CURRENT MISSION

Experiences and wonder (wow, does that ever sound corny. true though)

ABOUT ME

I’m 21, easy going, pretty left wing and environmentally conscious but nowhere near what I should be, a committed atheist. Mucking about and lazing around with people are probably my favorite things to do. And eating, and sleeping, and reading and music and seeing wonderful things. Sometimes I think I have a 16 year old boy’s sense of humor (when I hang out with my brother and his friends who are brilliant) but maybe we all do, I mean when will ‘ya mum’ and ‘that’s what she said’ ever get old? Not soon. My youngest friend is 3 and a half and my oldest is in his 70s so I have a good variety of people to enjoy. I really love my life and friends in Oz which is why I thought it would be time for an adventure on my own – before I get too comfortable, you know? And most of it will still be here when I get back. I’m at art school but I also write short stories.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

This is my toedipping into couch surfing, but I really like the idea. I am about to go live in Canada for a semester and then travel so I thought it would be useful to find places to stay, and when I get back I can have surfers and their stories over here, I figure it just a step over from the hitchhikers who we find (one gave us the best pasta idea, but i think I have forgoten it). It’s always more interesting to get to know the locals and their view of the place.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couching is great, I have done it to travel, to avoid the commute to school or the trek home. It has saved me many times. The worst was couchless when two friends and I had to sleep on a kitchen floor, under a bin, with a only blanket between us and our bags for pillows. It was the dead of winter with the windows jammed open and we were too cold to sleep at all. I ended up paying my housemate to sleep on my back I was so cold . I am not looking forward to the day when I’m too grown up to do that sort of thing; low standards of accommodation make life so much more interesting.

Interests

• arts
• reading
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• atheism