ABOUT ME

Always on the go, and always a beer in hand! I'm what you would call a metal tourist, where almost every trip I take is instigated by a metal gig or festival out of town, and expands into a sightseeing/barhopping expedition! I'm fun and friendly, and have tons of stories to tell.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We're always the first ones to invite friends of friends to our place when they need a crashpad, and now that we're traveling more, it's always more pleasant to stay with new friendly faces than in surgical hotel rooms.

Interests

I love listening to metal, and attending, photographing and writing about metal gigs. I publish an independent printed 'zine (when I have time!), and I love traveling. Being an American stuck in Finland, I try to make it back home as often as possible. If my new homeland wasn't so flat, I'd be snowboarding whenever possible. I'm a foodie in as un-snobbish of a way as one can get - I just love to dig into a new taste combination, a local dish, or a cheesy mess on a paper plate.

• writing
• festivals
• beer
• traveling
• snowboarding
• sightseeing

Music, Movies, and Books

did I mention I love heavy metal? :D I'm not so diverse when it comes to music, except within the metal genre, but I'm really open to hearing new things - I just rarely get the same thrill that I get from a good metal band.

I usually prefer TV series to movies, just because of the continuing story aspect - I'm a huge fan of storytelling, role-playing, and such... and this leads into books, which I usually prefer from fantasy/sci-fi, perhaps just because the element of reality can be left so far in the distance that the capability to expand one's thinking reaches new levels.

I'm sometimes convinced that I live in a fantasy realm, what with all the mindblowing experiences I've had, fantastic people I've met, and the ease of letting go of myself. but that's another story!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ask me about my brief excursion to Jamaica! That was really something.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Croatia, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, United States