Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Couch Surfing 2007



I had always heard of people who couch surfed. Usually I thought they were loozers, or boozers, or both. I always wondered how a person can just mooch off friends and stay on their couches without thinking it might be wise to look into employment or a hotel. I never thought I would be a person who couch-surfed. I worried about how I would brush my teeth, or how my hosts would react to my refusal to eat pretty much anything. Well, as I was trying to sleep last night, and failing, I decided to count sheep. When that didn't work, I started to realize that I couldn't sleep because of my bed. It's so hard. It's an asian bed. They really like to sleep on the floor, so if they do sleep on a bed, it usually feels like the floor. Hard as a, well, floor. I'm not knocking it, I'm just saying. So, when I ran out of sheep to count, I started thinking of all the different beds I slept in in 2007-my year of couch surfing. Thanks to all who let me crash at your pad, and to repay you, you can sleep of my floorbed in Seoul any time!

He're my couch surfing 2007 list. All the places I slept in a year (I think):

1. Mom’s and Dad's guestbed on Hawk Lane in Palmdale.
2. Brandon’s house in Toluca Lake.
3. Hedi and Michael Darchuck-Chick's guestbed in Echo Park.
4. Hostel El Firulete on Peron Street in Buenos Aires.
5. The wierd pad I yanked out of the sleeper sofa and put on the floor at Ramiro's apartment on Ave. Charcas in Buenos Aires.
6. When my sister vacated, I switched to the futon at Ramiro's. (this sounds sordid; it is not.)
7. Kevins’s loft thing in San Cristobal, Buenos Aires.
8. Hostel in Iguazu Falls, Argentina
9. Horrible bed in my apartment on Fitz Roy in Buenos Aires.
10. Hotel Faena in Buenos Aires.
11. Mom and Dad's guestbed on Eagle Lane in Palmdale
12. Oxford Inn in Palmdale
13. My sister's house in Lancaster.
14. Eduardo’s bed in Portland while he was in Chicago.
15. Eduardo’s floor in Portland while he was not in Chicago.
16. Random couch in Portland.
17. Mark Spencer Hotel in Portland
18. Oxford Inn, different room, in Palmdale
19. Keisha’s House in Lancaste.
20. Golden Nugget Hotel, Laughlin, Nevada.
21. Amtrak Coast Starlight.
21. My bed in Seoul!

If I missed one, don't remind me. I think this is enough.

For 2008, all I have is

1. My bed in Seoul.
2. The 6 line Subway in Seoul. (long story)

1 comment:

goodness gracious said...

my guestbed misses you, couchman.