CURRENT MISSION

laughter, friendship, and music that grabs you at the cockles.

ABOUT ME

After looking at a few couch surfing profiles, it appears to be a pre-requisite to mention how 'open-minded' one is.

So here goes...

I'm a fan of 'IT Crowd' (do yourself a favour and youtube 'Work Outing' episode, open-mindedly), I value open-minded laughter; stories from open-minded strangers; feeling challenged open-mindedly; I enjoy a good, open-minded run in the morning and open-minded hugs from mates.

Yesterday I was waiting for a train and got to talking to an Aboriginal lady who believed she met David Bowie 15 years a go on a property in the middle of Australia. She says he was shooting a music video, but couldn't remember the name of the song. What she did remember were the red shoes her cousin had to wear, the 50 bucks she received and the 30 or so cases of beer the community drank on Bowie's tab. I youtubed the videoclip with the red Shoes and, sure enough, it exists - some may know it as 'Lets dance', Bowie's fastest selling single to date. 50 bucks and a couple of beers on a millionaire's TAB; nice one Bowie.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'll introduce you to the Sydney I know. Just don't mention you're open-minded in your request email because I'll push limits.

Interests

• dancing
• beer
• running
• working out
• music
• hunting
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Live music venues.

Music: Tom Waits, Ben Folds, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MIA, Neil Young, Ray La Montaigne, Nick Cave, Grizzly Bear, The White Stripes, Middle East, Jamie T, Hot Chip. I could go on for a while here.

Movies: Five Easy Pieces... Not going to even bother starting this one.

Books: faves would be Lolita or anything by Vladimir Nabokov, I like my Jeffrey Archer, A Passage to India is high on the list, and High Fidelity.