CURRENT MISSION

To see the world, drink lots of beer and taste all the world's cheeses!

ABOUT ME

Let's do this in alphabetical order:

Atheist: I am one.
Beer: I love it.
Cats:I have three
Discworld-series: I've read all of it.
Edible undies: I have never worn them.
Freedom: Can I have another helping of that, please?
Ganja: Yep. Legalize it!
Hair: Constantly changing.
Immature: Some call it "young at heart"
Jokes: I make the funny.
Kugelschreiber: A random German-sounding word.
Lip balm: Has a million uses.
Monty Python: This is an EX-Parrot!
Nazis: I'm a WW2 buff.
Oxygen: Can't live without it.
Pixies: One of my favourite bands.
Quizzes: I am a veritable fountain of trivia.
Roskilde Festival: What can I say. It rocks!
Sarcastic, slutty, single: Yes, yes, yes.
Tattoos: I have a few.
Underachiever: Career-wise, anyway.
Veritas, in vino: Ever so true.
Wizards: Yes, I like Harry Potter. So?
XXX: "Filth is in the mind of the beholder"
Yadayadayada: Sometimes I talk too much.
Zinfandel: I prefer white to red.
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That too much? Here's the short version: I like beer, reading, writing (did you guess?), and travelling. I'm a single gourmet on a quest for knowledge, with an affinity for Trivial Pursuit.

PHILOSOPHY

Prejudice is caused by lack of information. To quote (supposedly) Oskar Schindler: "When you know people, you have to behave toward them like human beings." I aim to eradicate my own subconscious prejudices and bigotry by getting to know the whole world. Ambitious, aren't I?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing a few couches, hosting a few people. Occasionally showing up for parties.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My first experiences consisted of crashing on couches after spending my last money on beer, realizing I can't afford a taxi, and being too tired to hitch a ride home. In 2007 I went to Hamburg and Amsterdam, where I surfed with some fantastic people - in 2008 I went to Berlin, Budapest, Krakow and Praha where I stayed with equally, if not more, awesome hosts. In 2009 I stayed with some absolutely delightful people I had previously hosted in Iceland, and was rescued by a most wonderful man who hosted me in 2007, but has since quit CS. Despite no longer being a member, he took me in for two weeks!
I have also hosted a bunch of people and haven't had any bad experiences (so far).

Interests

Didn't we already cover this? I'm interested in photography, music, trivia, books, cooking, eating, and being an insufferable know-it-all.

I also want to spread the gospel of JoCo.

• cats
• writing
• books
• photography
• tattoos
• festivals
• cooking
• beer
• partying
• drinking
• trivia
• reading
• traveling
• music
• camping
• surfing
• atheism

Music, Movies, and Books

Some random favorites in alphabetical order:

American Beauty, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, American History X.
Big Fish, Blazing Saddles, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey.
Clerks, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Cabaret.
Dogma, Die Hard I, Dead Fish.
Equilibrium, Edward Scissorhands, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex.
Farce of the Penguins, Fritz the Cat, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Great Dictator, Gone With The Wind, Grosse Pointe Blank.
Haispray (the original), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hudsucker Proxy.
Idiocracy, Identity, Interstate 60.
Jabberwocky, Jacob the Liar, Jeffrey.
Kalifornia, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Knight's Tale.
Last Remake of Beau Geste, Long Kiss Goodnight, Life of Brian.
Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Meaning of Life, Muppets' Christmas Carol.
National Lampoon's Animal House, Nightmare Before Christmas, Novocaine.
Ocean's Eleven, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Opposite of Sex.
Pauly Shore is Dead, Powder, The Prestige.

Q...er...has been expelled from the alphabet for...queerness.

Ratatouille, Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves (but only because of Alan Rickman), Rocky Horror.
Schindler's List, Snatch, Secretary.
Terminator 2, Threesome, True Stories.
Underground, Usual Suspects, Unconditional Love.
Velvet Goldmine, Victor/Victoria, Virgin Suicides.
Withnail & I, Wayne's World, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (original).

X...went to look for Q.

Young Poisoner's Handbook, Young Frankenstein, Young Einstein.

Z.... Died.

Music: Tom Waits, Jonathon Coulton, Bo Burnham, Roy Zimmerman, Pixies, Nirvana, Clash, Buzzcocks, Hörður Torfa, Baggalútur, Megas, Tom Lehrer, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Green Day, Flaming Lips, The Who, Pink Floyd, Duran Duran, Mozart, Hayseed Dixie, Maus, Tesco Value, Dylan, Spiritualized, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Joni Mitchell, Warren Zevon...et.c, et.c.

Books:
Terry Pratchett,
Mark Steel,
Susie Bright,
David Sedaris,
Elizabeth George,
Isfolket,
Harry Potter...
If I were to seriously list all my favourite books, it would take weeks. Literally.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

That's not fair. I have plenty of funny stories, but when it comes to 'wow' moments, I come up blank. Things I have done that may or may not fall into that category:

White-water rafting.
Taken a dip in a glacial river.
Seen Roger Waters, The Who, Flaming Lips, Ozzy, and Spiritualized live. Not all at the same time, obviously.
Sang 'Yellow Submarine' with dozens of others. While sitting on a public toilet.
Eaten kangaroo-, emu-, and crocodile meat.
Begged on the streets of Beograd.
Been vomited on by a Greek bum.

The Danube and the Carpathians.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a Roskilde Festival expert, which to some extent translates to camping expert:

Always carry toilet paper with you.

Always have plenty of duct tape.

You will at one point or another have to pee against the fence. It's nothing to be shy about.

Never, ever, try to stack beer crates more than two high when transporting them on a trolley. They will fall and the bottles will break. And no, it's not a matter of skill.

The low, wooden seats will break. Buy plastic chairs. They will also break or fall apart, but are easier to fix with duct tape.

The line for the ATM will be very long, but if you have a beer or a friend (or both), it will move fairly quickly.

You will find that showers are overrated. If it's muddy you'll get dirty again right away. If it's dry you'll get sweaty and dusty.

Also, if it is dry and dusty, be prepared to blow mounds of dirt out of your nose every morning.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Iceland

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