CURRENT MISSION

to go to the Mass Games in North Korea

ABOUT ME

I grew up in Chicago and have lived in Portland, OR, Champaign, IL & New York City.

I am a librarian, but not the quiet, frightened type. In fact, I know very few librarians like that. I love traveling of course and am making my way through most of the US States. If I hit a Southern road trip I'll be almost done! I really want to go to Sweden, Russia, North Korea, and the Pitcairn Islands. I have an odd fascination with remote islands.

I don't drive, and I love public transit. I work with computers and am kind of a geek. I am pretty self-sufficient but also very social, so I can fit into your situation pretty well.

I love trying new things, especially new foods. I am kind of a beer dork and a foodie.

My color scheme is usually a lot of black. :)

Generally people seem to like me. I am very trackable on the internets through my username (jennybento) and my website jennyjenny.org

PHILOSOPHY

if you don't travel, how do you know whether or not where you are from is the best place ever?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I joined long, long ago and I lived somewhere no one wanted to visit. I just recently moved to a new place and it's not quite up to speed yet, but soon, there will be a guest room!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

mainly, i have crashed on friends' (and friends of friends, and friends of friends of friends) floors in exciting, yet expensive cities. I have had some fun at couchsurfer meetups and only couchsurfed in America.

Interests

reading, bad reality tv, factory tours, the internet, computers, science history, soviet history, beer history, going to other people's churches. I love new information, people and understanding their beliefs/quirks.

• coloring
• beer
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• music
• history
• science
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: documentaries, horror mainly

Music: Everything from metal to country. Not a whole lot of classical or opera or blues or jazz, but everything else.

Books: I read a lot of non-fiction--pop culture and history!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

accidentally, i got a tour of larry flynt publications (publishers of hustler).

Teach, Learn, Share

Moscow Show Trials, Indexing and Abstracting, library and museumy stuff, odd sites in America to visit, public transportation, metadata, pop music (I am the world's foremost juggalo researcher. No, really).

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Canada, Czech Republic, Honduras, Oman, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States