CURRENT MISSION

experience other people, cultures, food, and craziness. share my stories, listen to others, and do what i do best: teach

ABOUT ME

I’m for best friends, long drives, and smiles,
nothing but the sound of thinking for miles.
For the unconditional love of dogs:
may we learn the lessons of their love by heart.
For therapy when you need it,
and poetry when you need it.
And the wisdom to know the difference.
I’m for crushes not acted upon, for admiration from afar,
for the delicate and the resilient and the fragile human heart,
may it always heal stronger than it was before.
For walks in the woods, and for the woods themselves,
by which I mean the trees. Definitely for the trees.
Window seats, and locally brewed beer,
and love letters written by hand with fountain pens:
I’m for all of these. -Taylor Mali

PHILOSOPHY

always be more than you appear and never appear to be more than you are

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

as simple as the cs mission: host, travel, share, experience.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Philadelphia, PA

Interests

Drumline Instructor, Drums, Composing Music, Reading, Writing, Political commentary, Cooking, CrossFit, Triathlons, Red Cross, Npr, Blogging, musicmusicmusic, foodfoodfood, movies that make you think twice, tv that makes you laugh, copy/pasting from facebook.

• dogs
• writing
• poetry
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• running
• instructor
• crossfit
• movies
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• blogging
• music
• guitar
• drums
• canoeing
• camping
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

music:
Closure in Moscow, Cloudkicker, Fang Island, Good Old War, The Format, Whetherman, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, The New Amsterdams, The Dangerous Summer, Rx Bandits, The Dear Hunter, Lydia, We Came as Romans, There for Tomorrow, Jamie's Elsewhere, RATATAT, Ronald Jenkees, Ben Folds, We Are The In Crowd, The Morning Of, The Summer Set, Sherwood, Say Anything, Muse, Explosions in the Sky, The Starting Line, The Guilt Engine, Search The City, Best Interest, The Weakend, The Color Morale, Lupe Fiasco, The Prize Fight, Breaking Benjamin, John Mayer Trio, The Weakerthans, Umbrellas, Boys Night Out, The Album Leaf, Underoath, 311, All Time Low, EVE 6, Lakes, Secret and Whisper, Limbeck, Saosin, Third Eye Blind, No Doubt, Fireworks, The Dirty Birds, Charlene Kaye, The Evening Raid, James and The Rainbros
books:
Kavalier & Clay, The Art of Racing in the Rain, The Alchemist, The Invisible Man, Maus, To the Lighthouse, Harry Potter, The Good Soldier, Watchmen, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Pastwatch
movies:
Crash, Hurt Locker, Let the Right One In, Bourne, Inception, The Dark Knight, The Orphanage, WALL•E, Little Miss Sunshine, Almost Famous, Defiance, Wristcutters, Religulous, Inside Man, The Departed, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Thank You for Smoking, Fight Club, Happy Gilmore

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

warning, cliche ahead:
each day working with kids.
more specifically, camping/canoeing michigan/united states, working on appalachian trail educational projects

Teach, Learn, Share

drums
guitar (a little)
cooking (some)
resumes
rock and roll history (us/british)
running/triathlons