CURRENT MISSION

dancing, writing, reading, exploring

ABOUT ME

I'm glad to be alive and excited for all things new. After all, here we are marveling at our toes under the stars!

PHILOSOPHY

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I think life is absurd and wonderful.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I enjoy meeting CSers, and being part of a community of such friendly tumbleweeds.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed in Europe, Morocco, and South America. Amazing experiences.

Interests

yoga, Zen meditation, creative writing, photography, musicals, falafel, sea creatures, hiking, rushes of adrenaline, make-believe, butterfly kisses, silly words, urban agriculture, jazz, theater, biking, anything outdoors

• writing
• theater
• photography
• dancing
• yoga
• meditation
• reading
• jazz
• piano
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• agriculture

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Monty Python, The Elephant Man, Waking Ned Devine, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Man on Wire, Harold and Maude, Monsters Inc., Billy Elliot, The Sword in the Stone, Strange Brew, Little Shop of Horrors, The Big Lebowski, The Emperor's New Groove, Mary and Max, You, Me and Everyone We Know, Talk to Her, Volver, Wallace and Gromit, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Holy Mountain, Moonrise Kingdom, The Darjeeling Limited, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Boogie Nights, The Artist, Django Unchained, Searching for Sugar Man, Brazil, Funky Forest
Music: The Beatles, Marvin Pontiac, Air, Pink Martini, Ella Fitzgerald, Cake, Beck, George Gershwin, Cabas, Julieta Venegas, Chopin, Astrud Gilberto, Almonds and Elephants, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Fela Kuti, Devendra Banhart, Buffalo Springfield, Lou Donaldson, Cat Stevens, The Supremes, Frank Sinatra, Stealers Wheel, Rodriguez
Favorite Authors: Roald Dahl, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende, Flannery O'Connor, Robert Louis Stevenson, Douglas Adams, Oscar Wilde, Bertrand Russell, Richard Rorty, Gary Larson, Tom Robbins, Ray Bradbury, Oliver Sacks, Karen Tei Yamashita, Russell Banks, T.H. White, Ram Dass, Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson, Aldous Huxley, Gogol

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I made friends with a wild Olympic marmot in Olympia National Park, Washington. I've slept in a hammock in the middle of the Guyanese rainforest. And I've walked the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage across northern Spain.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm learning partner yoga (also known as acro-yoga) and maybe when I get better at it I can teach people. I'm pretty good at hula hooping, I can play piano, and I can climb trees.

What I Can Share with Hosts

The lovely land of Berkeley!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Colombia, Guatemala, Spain, United States, Viet Nam

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