Axe Murderers

I recently joined Couch-Surfers. I’d heard about it a couple of years back and thought ‘What a great idea’ but not having a couch to call my own, soon forgot about it. A couple of months ago, my brother suggested it would be an interesting way to spend my one night in San Francisco in January. So I joined.

I’m currently living in a house best described as a ‘work in progress (or process depending on how many forward and backward steps are being taken at any given time). I do have a comfortable couch that morphs into a double bed at the touch of a button – a few kicks help too. Since joining, apart from the usual friends and friends of friends who are just passing through, I’ve had 3 couch-surfing (CS) requests and two actual CS-ers.

Several people I’ve mentioned CS to expressed reservations. While they find it an interesting concept, they wonder if perhaps this is an ideal way for Axe Murderers to find their next victim. This is such a common response, it leads me to wonder is why it’s always ‘Axe Murderers’. Why not the Reverent Green with a lead pipe? Or even that wicked Miss Scarlet with a rope or a nylon stocking. The list of ways to bump off your host – or even vise-versa – is endless so why are Axe Murders getting such bad press?

Alive and well after two CS encounters so far – granted, Maria, (pictured above with my dog) is still here and may yet produce the axe – I’m finding that people I’m meeting through the site are people who think outside the box and travel without needing to know the destination. There is only one final destination for us all and if we live lives focusing too much on that fact, maybe we’re living half-lives.

If you are thinking of CS-ing, check out the site. View some profiles. CS members give information about themselves, their situation – comfortable couch, big friendly dog, smoke cigarettes constantly, couch not available Jan-Mar as will be traveling etc. etc. Other CS-ers can post references on their profile positive and otherwise and, as far as I’m aware, if you are an Axe Murderer, you have to post it on your page