CURRENT MISSION

Living through experiences, learning which ones matter

ABOUT ME

"Still, what I want in my life
is to be willing
to be dazzled --
to cast aside the weight of facts

and maybe even
to float a little
above this difficult world.
I want to believe I am looking

into the white fire of a great mystery.
I want to believe that the imperfections are nothing --
that the light is everything -- that it is more than the sum
of each flawed blossom rising and fading. And I do."
-Mary Oliver, "The Ponds"

this pretty much sums it up nicely. I am an average girl with a life to live, people to meet, places to visit, things to experience. College is kind of tying me down a bit currently, but I am still trying to explore as much as I can. There are so many things right under your nose, you just have to be gutsy enough to get take some risks and get a bit dirty.

PHILOSOPHY

"There is no escape. You can’t be a vagabond and an artist and still be a solid citizen, a wholesome, upstanding man. You want to get drunk, so you have to accept the hangover. You say yes to the sunlight and pure fantasies, so you have to say yes to the filth and the nausea. Everything is within you, gold and mud, happiness and pain, the laughter of childhood and the apprehension of death. Say yes to everything, shirk nothing. Don’t try to lie to yourself. You are not a solid citizen. You are not a Greek. You are not harmonious, or the master of yourself…”
- Hermann Hesse.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have met a number of wonderful people through CouchSurfing while travelling throughout Europe, and hope to meet more and more! I also have surfed in Norway and hosted in my current location of Minneapolis.

Interests

DJing at RadioK, drawing and painting, photography, listening to music, exploring.I love eating, drinking tea, watching thunderstorms, going to concerts, making felt finger puppets, learning how to make delicious meals, laughing, taking in every experience.

• photography
• concerts
• drinking
• crafts
• traveling
• knitting
• painting
• drawing
• music
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

LCD Soundsystem, Youth Lagoon, Tokyo Police Club, Talking Heads, Sigur Ros, Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, Los Campesinos, Bright Eyes, Le Tigre, The Smiths, Tallest Man on Earth, Destroyer, Animal Collective, Fanfarlo, Late of the Pier, and literally probably 700 other bands.

Movies: Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Into the Wild, Mr. Nobody - just to start...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One: Watching the sunset on Lake Como in Northern Italy, eating pizza.
Two: Hiking on top of Mt. Etna
Three: Preikestolen, Norway

Teach, Learn, Share

Want to be introduced to new music? I'm your girl. It's like a hobby of mine. I can also teach you how to make some pretty cool crafts. Embroider, knit, draw/paint/watercolor, introduce you to some delicious loose leaf tea and some kickass music. I WANT TO FIND SOMEONE TO TAKE ME FOR A HOT AIR BALLOON RIDE. Basically, I love learning odd little talents/skills, even if they are trivial.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Ireland, Italy, Norway, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States