CURRENT MISSION

My current mission, should I choose to accept it, which I did because I already bought the ticket, is to travel in and around Turkey for a month. Also to eat in Turkey. Also stuff my noggin with flavors and spices and just how they make that pastry...

ABOUT ME

All about me. well.
I have plenty of good things- I am curious, intellegent, engaging, interested, fairly strong backbone, fond of a good joke, a not-so-good joke, an animated conversation, a quiet moment, hearing songs I've never heard before, seeing things I've never seen before...I have curly hair and once thought I would grow up to be an elf.
I have some not-always-beneficial things too- I can be a bit reserved at first, I can be somewhat wary, again initially, I tend to bow out of shallower conversation rather than go through the motions, I very much dislike bananas...these things can sometimes get in the way.

PHILOSOPHY

I live my life because I get to, and I consider that far better than the alternative.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

How I participate. In life? I get up every day.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I do not have any CouchSurfing experiences as of yet, in the official CouchSurfing realm, however I have slept on many couches, including my own when I have friends or family visiting. I know that is not the half of the CouchSurfing experience. I'm being fecetious. Maybe I'm nervous as it's my first time and all.

Interests

There are a lot of things that I am interested in-books, music, sunlight, but I think if I were to honestly answer what I am interested in, as in what keeps me going and, well, interested, I would say it is when connections are made. When people are brought together, step out of the stories of their own lives and share- over a dinner table, a train ride, a field trip- something of themselves with others. I am constantly amazed by how vibrant and kick-ass people around me can be. Most everyone, after you get past the surface, is a universe of thorny, interesting, beautiful messy personhood and connection with that "under the surface" stuff is what I live for. A beautiful mess is right.

• books
• flying
• traveling
• music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once jumped out of a plane in a bear costume reciting The Canterbury Tales in Old English. No, I didn't do that. I would be amazed if I saw that, though, falling from the sky. Honestly, I get awestruck fairly often by what I see around me- watching the way kids play together or how pelicans fly along the crests of waves. Life is pretty amazing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States