CURRENT MISSION

be the change needed out there

ABOUT ME

I'm currently living it up in California. I'm taking the time currently to focus on my health and nutrition, and figure out how to make a living doing what I love. I love the arts and any means of self-expression. Support you local musicians! I feel the arts are a great way of expressing creativity and feelings/emotions one can feel and the arts must remain apart of child upbringing so don't cut the arts from education! I love to dance....ecstatic style. I love having philosophical conversation. I like reading a good book and writing/sharing poetry. I love positiveness and try to be positive and smile as much as I can because it really does make a difference in how you feel and how others feel as well. I am empathetic and compassionate. I am pretty eclectic, genuine, straightforward, honest and am good/kind hearted. I believe that we can change our ways to make our lives and the lives of others more sustainable esp. for future generations. I love to get out into nature as much as possible to reconnect myself.

I love to travel because I grow and expand my inner self every time I do. I've been to Switzerland, England, Belgium, France, Australia, Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan. I love learning about other cultures and indulging in their ways and customs. I think it is important that we incorporate indigenous wisdom into the way society works to help solve some problems we face today. We need to show more respect for indigenous people. I believe that all education systems need to change to be more experiential and field-based. I support alternative education. We need to continue integration in our schools to rid of racial biases. I think people need to show others more respect and love. We need to educate all children. I feel there needs to be more youth partnerships that exist to build stronger ties in communities. I feel people need to take more time out for themselves, take back your time! Just breathe and reconnect to your core. I love glass art, it is so fascinating, maybe I will gain some glassblowing skills someday. I want to learn to make pottery. I love listening to music. I like doing palates and yoga. I love watching the stars on a clear night. I love to go hiking and any other outdoors activity like kayaking. I support/purchase local food and organics products. I'm interested in permaculture and love to get my hands dirty in cob. I want to cook more, I love to bake. I am non-conformist. I'm open minded. I like sunshine and rolling hills, and mountains. I love sunrises and sunsets. I like laying underneath passing clouds. I love thunderstorms and watching the rain. There is so much beauty in this world, I love beautiful things. I want to leave small "footprints" on this planet (ask me if you don't understand what that means). I believe in Ghandi's quote "Be the change you wish to see in the world. " I am going to leave a legacy on this earth.

yes that's a lot but these things make it hard to tell people about yourself since you just can't in one giant paragraph

PHILOSOPHY

live life to the fullest
no worries mate
live in the present moment
there is so much beauty in the world, allow yourself to seek it and take it in.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

someday when I have my own place I will def. host surfers, I love hosting people!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed in Portland, OR and in Haifa, Israel. I really enjoyed my experience in Haifa (well it was outside of Haifa into the hills) and it was a wonderful place to rest my sprained ankle. The home was a castle in the clouds and it was a joy playing with their daughter and cat.

Interests

music, hiking, nature, gardening, philosophy, poetry, reading books and having conversations that stimulate the brain, meeting new people and making new friends, beautiful people - and no it isn't all about the looks...since I am not shallow like some people out there...it's the other stuff that makes people beautiful and I am so blessed that I have met and am friends with some truly beautiful people : ) , traveling, other cultures, glass art, animals, beads/hemp/jewlery making, yoga and pilates, dancing and other forms of movement, being in good health and the importnace of good health in the world (esp. as it related to our children and those facing environmental crisis), random acts of kindness, helping others, sustainability, permaculture, natural building, alternative health, everything organic, cooking and eating yummy vegan food, VOLUNTEERING, mountains, sunrises and sunsets, kissing, snuggling, starry nights, hugs, randomness (especially when it's photogenic), and i like my bike, wish i road it more often

• animals
• cats
• arts
• writing
• books
• poetry
• beauty
• dancing
• education
• dining
• cooking
• vegan
• yoga
• pilates
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• pottery
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• teaching
• volunteering
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: garden state, amelie, donny darko, fight club, run lola run, anything that is Monty Python, I heart huckabees, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the goonies, rocky horror picture show, nightmare before christmas, american beauty, pay it foward, secretary(oh james spader), breakfast club, sixteen candles, ferris bullers day off, office space, napolean dynomite, dark city, momento, lost in translation, punk-drunk love, ghost world, Brazil, the incredibles, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, requiem for a dream (sometimes), hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, kill bill v. 1 + 2, the corporation, super size me, vanilla sky, the royal tenanbaums, rushmore, lord of the rings, a clockwork orange, empire records, gerry(only cause I saw it in Hobart with Tamera and it has good music and film shots), dune, chicago, phantom of the opera, cabaret, midsummer nights dream, forrest gump, when harry met sally, sleepless in seattle, bed of roses, dancer in the dark, american history x, any disney movie musical(i.e. lion king), big fish, mona lisa's smile, triplets of belleville, any muppet movie including the dark crystal, labyrinth, shawshank redemption, pride and prejudice, the life aquatic with steve zissou, motorcycle diaries, what the bleep do we know?, Peaceful Kingdom, The WiItness, Mad Cowboy, Waking Life
Music: pop electronic, IDM, rock, indie, some emo, 80's new wave, classic rock (I'm a classic rock chick), alternative, ska, some punk, jazz, afro-cuban and latin jazz (I love), some blues, some bluegrass, some funk, some crunk, classical, 20th century music/contemporary, experimental, (electro?), ambient, shoe-gaze, instrumental, acoustic, folk, folk rock, world, what ever makes on dance, laugh, relax and smile whatever my heart desires at that particular point in time

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

camped out in the Wadi Rum, Jordan

Teach, Learn, Share

ill update this later

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Israel, Jordan, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States