CURRENT MISSION

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair"

ABOUT ME

I laugh easily, love good food, if i can climb it i will be on top of it.
I make art, hike mountains and sometimes sit on the street, put on accents and yell things at people. More often, though, i am scheming my next trip.

PHILOSOPHY

But let the mind beware, that though the flesh be bugged, the circumstances of existence are pretty glorious. - Kerouac

Also, I believe in faeries.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted and surfed in New Zealand, and surfed all over the US.

Interests

i like talking to strangers, having campfires, being on the top of tall buildings and/or cliffs, taking out splinters, and drinking hot tea.

• arts
• education
• dining
• drinking
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• rock climbing
• teaching
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Girlyman, CocoRosie, The Mamaku Project, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Allison Krauss, Simon & Garfunkel, John McLaughlin, Regina Spektor, Bob Marley, ROY G and the BIVinators, Bic Runga, Elephantom, Speedo and the Cadillacs, Richie Havens, Portishead, Eric Clapton, Phil Ochs, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Ani DiFranco, Blue Oyster Cult, John Taylor, AC/DC, Vashti Bunyan, Antony And The Johnsons, Billie Holiday, Michael Jackson

Books: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Dharma Bums, Only Forward, Jitterbug Perfume, Spares, Beautiful Losers, The Prophet, Naked Lunch, Pentemento, Howl, Big Sur, The Lorax, The History of Love, The Secret Life of Bees, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Kite Runner, When I Was Cool, Last Child in the Woods, Wicked, Song of Myself, Sophies World, On the Road, Eva Luna

Movies: Pan's Labyrinth, The Boondock Saints, Inception, Run Lola Run, Annie Hall, Beat Angels, Baraka, Avatar, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Amelie, The motercycle diaries, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Julia, Whale Rider, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Brother Sun, Sister Moon, Being John Malkovich, Into the Wild, American Beauty, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Casablanca, WALL•E, Beauty and the Beast, Evita

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

aotearoa

Teach, Learn, Share

camping skills, macrame, general philosophy, mayan calender, circus arts, reiki, fire, education theory, dream-catchers, stories, playing around cities, biking, climbing, general monkeying,

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, New Zealand, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States