CURRENT MISSION

Adventure!

ABOUT ME

Originally from Alaska, went to college in Ohio and spent my first year after school living in France teaching English/ volunteering rebuilding houses and the next almost one year backpacking through Nepal, SE Asia, and South America. Currently embarking on my PhD at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York. I'm a wanderer as well as a huge nerd, love books, music, film, traveling and exploring new places. Night owl but of course respectful of other people's hours; same for the fact that I'm always up for an adventure or a party!

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

The same explanation for much of my travel habits: love of adventure and new experiences + I'm a poor backpacker!

兴趣

Rock/punk music, various adrenaline junkie pursuits, dystopian novels, political theory, all kinds of history, Stanley Kubrick films, psychology, exploring new cities, languages, chess, poker, live music, journalism, photography.

• books
• concerts
• partying
• pub crawls
• movies
• chess
• traveling
• poker
• music
• punk music
• cycling
• backpacking
• camping
• skydiving
• history
• languages
• psychology
• volunteering

音乐、电影和书籍

Movies: '70s cinema (Stanley Kubrick!) is probably my favorite, but a few titles: Dr. Strangelove, Paths of Glory, V for Vendetta, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Easy Rider, The Grand Illusion, Full Metal Jacket...and definitely Pirates of the Caribbean ;)

Writers: George Orwell, Christopher Hitchens, Samuel Beckett, Joan Didion, J.M. Coetzee, Jean-Paul Sartre, Margaret Atwood, Arundhati Roy, Salman Rushdie, Khaled Hosseini. Harry Potter & Lord of the Rings fan for life.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Trekking to Mt. Everest base camp in Nepal. Bartending in Colombia. Machu Picchu & trekking in Peru. Biking Death Road in Bolivia. Skydiving. A lot of amazing concerts (the Menzingers, Cage the Elephant, Foo Fighters, Rise Against, Jackson Browne, Judas Priest, Dropkick Murphys, Band of Skulls...). Sitting on the Seine and watching Paris light up at night. Exploring ruin pubs in Budapest.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Lots of travel experience and tips, if you're interested! Also my French and Spanish are mediocre and downright awful, respectively, but I'm more than happy to practice them if someone wants :) (or English of course, I'm told I speak that one very well)

我游览过的国家

Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

我居住过的国家

France, United Kingdom, United States