CURRENT MISSION

Bring focus to my many passions!

ABOUT ME

I decided last year I wanted to be a travel blogger that wrote about volunteer and literary travel. I'm currently volunteering at a Camphill community in rural New York. I live and work with an amazing group of people, many of whom are developmentally disabled.

The blog I run focuses on my many passions. I have a fascination with culture- especially underground/unnoticed and indie culture.

Random info: I love writing, reading, cooking, watching movies and TV. I'm a vegetarian. I have three pen pals. In the past four years I've lived in four states.

PHILOSOPHY

I always try to see the sunnier side of things and not stress too much because it's not like I'll make it out of this life alive.

Fable that goes with it: There were two farmhands who were asked to shovel out the pony stables. The stables were filled to the brim with poop. When the stable master looked he saw one shoveling at the pace of a snail.
He asked, "Why do you shovel so slow?"
"There's so much shit, I'll never get all of it out," the farmhand replied.
The stable master nodded and went to check on the other one. Now the other farmhand was shoveling as fast and as much as she could. The stable master was surprised to see such vigor to shovel out horse poop.
"Why do you go so fast?" the stable master asked.
"Well with all this poop," she replied,"there's got to be a pony in here some where."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now it's by surfing on couches, but when I settle down I'd like to have a couch (or air mattress) for people to surf on.

I want to connect with like-minded (and not like-minded) individuals to expand my view of the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've done a lot of couchsurfing on family and friend couches, especially during my move to Los Angeles in 2008.

Interests

travel, reading (specifically fictional travel literature, fantasy, magical realism, and graphic novels/comic books), volunteering, gardening/farming, good storytelling (in any form)

• culture
• writing
• books
• literature
• cooking
• vegetarian
• running
• gardening
• movies
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• blogging
• knitting
• surfing
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Current favorites:
Books- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God and other short stories, Neverwhere (graphic novel), Pizzeria Kamikaze
Current book: The Street by Ann Petry
Current comics: Locke & Key, The Sword
Movies- Stranger than Fiction, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Star Trek, Serenity
Latest movies watched: Enchanted (DVD), Oliver and Company (DVD), Ghostbusters (DVD, Avatar (theater), The Princess and the Frog (theater)
Music- Beatles, Janis Joplin, Silversun Pickups, Dropkick Murphys
Latest Music purchase: V.V. Brown "Traveling like the Light"
TV Shows- Chuck, Fringe, In Plain Sight, White Collar
(I used to watch NCIS but I stopped watching shows on CBS because of their unfortunate change in ad policies.)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The tight bond I have with my family (parents and siblings). I love them so much and I think they're all amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd be good at teaching the basics of knitting, bookbinding or English.
I'd love to improve my Spanish and ASL skills and learn more advanced techniques in both knitting and bookbinding.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Italy

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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