CURRENT MISSION

currently working to promote an international student Volunteer program. To do this I travel to a different university each week.

ABOUT ME

I'm a wondering wanderer... or maybe a wandering wonderer....same thing I guess.

Some may describe me as a charming rogue bohemian whilst others may know me as a cheeky nonconformist...

Ultimately though...I love to have a laugh, yet I'm pensive and thrive on deep and stimulating concepts and conversation.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe experiences are the most important thing in life, they shape our stories and form our identity. So it is that I constantly seek out new experiences. My main goal in life is simply to stay inspired.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

The purpose of my current work is to inspire students to broaden their horizons by traveling and giving their time and energy to helping people and environments. I believe that this, in effect, works towards the common goal of the CS project; to build bridges between people so that we can be part of a global community.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've traveled extensively but have only couch surfed once so far... it was amazing- I disappeared down the cracks in the couch, where all the loose change goes, and I emerged 2 weeks later with a completely new perspective on travel and some new friends : )

Interests

Sunset swims, surfing and snowboarding. Unraveling the subconscious. Dreams. Street art. Films. Acting. Drawing & painting. Good food and wine/ bevies. Speaking French. Reading. Writing (creatively- not shopping lists)

• arts
• writing
• street art
• acting
• dining
• wine
• shopping
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• surfing
• snowboarding
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC

RANDOM artists in random order... J Dilla, Tom Vek, Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio, The Doves, The Cure, Cazals, Fat Freddy's Drop, Bloc party, The Black Keys, New Flesh, The Pixies, The Smiths, Inspiral Carpets, The Stone Roses/ Ian Brown, Elbow, MF Doom, kool keith, Pharoah Monch, Cutcopy, chk chk chk, Mos Def, Wu Tang, PLan B, Word o' Mouth, Jehst, DJ Noize, Madlib, MC Supernat, Quanum Mc's, Roy Ayers, Talib Kweli, Roots Manuva, Fallacy & Fusion, Braintax, Rodney P, Madvillain, The Roots, Dizee Rascal, Cinematic Orchestra, Amon Tobin, Shadow, UNKLE, Vadim, Krush, 9 lazy 9, Jesus Rodriguez, RadioHead, New Order/ Joy Division, High Contrast, Full Cycle crew, Shy FX, Aphex Twin, Diplo.

MOVIES

I'll start with movies that don't start at the beginning. I love films with nonlinear narratives like MEMENTO & IRREVERSIBLE. They float my boat because of the way they reconfigure your logic from 'what's gonna happen next?' to 'why did this happen?' Favourite films of 2005- THE EDUKATORS. DARK HORSE. Other directors I dig - Mike Figgis- TIMECODE, THE LOSS OF SEXUAL INNOCENCE, LEAVING LAS VEGAS. Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu- AMORES PEROS, 21 GRAMS. Terry Gilliam- BRAZIL, MONTY PYTHON(s), FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS. Richard linklater- TAPE, WAKING LIFE, A SCANNER DARKLY. Michael Mann- HEAT. COLLATERAL. Lars Von Trier- DOGVILLE, BREAKING THE WAVES. Any scripts by Kaufmann- ETERNAL SUNSHINE. ADAPTATION. BEING J MALKOVICH. Other directors- Greenaway, Kubrick, Kurosawa, Bertolucci, Kar-Wai. Other films- DELICATESSEN, CITY OF LOST CHILDREN. Kim Ki-Duk's- SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER, SPRING. VANILLA SKY. WITHNAIL & I. REQUIEM FOR A DREAM. DOT THE I. MOTORCYCLE DIARIES. RASHOMON. READ MY LIPS/ SUR MES LEVRES

BOOKS

ULYSSES by James Joyce, SHANTARAM by Gregory David Roberts, FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS by Hunter S Thompson, POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley, MEMORY AND DREAM by Charles de Lint, THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy, THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess, THE BEACH by Alex Garland, INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison, ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE by Robert Pirsig, ILLUSIONS by Richard Bach, DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? by Phillip K Dick, KNOWLEDGE OF ANGELS by Gill Paton Walsh, THE WIND UP BIRD CHRONICLES by Haruki Murakami, THE WILD PARTY by Joseph Moncure, FIRST LIGHT by Charles Baxter, METAMORPHOSIS by David Mack, ATOMISED by Michel Houllebecq, THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald, A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce, LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov, BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley, 1984 by George Orwell, A SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE by Anais Nin, THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner, FEAR by L. Ron Hubbard, THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler, DUNE by Frank Herbert, TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf, LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding, ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac, TRAINSPOTTING by Irvine Welsh, HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad, NAKED LUNCH by William S Burroughs, THE CONSOLATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY by Alain de Botton, THE NAME OF THE ROSE by Umberto Eco, THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho, STILL LIFE WITH WOODPECKER by Tom Robbins. MUST STOP NOW by Me...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Rode a motorbike through the Himalayas- it was epic.

Teach, Learn, Share

What value has knowledge and experience if it's not shared? CS is a pioneering platform that facilitates the meeting of people and the sharing of both experiences and cultures!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia