CURRENT MISSION

Be amazing, duh.

ABOUT ME

28. Full of life. Lactose intolerant.

I moved to Pittsburgh last summer and I'm moving again in August to go to graduate school for rhetoric. I love meeting new people and Couchsurfing has always been my go-to for socializing in new places. I love all things travel and culture. I also love exploring and adding to my list of Pittsburgh faves. I'm generally full of energy and up for adventuring.

PHILOSOPHY

"...No doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world...Strive to be happy."
-excerpt from "Desiderata" by Ehrmann.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I believe travel, adventure, hospitality, and openness to the world are the single most important things in life. CS connects me with people who feel the same.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far, I've used CS to meet PGH locals, and new friends while traveling in Europe.

Interests

Impromptu dance parties, food, art/culture consumption, rhetorical theory/feminist critique/academic research, Mad Libs, long walks, bar talks, mass transit, observation, urban exploration, bicycles, confessional poetry, asymmetry, hot tea.

• arts
• culture
• poetry
• dancing
• dining
• partying
• traveling
• socializing
• crochet
• urban exploration

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Twin Shadow, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens.
Movies: Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Vanilla Sky, Synecdoche, Bill Cunningham, most documentaries.
Books: Demian by Hermann Hesse, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton, Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I sat next to Robert Redford during a three-hour-flight chatting about life and goals and everything in between. He never asked my name and I never asked his. I was 15 and had absolutely no idea who he was at the time. To this day it reminds me that we are all just people trying to live as best we can.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can crochet--well only straight lines.

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Greece

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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