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Overview

  • 2 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning French
  • 33, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Freelance Filmmaking
  • BA of Religion/Lit from Reed College
  • From Portland, OR, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

not letting my brain atrophy in LA.

ABOUT ME

my goal in life is to be sunshine, curious and personified.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

i travel (alone) a lot, and i love meeting new people and learning new things, pre-tty simple.

Interests

feminism, filmmaking, photography, surfing, critical theory / intellectual history, noise music, virtual reality, literature / storytelling, skin care, the irl/url, puppies.

  • literature
  • photography
  • film making
  • skin care
  • womens rights
  • technology
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • surfing
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

reading:
rilke, heidegger, zhaungzi, didon, zizek, yates, nabokov, kundera, jung, crowley, 'the huinanzi,' lacan, maggie nelson, hannah arendt, derrida, deleuze and guattari, 'sabriel,' dystopias, walden two.

listening:
endless melancholy, chvrches, drake / rhianna collabs, bluegrass, ambient / avant garde noise, dirty-ass hip hop; 'you must remember this,' 'this american life,' 'invisibelia,' 'serial,' 'review the future,' 'radiolab.'

watching:
'how to get away with murder,' 'grey's,' 'short term 12,' 'me, earl, and the dying girl,' 'scream queens' (lmao), 'x-files,' 'star trek,' 'buffy,' 'titanic' (lmao), 'the pervert's guide to ideology,' carol lombard, kate winslet, werner herzog, kenneth anger, e t c.

Teach, Learn, Share

i really, really need to learn more about movies, sound, tech, and post-war history.

What I Can Share with Hosts

eternal love and gratitude, dinner

Countries I’ve Visited

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, India, United States

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