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Overview

  • 12 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Greek (modern)
  • 47, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Lighting Designer for live theater
  • Undergrad-Northwestern University. Graduate-NYU Tisch
  • From Madison, IN USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To see more of the world, live a cool and interesting and hopefully helpful life, do a job I love, and populate my life with awesome and amazing people

ABOUT ME

I love theater, I love to have my nose stuck in a book, I watch way too much tv, but I have a TiVo to help keep it under control. I love to dance, as much as possible. I've been lucky enough to see a lot of the US, trying to slowly see more of the world. Hopefully making a trip soon somewhere in Southeast Asia.

PHILOSOPHY

I hope to fill my life with amazing people, see and do amazing things in the world, and hopefully make it a little better in some ways

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm new, so I'm still figuring out exactly how I participate.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

When I moved back to Chicago from Los Angeles and friend was kind enough to let me AND my roommate couch surf for a month. It made getting back on my feet possible and was an amazing act of kindness. However a month with four people in a one bedroom apartment was quite a test of being kind to the humans around you. I am forever grateful to him.

Interests

Reading, avid bike rider, television, movies, exploring cool places

  • books
  • theater
  • design
  • photography
  • dancing
  • movies
  • reading
  • tv
  • cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies-LA Confidential, Labyrinth, Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Illusionist, Cheesy romantic comidies, have a secret love of Dude Where's My Car?

Books-Detective and Noir fiction, Harry Potter series, The Time Traveler's Wife, Kite Runner

Music-Ratatat, Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins, Postal Service, Imogen Heap, Remy Zero, DeathCab, The Unicorns, Tori Amos, Natalie Merchant, Built to Spill, The New Pornographers, always looking for new suggestions

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I got to light a show in the ancient theater in Argos, Greece. I got to be a part of a show in a theater that Agamemnon once sat in, in a place where theater was born.

And on my 30th birthday, I jumped out of a plane!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a stage lighitng designer and electrician so I can teach you lots about lighitng, wiring and power. I'm trying to teach my self Greek, you can learn with me! I know a decent amount about black and white photography that I'm happy to pass on as well.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Greece

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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