CURRENT MISSION

Mission makes it sound as if I have an spy plane. Alas, I do not.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far, it's been wonderful.

Interests

Drawing, painting, graphic design, writing, web design, really ugly sweaters, wasting time, debating, philosophy, roadtrips, junk shops, vintage hats, pirates and zombies (best in combination), collecting old childrens books, coffee, sleeping, finding the perfect pair of socks. It's a fast-paced life, I tell ya.

• arts
• writing
• books
• design
• graphic design
• illustrations
• coffee
• painting
• drawing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, Neutral Milk Hotel, Ben Folds Five, Beatles, Miles Davis, Clinic, Brian Eno, Kinks, Violent Femmes, Stereolab, Looper, Blur, Olivia Tremor Control, Sondre Lerche, Sparklehorse, Of Montreal, Bright Eyes, Hum, Andrew Bird, REM, The Black Keys, Plastikman, Talking Heads, Rufus Wainwright, Pavement, Nick Drake ...

Movies:

The Fisher King, Harvey, Amelie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dogville, The Royal Tennenbaums, Garden State, Singin' in the Rain, Harold and Maude, The Piano, American Werewolf in London, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly films, Velvet Goldmine, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, American Beauty, Run Lola Run, The Neverending Story...and zombie movies! I ADORE a good zombie flick!

Books:

I can't pick one favorite...I read anything and everything. These are just off the top of my head......the Oz series, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Still Life with Woodpecker, Geek Love, Einstein's Dreams, Chuck Palanuik's books, About a Boy, Amy Hempel's stuff, The Last Unicorn, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Edward Gorey's stuff, Neil Gaiman's work, P.S. Your Cat is Dead, Life of Pi, Everything is Illuminated, Vonnegut, House of Leaves, Shel Silverstein, Jitterbug Perfume, Memoirs of a Geisha, A Handmaid's Tale, The Bloody Tower, House of Leaves, Catch-22, ee cummings, Gone with the Wind, The Crying of Lot 49, Poe, David Sedaris's stuff....oh, the list goes on and on.

Teach, Learn, Share

Hmmmm. I suppose I would have to put the arts here. I studied illustration in college, and still in involved in creating art, so if there's some area that I have "special knowledge" in, it would certainly be that.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Netherlands, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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