CURRENT MISSION

Moving to Montréal to live, work, and study, and to experience life on the other side of this great country.

ABOUT ME

Obligatory Travel-Related Quotes!!!

"Not all those who wander are lost..."

- J.R.R Tolkien

"I think whatever I shall meet on the road I shall like,
and whoever beholds me shall like me,
I think whoever I see must be happy."

Song of the Open Road - Walt Whitman

"I took a ferry to the highway. Then I drove to a pontoon plane
I took a plane to a taxi and a taxi to a train.
I've been traveling so long.
How am I ever going to know my home when I see it again?"

- Joni Mitchell - Black Crow

What's my deal you ask?

I discovered CouchSurfing in 2008 when I went to Montréal for the jazz fest, and sure enough I fell in love with it right away. I love meeting new, interesting people, and it's great to have something in common.

I'm a student, seemingly by trade. I'm going into my 4th year of university and I've studied everything from, music to business to french and communications. Problem is, I'm just interested in everything. That's why I set out on travels, to learn more, experience more, and gain that kind of wisdom one only finds in being in transit.

What else?

I love music, coffee, and design, and can talk at length to those things. Also, I like being outdoors, cycling, swimming, and hanging out in the park. I like classic Nintendo games, alternative rock, and quirky or intriguing films. I love languages and currently I'm in the midst of a love affair with french.

PHILOSOPHY

Do what makes you happy in a way that makes others happy too.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now I'm not really hosting, but I have hosted some awesome people and would certainly do it again in the future.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So Far:

• Smoked a hookah with 5 other couchsurfers [Montreal, QC]
• Playing Bomberman for hours [Montreal, QC]
• Passing out on the rocks of the breakwater watching a lightening storm at 3am. [Nanaimo, BC]
• Roadtrip to nowhere and a drive-in restaurant [Vancouver Island, BC]
• Random meeting of couchsurfers at a music festival. Hung out and checked out bands. [Malmö, Sweden]
• Drinking Buckfast and beer and seeking out the best falafel available at 3am [Malmö, Sweden]

Interests

Music, Movies, Live music, Theatre, Books, Conversation, Food (cooking and dining), Mixology, Outdoors: Cycling, Kayaking, Canoeing, Swimming, Surfing, Skiing, Hiking, Trekking,

I love coffee and wine, and over a drink of either I am very easy to talk to and get to know.

• books
• design
• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• cocktails
• coffee
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• live music
• jazz
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• canoeing
• kayaking
• surfing
• skiing
• swimming
• business
• communications
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

What are my favourite movies, music, and books? That's almost too broad a question. Here is this best response I could muster.

((( Music )))

Jazz - Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Dave Holland, Wes Montgomery, Duke Ellingon, Bill Evans, Pat Metheny, Hiromi Uehara

Rock & Pop - Zeppelin, The Tragically Hip, Rush, Sam Roberts,Buffalo Springfield, Pink Floyd, The Guess Who, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, The Beautiful Girls, Slightly Stoopid, Bedouin Soundclash, John Mayer,

Alt / Indie - Radiohead, The Shins, The Cat Empire, The Sea & Cake, Broken Social Scene, Fleet Foxes, Mother Mother, Trevor Davies, Yukon Blonde

Hip Hop - K-OS, Jurassic 5, Buck 65, Nas, Jay Z, The Fugies, The Roots, Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip

((( Movies )))

I like cleverly written and original movies. I can dig blockbusters, but not all the time.

I like most everything written, directed, or produced by...

• Hiyao Miyazaki (Spirited Away),
• Guy Richie (Snatch),
• Wes Anderson (The Darjeeling Limited),
• Steven Soderberg (Oceans 11),
• Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation),
• The Coen Brothers (Fargo)
• Jim Jarmush (Coffee & Cigarettes),
• Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)

((( Books )))

Non-fiction, travel, 19th/20th century classics.

I'd recommend the following if you haven't already read them...

• Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig)
• The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa (Neil Peart)
• Hitching Rides With Buddha (Will Ferguson)
• Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts)

Magazines:

The New Yorker, The Walrus, The Economist, Harpers, Utne Reader, Smithsonian Magazine, Esquire, Monocle

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

J'ai pris le programme d'immersion français Explore à Trois-Pistoles au Québec.

Teach, Learn, Share

"Personally, I blame the pizza toast."
- Will Ferguson

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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