Ten Facts/General Statements/Tid-bits about Cate

10. I like humidity. There is this strange tension in the air that raises my anticipation for life's adventures or rather, life's thunderstorms.

9. I started the Ukulele Tree Climbing Club with a friend on our university campus.

8. I'm passionate about sustainable living and sustainable food systems (i.e. permaculture, aquaponics, vermiculture...)

7. Sippin' scotch is one way I like to wrap up a day.

6. I love every crawling, flying, swimming animal and leafy, mossy, twiggy plant. I love it all!

5. I'm a laugher, hiker, singer, adventurer, writer, rollerblader, learner, and dancer.

4. I am crazy about the ocean and water in general! We as human-beings are 80% water and it is vital to life! How can you not be obsessed with it?

3. I struggle to have surface conversations. I can be awkward with them. I'd rather get to know you. What makes you tick? And I'd rather you get to know me.

2. I am a human-being. I strive to be, not to do, not to go, but to be because I am a human-being.

1. Yes, my name is Cate with a C. My birth name is Catherine. My parents called me "Kate" and I changed it freshman year of high school to "Cate" because I wanted the first letters to match.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I really love getting to know places with people that love those places! There is nothing like exploring through the eyes and heart of someone passionate about their home.

Interests

• animals
• writing
• dancing
• dining
• clubbing
• flying
• boating
• hiking
• adventure races
• rock climbing
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

I dig documentaries about people, the environment, and food.

I think heart-wretching realistic fiction novels are beautiful, but I will only read them in the summer. I'd like to say I enjoy all of my textbooks for school, but that would be a stretch.

Bedouine, Ethan Gruska, Gregory Alan Isakov, Ricky Lee Jones, Hozier, Phil Cook, The Ballroom Theives, Humbird, The Devil Makes Three, Dead Horses, S. Carey, Ingrid Michaelson, Norah Jones, Regina Spektor, Head and the Heart, Mumford and Sons, The Shins, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Jason Mraz, and Michael Buble are some of my favorite artists (just to name a few…)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Slept 50 feet up a White Pine in a tree boat after playing my ukulele

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States