CURRENT MISSION

The same thing I do every day: try to take over the world. As well as live in love, dance, experience all things bright and beautiful.

ABOUT ME

Let's see here...I grew up in Northern Virginia, went to a performing arts high school (I have danced since I was 2 years old)and also found that I enjoy choreographing. I went to Wake Forest University for undergrad and finished my doctoral degree at TJ's university in Charlottesville, living with my awesome husband, and trying to enjoy life as much as possible. Moved to Atlanta to be a professor. I I love art, dance, music, writing, reading, flowers (in the wild), love, people and so much more.

PHILOSOPHY

Love.

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"everything that comes together falls apart" [Dr. Hyde, Looking for Alaska]

"all goes onward and outward; nothing collapses" [Whitman, Song of Myself]

"so life became a work of art" [Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle]

Frog: "we need will willpower" Toad: "what is will power?" [Frog and Toad]

"I wanted only to try to live in accord with the promptings that came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?" [Herman Hesse, Demian]

"I try to live every week like it's shark week." [Dan Rossow]
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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couch surfing utterly transformed my study abroad experience. I surfed all around Europe while studying abroad with my best friend and then surfed in Australia and New Zealand with my now husband when we studied abroad. It fulfills every desire I had for coming to a new cultural and immersion. Now, I get to be much more of a host and hopefully recreate some of the positive experiences great hosts and shared with me. I've had nothing but a wonderful time with it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

They are, hands down, some of my very favourite memories in the whole, wide world.

Interests

All forms and facets of Dance.

All Things Geeky:
chess, great literature, Star Wars, Coloring, Crosswords, Comic Books, Tatsuya Ishida, Psychology, research, MTG draft tournaments, BSG, Settlers of Catan

All Things Artsy:
art in nearly all forms, passion, live music and any music for that matter, the human mind, deep secrets, Theatre, True Love, Shakespeare, poetry, Svetlana Zakharova, Breathtaking Cinematography, Banksy, Lois Greenfield, Bruce Weber

And Plenty o' Random to Spare:
Zack's Drive Thru, doing therapy, Puzzles, Otters, claymation, Luna Lovegood, A Good Ol' Fashioned Debate, Enjoying the Outdoors with JT, taking 40's into movies, my family

• cats
• arts
• writing
• books
• literature
• poetry
• performing arts
• coloring
• dancing
• flowers
• movies
• chess
• reading
• puzzles
• music
• live music
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• teaching
• psychology
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

13 Conversations About One Thing, V for Vendetta, Donnie Darko, Memento, Mean Girls, Moulin Rouge, Kill Bill, Thomas Crown, Fight Club, Funny Face, Half Nelson, Newsies, Blow, Invisible Circus, American Beauty, The King and I, Traffic, The Prestige, Crash, Boondock Saints, Casino Royale, Star Wars Movies [old], Bond Movies in General, Prozac Nation, Requiem for a Dream, Cruel Intentions, Carlitto's Way, Prince of Egypt, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, High School Musical, Across the Universe, Perfume, The Gymnast, Enchanted, Stardust, Making Fiends and MuffinMiniMovies, Charlie Bartlett, the Dark Knight, Proof, Tree of Life, Black Swan
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Les Mis, Wizard's First Rule, , said the shotgun to the head, Cat's Cradle, Harry Potters, Most Anything by Billy Shakes, the Big Book, Howl, White Oleander, The Razor's Edge, Illusions, Fight Club, Be, Fahrenheit 451, Alice in Wonderland, Kite Runner, Wayside Books, The Wind Blows Backwards, Crank, Frog and Toad Are Friends, The Basketball Diaries, The Beach, Requiem for a Dream, Brave New World, The Rum Diaries, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Jess Darling Series, Leaves of Grass, Virgin Suicides, Looking for Alaska, Disco Bloodbath, Clockwork Orange, the Dark Tower Series, Blue Like Jazz, the Fountainhead
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[ i like music where you can close your eyes and feel something distinct ]

Cursive.

Bloc Party, A Perfect Circle, Yo-Yo Ma, Coheed and Cambria, Lamb, Vitamin String Quartet, Pinback,Bright Eyes, Blue Man Group

My Girls: Ani DiFranco, Tori Amos, Regina Spektor, Elizabeth Chidester, Nina Simone, Nichole Nordeman

the Weakerthans, Piebald, Death Cab for Cutie, Feist, Say Anything, Nada Surf, Marshall Mathers, Prince, Rage Against the Machine, Chris Cornell, Nirvana, Incubus, John Butler, Mindless Self Indulgence, Red Hot Chlli Peppers, Brand New, Dispatch, Radiohead, Thicke, Dave Matthews, Lupe Fiasco, Kate Nash, Manchester Orchestra, Arctic Monkeys

I've come to realise I am sucker for stringed instruments.

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One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sagrada Familia. Dancing on stage. Falling in love. Lake Atilan, Guatemala.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn Castellano fluently. I want to finish my doctoral degree in Clinical and School Psychology. I want to stay wildly in love with JT Peifer forever. I want to understand the differences and similarities across cultural and ethnic lines (and how to help people connect across them). I want to see things that stun me and take my breath away. I want to see God in everything.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kenya, Spain, United States

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