I'm driven primarily by curiosity. I'm a very flexible person who is usually intrigued where others would be shocked or mortified.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My couchsurfing days are probably behind me at this point, since we have a toddler now.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had a few spontaneous couchsurfing experiences while travelling and even let random people stay on my couch a couple of times.

Interests

economics, sociology, psychology, genetics, evolution, architecture, physics

• architecture
• traveling
• economics
• genealogy
• physics
• psychology
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, Belle & Sebastian, Arcade Fire, Emm Gryner, Stars, The Beatles, Beethoven, Loreena McKennitt, Our Lady Peace, New Order, No Doubt, The Irish Descendants, Peter Gabriel, Johnny Cash, Simon and Garfunkel, The Tea Party, Moist, Melanie Doane, Metallica, The Who, Nirvana, The Police, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Watchmen, ABBA, Bad Religion, Bon Jovi, Frente!, Jill Sobule, The New Pornographers, Tori Amos, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, They Might Be Giants, REM, Queen, Rush, U2, Chantal Kreviazuk, Guns'n'Roses, The Cranberries, The Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Indigo Girls, Jethro Tull, Tegan and Sara.

Books:
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Freakonomics, Stranger in a Strange Land, The Moral Animal, Microserfs, Ender's Game, A Short History of Nearly Everything.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've climbed down a waterfall on a rope and up a live volcano.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Romania, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Macao, Malaysia, Pakistan, United States