I am: a reader, a teacher, a student (as always), a business owner, a writer, a dog lover, a cat mama, a dancer/performer, a gender fluid Asian mutt, and a traveler.

I love traveling and hosting travelers. I can be quiet but that doesn't mean I hate you, rather, I like to listen than talk most of the time.

ORIGINAL PROFILE (keeping around for nostalgia):
CURRENT MISSION

kicking ass in life

ABOUT ME

a reptilian goddess. i'm still cuddly though.

i'm usually found with a book in my bag, bartending and smoking a hookah, drinking lots of dark beer and wine and mead or vodka off the clock (not all at once), slithering like a serpent on stage of noise shows, biking around the 'hood, wrestling with my dog in the grass, drooling over accordion players, writing freelance articles at the last minute, cuddling and kissing my friends and awesome people that i meet (could it be you?!), kicking ted's ass in mario kart, getting involved with shit like food not bombs and really really free markets, trying to promote arts in cities and towns, stealing new badass recipes, attempting to master poi and bellydancing so i can join the vaudeville life, loving the life on the road and life, because the universe loves me and stays on my side.

PHILOSOPHY

be yr own hero.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting and surfing!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

surfer and a hoster. it's awesome!

Interests

working, breathing, traveling, mothering my dog (RIP) and yours, getting shit done, food, books, dark beer, vodka, red wine, music, guitars, fire, water, hula hoops, cooking and baking, airports, bokomaru, dancing and stomping to gogol bordello, singing like bob dylan, bellydancing, playing with gypsies, really really free markets, community gardens, alcohol and sunsets on the beach, doing kitty-like things, russian accents

• dogs
• writing
• books
• dancing
• cooking
• baking
• working out
• water
• burlesque
• gardens
• fire fans
• black cats
• fun shit
• quiet time also

Music, Movies, and Books

eels, gogol bordello, jacques brel, bob dylan, regina spektor, ani difranco, stiff little fingers, beatles, leonard cohen, blur, gorillaz, tom waits, the cramps, mark lanegan, blair crimmins, man man, pj harvey, taraf de haidouks, x-ray spex, nick drake, hellblinki sextet, j.u.f., nina simone, belle & sebastian, the who, rilo kiley, pierre lapointe, architecture in helsinki, balkan beat box, kolpakov trio, tv on the radio, bruce springsteen, west philadelphia orchestra

the big lebowski, inglorious basterds, annie hall, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, adaptation, pulp fiction, city of lost children, amelie, clerks, robin hood: men in tights, kikujiro, visitor q, pi, requiem for a dream, rushmore, the darjeeling limited

one book per author: a clockwork orange, jitterbug perfume, mother night, houses and travelers, written on the body, prometheus rising, self-help, without feathers, motorcycle diaries, main lines blood feasts and bad taste, a language older than words, at the gates of the animal kingdom, slouching toward bethlehem, white noise, willful creatures, matilda, where the sidewalk ends, the illustrated man, on the road, high fidelity, the great fires, neverwhere, turtle island, regarding the pain of others, the secret life of salvador dali, brave new world, survivor, in cold blood, glass irony and god, don't let me be lonely, daddy long legs, lolita, the phantom tollbooth, portrait of the artist as a young dog

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

backpacking europe
been in love
got married to this rad fella and our dog was our wedding ringbearer
performed in several states in the southeast USA
terrorizing new york on several occasions
saw the best sunrise i've ever seen on carolina beach as the sky was opening up and bringing on the apocalypse
always meeting sweet, inspiring bands and people at work
partying with gogol bordello
learned to love myself

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States

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