ABOUT ME

I'm an idealist, an activist, often a bit wacky, and a student at Swarthmore college. I'm studying Peace and Conflict, Political Science, and everything else I can fit into the day. I'm generally easy going, and it takes a lot to upset me. That said, there's almost nothing I love more than an in-depth discussion of politics, philosophy, sociology, literature, or anything else people around me seem excited about.

PHILOSOPHY

I don't know that I've quite developed a personal philosophy... there are a few things I believe, but honestly I shy away from the calcification that can come hand in hand with believing anything absolutely. I do know a few things I value highly, and that I don't think will fall out of favor with me any time soon: I care about excellent education (define that how you will), social equality (again fairly broad, but I don't think America is anywhere near being as egalitarian as we can or should be), free inquiry, the ability of a people to advocate for its rights, and the preservation of the natural world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I traveled through France in summer '10 with some friends, and we couchsurfed some then. I had a great experience, and will definitely be exploring more!

Interests

Alternatives, Archetypes, Artichokes, Bare Feet, Belle and Sebastian, Biology, Bowler Hats, Bread, Cause and Effect, Chess, Chocolate, Clay, Coffee, Computers, Debate, Diseases, Education, Environmentalism, Equality, Eye contact, Feminism, Fire, Free Association, Glass, Good Books, Interests, Labor Rights, Languages, Literature, Long Conversations, Making a Statement, Me, Medicine, Metaphysics, Neurology, Old Tee Shirts, People I Don't Understand, Philosophy, Photography, Poetic License, Poetry, Politics, Pomegranates, Psychology, Public Transportation, Questions, Radicalism, Rain, Random Facts, Reading, Rilke, Cyborgs, Singing, Sociology, Spray paint, Tea, Bus, The Smell of Books, Theater, Time travel, Tree climbing, Wet Asphalt, Wishful thinking, Wood Work, Words

• books
• literature
• poetry
• singing
• theater
• photography
• education
• womens rights
• chocolate
• coffee
• politics
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• rock climbing
• bowling
• biology
• teaching
• languages
• medicine
• political science
• psychology
• science
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

I love books. I've spent most of my life reading voraciously, and can only name a few of my very favorites here: Of Human Bondage, Europeana, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Prometheus Bound, Rules for Radicals, The Sons, Mrs. Dalloway, Heart of Darkness, Lolita, Crime and Punishment, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Memed My Hawk.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States