CURRENT MISSION

Explore, create, help make social networks vibrant

ABOUT ME

I feel fortunate that I have a pretty easy time making friends. And fortunate that I've made some great ones.

Now that I'm done with my doctorate, I've been spending a lot of time thinking about how to build a community.

PHILOSOPHY

Shine brightly but make room for quiet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just graduated and about to explore Budapest and the rest of Hungary for the summer. Will be back in San Francisco in the fall (that's home for me) and happy to host!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Most of my couchsurfing has been with friends or friends of friends, but I like the idea of this site (also I don't know anyone in Budapest!).

Interests

Water polo, fencing, theatre, travel (long trips/field work in Ethiopia, China/Tibet, Japan, Chile, Pakistan, France, the UK)

• flying
• traveling
• fencing
• water polo

Music, Movies, and Books

Reading: Lolita, Naked, Alphabetical Africa, The Heart of Darkness, The Master and Margarita, A Tale of Two Cities, Gob's Grief, The Children's Hospital, Midnight's Children, Persuasion, Heartbreak House, Kim, Pale Fire, The Changing Light at Sandover

Movies: The City of Lost Children, The Lion in Winter, Rope, All About Eve, All About My Mother, Sunset Boulevard, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Best in Show, South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut, Three Kings, Central Station, The Royal Tenenbaums, Fight Club, Dangerous Liaisons, Election, Bad Education, I (Heart) Huckabees, Unconditional Love, Moonrise Kingdom

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Got a job as an editor of a Pakistani newspaper while I was on the roof of an old palace and everyone in the entire city of Lahore was flying kites.

Teach, Learn, Share

(I need to explore the site more to figure out what to put here.)

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