CURRENT MISSION

Dragging my feet as much as possible on the way to adulthood.

ABOUT ME

I'm originally from Alaska, went to school in western Massachusetts, and studied abroad in Paris - I majored in comparative literature, concentrating in french and russian literature, and I'm thoroughly enjoying liberation from the academic calendar for the first time since I was 5.

PHILOSOPHY

I'm not that succinct.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Only a few, but they have all been incredible opportunities to meet awesome people and experience a new place a unique way!

Interests

Linguistics, philosophy, literature, film, hiking, boats

• literature
• hiking
• sailing

Music, Movies, and Books

Synecdoche, New York; Bonnie and Clyde; The Departed; The Usual Suspects; Capote; The Earrings of Madame de; The Cruise; American Beauty; Home Alone; Un Homme et Une Femme; Les Uns et Les Autres; Jim Jarmusch; Asghar Farhadi; Woody Allen

Bombay Bicycle Club, Beach House, Alt-J, Simon and Garfunkel, Talking Heads, The Cure, New Order, Generationals, A Tribe Called Quest, Peanut Butter Wolf, Blood Orange

IRobot; East of Eden; The Red and the Black; The Master and Margarita; This Side of Paradise; Franny and Zooey; The Princesse of Cleves; The Heart is a Lonely Hunter; DOSTOEVSKY; W. Somerset Maugham; J.M. Coetzee

Teach, Learn, Share

Not sure what I can teach others but I am dying to learn how to sail or surf!

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Italy, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Peru, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, United States