CURRENT MISSION

Only to connect.

ABOUT ME

Political Science and French major, studying abroad in France. Fascinated by old-timey things (some think I share the pasttimes of old men, but I'm not crotchety, I swear!). Curious. Very literary. Pianist, but not a musician. Enjoy quality conversation, though I tend to be more of the listener.

I can drink a lot of tea.

I'd like a radio show and want to be a mutton judge one day. And I like tweed, very very much.

PHILOSOPHY

1. "Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire - in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?" :: Lord Byron

2. Get out of the box, damn it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a CS neophyte, though should you come to Lyon, I'll bring you to the best café in the city.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

CouchSurfed for the first time in the U.K.: London, followed by Oxford, Edinburgh, and then London again. It was a grand, old time, and I've converted.

Interests

Reading. Writing. Musing. Traveling abroad. Playing piano. Ski-jumping (that is, watching, and not participating). Engaging in good conversation. Limp-wristed chuckling. Bunberrying. Dog-walking. Museum-going. Preparing pots of tea. Commiserating over cups of tea. Preparing pots of coffee. Preparing baked goods for others. Holding dinner parties. Pipe-smoking. Promoting civility. Cutting a rug to the early Beatles.

Antiquity. Pax Romana. 1800s Vienna. Austrian Expressionism. A call to charms. Instant Karma! Languages, especially Russian. Wit. "Be-ins." Boho poésie. Sitars. Dachshunds (their legs are so helpless!). Philosophy. Properly executed alliteration. NPR and The Economist.

• dogs
• writing
• coffee
• walking
• partying
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• piano
• skiing
• boxing
• economics
• languages
• political science
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

:: To simplify matters...

Supposing I was doomed to an eternity on a desert island, I choose Casablanca; The Royal Tenenbaums; Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers; Pulp Fiction; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

:: Classical music tickles my fancy, especially Liszt, Paganini, and Schubert. On the other side of the spectrum, the Beatles, David Bowie, hippie music, Radiohead, general straight-ahead jazz, Django Reinhardt.

:: In general, if you'd like to talk books, let's talk Dickens, Fitzgerald, Hardy, Waugh, and Wilde.

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH :: I'm not English, but I do make a mean scone.
:: David Bowie tunes, anyone?

LEARN :: I rather like the idea of foxtrotting, so if someone would be the Fred and teach me to be the Ginger, I'm much obliged.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Chile, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States