CURRENT MISSION

Make some art!

ABOUT ME

I am 31 years old. I was born in Hobart,Tasmania. I currently Reside in Melbourne. I love art, music, film, DIY Culture, underground comics. Watching TV on DVD for hours at a time. Love going out on weekends to parties, gigs, social gatherings, park picnics, anything with people getting together.

I teach animation and filmamaking with Children, here is one of the films my students made http://www.vimeo.com/8862550

I love making my own films in my spare time, Here's one I prepared earlier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgukACo4Wlw

Also, on Sundays, I tutor a Japanese teenager with Autism, we make electronic music with my computer, I had no prior experience with Autistic people and it is very challenging, but it is very rewarding plus his family are always taking me out on excursions.

My first trip out of Australia was in in 2008, I stayed in Japan for one month. I just returned from 4 months in Europe, I loved it soooo much!

Not just looking for a place to sleep, really want to have social interaction with hosts and have fun, go out for drinks, meet their friends, all that kinda stuff!

PHILOSOPHY

Be good to people. Have fun. Try new things.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hopefully I can host for people visiting Australia. Would love to meet new people and share my knowledge of Melbourne. I am moving out of my share house very soon into an apartment with ym girlfriend. The plan is to start hosting again after a looong break.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have currently hosted 2 people, one from Australia, and a couple from Poland. I have found the experience to be fantastic and deifintely a positive thing.

Interests

Films
Comedy
HBO shows
underground comics
reading
animation
Swimming
walking
Bike riding
watching live music
camping
fishing
cooking

• arts
• culture
• diy
• cooking
• walking
• partying
• drinking
• comics
• movies
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• music
• live music
• electronic music
• cycling
• fishing
• camping
• swimming
• animation
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Paul Thomas Anderson(boogie nights, there will be blood), Coen brothers, Wes Anderson(darjeeling ltd, fantastic mr fox), studio Ghibli(japans greatest animation house), Dario Argento(love italian horror films!!!), George A Romero, Jan Svankmejer, ALejandro Jodorowski, woody Allen (although he can be awful) stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, Martin Scorcese, Pedro Almodovar, Emir Kusterica, Takashi Miike, Takeshi Kitano, John Waters, Russ Meyer, Sergio Leone (spagheti westerns, amazing!!) Chan wook park (if you haven't seen any Korean cinema, do so NOW, you won't regret it!!) Basically I could go on for pages and pages. I really hate most(but not all) big budget American blockbusters.

TV: Deadwood, Oz, The wire, Curb your enthusiasm, Sopranos, simpsons (before it went bad) tim and eric awesome show great job, sealab 2021, Aqua teen hunger force, the office, extras, the young ones, Allan Partridge.

Books; Murakami, Hunter S thomson, books about movies,

Music: Ween, Wu-tang, otis redding, the Ronettes, toots and the maytells, Desmond Dekker, melvins, the pixies, the wipers, too many to mention, I like to dance!!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have been teaching animation to kids for about two years now, and seeing the look on their faces when they create something from their imagination and bring it to life, is pretty amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

While I am travelling I would love to share my creative skills with others. For example if anyone was making a film or a collaborative art piece, i would love to be involved. I have extensive knowledge of camera techniques, stop motion animation, sound equipment and have worked on a few local films in Australia.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Netherlands

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