CURRENT MISSION

Back in Dublin as of 2021 after four years in Tokyo

ABOUT ME

Back in Dublin. Pretty humdrum currently.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Not so active at the moment.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Re-engaged as of 2024 after a long hiatus.

Interests

Music, films, books, more books. Playing the guitar (but only in private as therapy). Occasional writing.

• writing
• books
• beer
• yoga
• flying
• movies
• music
• guitar
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Jack Nicholson in the 1970s; early Hal Hartley films; David Lynch; Robert Altman; 'The Master'; 'Gummo'; 'McCabe & Mrs Miller'; 'The Player'; 'King of Marvin Gardens'; John Cassavetes; 'The Saddest Music in the World' or any Guy Maddin; Codeine; Mission of Burma; Ornette Coleman; Poets: John Ashbery, Wallace Stevens and James Tate; Nicholson Baker; 'The Lime Twig' by John Hawkes; 'Loving' by Henry Green; David Markson, full-stop. 'Carpenter's Gothic' by William Gaddis. 'The Loser' by Thomas Bernhard. In general contrarian, energetic fiction.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw legendary folk singer Michael Hurley play a gig in a grocery store in North East Portland, Oregon.
Hiking around Sai Kung territory in Hong Kong - it looks like Scotland.

Teach, Learn, Share

Yoga, the wrong way.

What I Can Share with Hosts

beer-tasting,
floor-mopping,
flustered monologues.

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, United States

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