.

Interests

• walking
• hiking
• philosophy
• exploring
• jamming

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite music depends on the mood in which I find myself, but I keep coming back to Disco House (Oliver Nelson, Tobtok, Sigala) and Future Bass House (San Holo, Droeloe, Taska Black) and Trance (Cosmic Gate, Above & Beyond)

I grew up playing Jazz Piano. My favorite pianists are Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, and Thelonious Monk.

I don't watch many movies. When I do, it's usually some classic comedies (Airplane!, Monty Python, Caddyshack)

Books: Really enjoy self-discovery books. Anything by Herman Hesse. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Anything by John Williams. As a challenge, I've recently picked up Heidegger's Being and Time and am slowly making my way through it.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

As a freshman at MIT, I started a baking club. Every friday, some friends and I would get together and bake everything from blueberry muffins, to coca cola bread (i know), to the kitchen sink (what??). One time, we baked over 200 cinnamon rolls in one night. Everything we made, we donated to local food kitchens. Of course, we had to taste our product first to make sure it wasn't poisonness (of course).

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: music producing, computer programming, bread baking, what it's like to being an american living in silicon valley
Learn: what it's like to live in your country/city/town, German language, any craft you can talk hours about
Share: simply myself

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can help you understand what it's like to live in the United States, culture behind technology in Silicon Valley, the craft of programming, how to bake bread, how to make electronic music.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States