Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I haven't really participated in CS yet. Hopefully that will change soon, because I'd like to be a more active member. The idea of getting to know people and places through couchsurfing is exciting.

Interests

Traveling. Living. Experiencing. Economics...of the development/environmental sort. Running. Hiking. Randomly giving gifts. Coffee - French Press. Bread. Cheese. BEER - Oregon/Portland's microbrewery scene. Cooking. BIKES of the road variety. Football...american and european. Washington apples. Vuvuzulas at the World Cup. Languages. Cultures. Cameras. Bridge-jumping, thrill seeking. Maps!

• cooking
• cheese
• beer
• coffee
• running
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• skydiving
• soccer
• world cup
• cartography
• economics
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

*Movies*
Generally any movie (but especially romantic comedies) as long as can stay away for it...
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Baby Mama, Mean Girls, Wicker Park, Shutter Island.

*Music*
It varies based on my mood (from folk-rock to hip hop to overplayed pop music), but there are some staple artists I will always love.
Radiohead, Rogue Wave, Cat Stevens, Minus the Bear [is great road trip music!], Saves the Day, Britney Spears [deserves a lot more credit than she gets for controlling the media].

*Books*
Yes, please, in mass quantities..
The Great Gatsby [and anything else by F. Scott Fitzgerald], The Little Prince [current life goal: learn enough french to read this book in its original language!], To Kill a Mockingbird, Max Frisch [teaches me cool German words like: Minderwertigkeitsgefühle], Kurt Vonnegut [always a good read], Ernest Hemingway, David Sedaris, Bill Bryson. Currently reading: The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

*Skydiving on my 19th birthday (07.07.2007 - lucky sevens) with my mom!
*Seeing the sun set over the Steinernen Meer in Austria. Also, seeing the sun set on the turnagin arm near Anchorage, Alaska.
*Rode my bike 20 miles to a Professor's farm, where a friend of mine's band was playing a show.

Teach, Learn, Share

Learning is my passion. I want to meet all sorts of people of different cultures, professions, ect. and learn about them.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, United States