CURRENT MISSION

live like a local

ABOUT ME

my best friends usually use words like calm, sophisticated, whimsical, witty and intelligent to describe me.

i just graduated from university and am ready to start travelling :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

none yet, but looking forward to it!

i have hosted some couch surfers from montreal for a weekend, but it wasn't organized through this website. it was, however, an AMAZING experience that has definitely made me want to explore what CouchSurfing has to offer!

Interests

things i spend a lot of time doing:
daydreaming. playing apples to apples. laughing. being a human spell-check. baking brownies. perceiving and understanding others' emotions. procrastinating. crafts. creative writing. spontaneously creating vegan dishes. being a good listener. staying up late. drawing figure models. smiling. packing suitcases. instagramming. relaxing. spreading feminism. giving hugs.

things i spend a lot of time thinking about:
... art (instagram :P , colours and when the light hits just right, appreciating the aesthetics)
... music (finding new stuff, thinking about what the lyrics mean)
... food (how yummy it is, what to make for dinner, nutrition, health)
... travelling (how to satiate my wanderlust, places i want to go)
... what DIY project/craft i want to do when i finally have spare time
... yoga (what to teach for my next class, how awesome it is)
... psychology (the mental health system, interpersonal relations, stereotype threat, memory, social cognitive biases)
... feminism (gender roles, consent, sex education, body image, prevention of sexual assault)

• horses
• arts
• writing
• diy
• festivals
• education
• womens rights
• dining
• cooking
• baking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• yoga
• meditation
• walking
• partying
• crafts
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• hiking
• teaching
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

books:
- the art of travel, by alain de botton
- catcher in the rye, by j.d. salinger
- lucky, by alice sebold
- alice in wonderland, by lewis carroll
- jimmy corrigan, the smartest kid on earth, by chris ware
- white oleander, by janet fitch
- revolutionary road, by richard yates
- persepolis, by marjane satrapi
- any poetry by sylvia plath and e.e. cummings
*i read a lot of non fiction too, but just didn't list here

movies:
- closer
- anything by wes anderson
- eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
- mostly all sofia coppola
- the squid and the whale
- woody allen: midnight in paris, manhattan, vicki cristina barcelona

shows:
- girls (lena dunham's show)
- united states of tara
- mad men
- 30 rock
- the big c
- arrested development
- the office
- seinfeld
- sex and the city
- portlandia

music:
- broken social scene (and all its solo projects)
- tegan and sara
- arcade fire
- radiohead
- iron & wine
- elliott smith
- sufjan stevens
- rilo kiley
- beach house
- yeah yeah yeahs
- florence and the machine
- death cab
- fiona apple
- nina simone
- billie holiday

food:
- anything vegetarian-- i'm open to trying all foods!
one might call me a "foodie"; i'm very passionate about trying it, making it, savouring it.
- i'm obsessed with mexican, indian and thai foods
- i like eating healthy, though i'm not uptight about it, i just like REAL food :).
to quote michael pollan, "eat food. not too much. mostly plants"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

eins- walking across the golden gate bridge as the sun was setting
zwei- hiking to the top of an alp in switzerland, staring down at the magnificent view
drei- a street festival in spain where the whole town was partying, walked into a bar to see a few horses just hanging out in it :)

Teach, Learn, Share

i would love to share/teach the following with hosts:
- yoga, its philosophies and meditation
- vegetarian cooking/baking
- psychology- specifically social psych
- feminism

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada