CURRENT MISSION

"...go all the goddamn way with what matters". - E. Hemmingway

ABOUT ME

A student of life who got temporarily sidetracked by the notions of "normal" and "do what is expected of you". I've decided to shake things up a bit and to start actually doing the things in life that terrify me. Traveling seems like a good place to start!

PHILOSOPHY

"We all have two lives. The second begins when you realize you only have one." - Confucius

"Action is the antidote to despair." - Joan Baez

"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim." - Nora Ephron

I firmly believe that we get the most out of life when we are ACTIVE in living. Living doesn't just mean working and going home, it's an all-inclusive verb. It means observing the world around you and trying to make sense of it; it means getting out there and surprising yourself by doing things you weren't sure were possible; it means exploring and wandering and falling and getting back up. Aristotle believed that beings wouldn't be able to determine whether or not a life was well-lived until they got to the end of it; I think there are ways to live well in the meantime so you can say at the end, 'damn, that was really good.'

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm new around here, so I haven't done much "official" CouchSurfing, BUT, I have stayed on friends' futons in Boston, Dallas, and Charleston. I look forward to meeting new people out there...wherever the plane/train/automobile takes me.

Interests

All things relating to music, reading things written by thoughtful people, style and fashion.

• fashion
• reading
• traveling
• music
• piano

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Radiohead, Punch Brothers, Chris Thile, Bon Iver, Jamie Cullum, Otis Redding, Jack White, James Blake, The Glitch Mob, The xx, Beirut, Patty Griffin, Jose Gonzalez, Justice, Daft Punk, Grace Potter, etc., etc., etc.

Books: anything by Nietzsche, Aristotle, Milan Kundera, Tom Robbins, or Rainer Maria Rilke

Movies: Amelie, Lost in Translation, Little Miss Sunshine, American Beauty, Midnight in Paris, Beginners, Everything is Illuminated, Away We Go, and I will happily sit down and watch any Howard Hughes film repeatedly

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Actively enjoyed the bend of the horizon during free fall to earth.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to kick up into a handstand, do double-unders with a jump rope, play any scale on a piano, how to tie a scarf beautifully, how to make the best pumpkin bread of your life, and how to play a clarinet.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, England, France, Iceland, Italy, Mexico