CURRENT MISSION

I'm just going to walk the earth.

ABOUT ME

A good friend told me, "ak doma radosti nemáš, márne ju v cudzine hladáš." It means if you can't find joy at home you won't find it abroad. I find joy everywhere because I am still trying to figure out where I want to call home. And with all the joy in my life, I figure the place I settle down in will be amazing. I can't wait to find it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I couch surfed in Slovenia and it was amazing. I have so much respect for this community, especially members' dedication to creating a global society based on trust and reciprocity.

Interests

Russian literature, music, subsistence farming, Thai and Indian food, thunderstorms, science fiction, traveling, ultra-violent (but not horror) movies, Twilight Zone marathons, robot love, slam poetry, heritage breed livestock, bugs, hiking, Oscar Wilde, African history, musicals, yoga, Guayasamín, National Public Radio, cigarette machine art, being outside, the fall of communism, existentialism, ancient Egypt, knitting, dancing, speech and debate, mythology, baking from scratch, Edward Gorey illustrations, 1950s fashion, speaking Spanish and Russian, gardening, and 1920's German films.

• arts
• literature
• poetry
• fashion
• illustrations
• dancing
• dining
• indian food
• baking
• yoga
• gardening
• movies
• traveling
• knitting
• music
• hiking
• history
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Grindhouse, The Birdcage, The Departed, Strictly Ballroom, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Bed Knobs and Broomsticks, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, Shakespeare in Love, The Royal Tenenbaums, Love and Death, A Serious Man, High Fidelity, Love Comes to the Executioner, Annie Hall, Life is Beautiful, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang, Pulp Fiction, Muholland Dr., Walk the Line, Being John Malkovich, Kinky Boots, Cannibal the Musical, Everything is Illuminated, Blade Runner, Moulin Rouge, Shaun of the Dead, Amadeus, The Godfather parts 1 & 2, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, From Dusk 'til Dawn, Brick, Trainspotting, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Casablanca, Sleeper, Little Miss Sunshine, 28 Days Later, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Silence of the Lambs, Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth, MirrorMask, The Seventh Seal, The Dark Knight, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Star Trek.

Books: The Picture of Dorian Gray, We, Crime and Punishment, The Master and Margarita, The Stranger, Grapes of Wrath, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Ishmael, War and Peace, Everything is Illuminated, Persepolis, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Myth of Sisyphus, Dracula, The Good Earth, Lolita, Waiting for Godot, The Sparrow, Long Day's Journey into Night, My Antonia, Children of the Alley, Cien Anos de Soledad, Cane, Metamorphosis, Jesus' Son, Moon Tiger, Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex, Moby Dick, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Voices.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, United States