CURRENT MISSION

To make friends and have lots of banter

ABOUT ME

I was born and brought up in the Outer Hebrides then moved to Glasgow for uni. I love good banter and I'm happiest when I'm hanging out with friends, having a few drinks and playing cards.

PHILOSOPHY

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
-Leonardo da Vinci

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've couchsurfed in Sweden and have met quite a few couchsurfers hosted by friends in Glasgow.

Interests

Drinking tea, swimming, shopping, girlie nights out, kayaking, walking, generally being outdoors, learning new things, spending time with my family (especially at the Science Centre and the art galleries and museums)

• arts
• breakfast
• walking
• drinking
• pub crawls
• shopping
• music
• outdoor activities
• kayaking
• scuba diving
• swimming
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Just taking all of this from my Facebook profile to get started:

Music - Travis, Kasabian, Biffy Clyro, The Fratellis, The Killers, The Saw Doctors, Calvin Harris, Kings of Leon, Stereophonics, Blink 182, REM, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Kanye West, Fallout Boy, Vatersay Boys, Jet, Ocean Colour Scene, Belle and Sebastian, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, Prodigy, The Strokes, Blur, The View, Fatboy Slim, Biffy Clyro, The Lemmings, Tiesto, All American Rejects, Ultrabeat, Daft Punk, Josh Groban, Chemical Brothers, MGMT, Santogold, Faithless, Paolo Nutini

Movies: Monty Python, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, POTC, Ocean's eleven and thirteen, most things with Tom Hanks especially Forrest Gump, Donnie Darko, Shaun of the Dead, Snakes on a Plane, Pearl Harbour, Titanic (of course), Love Actually, James Bond films

Books: Any Harry Potter, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, The Inferno of Dante Alighieri, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon, Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Atonement by Ian McEwan, Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane, The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm afraid I can't narrow it down! While at ASU I have visited LA, had breakfast at sunrise at the Hoover Dam, partied in Las Vegas, chilled in Death Valley, visited Sedona and the Grand Canyon and I will be spending this Christmas in NYC. It's all been amazing.
Australia was awesome too - Scuba diving in the Great Barrier reef, learning to surf on the Gold Coast, and crocodile spotting in the rainforest.

Teach, Learn, Share

A lot of my friends are musicians so on a Wednesday or Thursday night we head to one of our favourite pubs (The Ben Nevis) for a ceilidh session (traditional Scottish music).

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Ireland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States