CURRENT MISSION

get involved with something meaningful...

ABOUT ME

I like every vegetable except beets. I love cooking vegetarian and vegan food, trying to live "organically" as much as possible, and doing what I can to not further damage the environment. I grew up in the country, reading and dreaming of faraway places, and as soon as i was old enough to go by myself I began traveling. I'm equal parts silly and serious, and my friends are the most important thing in the world to me. I love taking long walks in unfamiliar places. I love movies and cheesy television shows (guilty pleasures!), books of all kinds, poetry, photography, random art projects, things that make me think, the intricacies of existence. I try to only own things I actually use.

PHILOSOPHY

The universe brings you what you need, when you need it- ask long as you are willing to ask for it.
Also, I love this quote from John Steinbeck, and have rather adopted it as my own:
"I was born lost, and take no pleasure in being found."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been on hiatus for the past year and a half due to work craziness, but I'm looking forward to getting back in the swing of things. I've both surfed and hosted myself, and thank god CS exists because 99% of my best travel friends and memories have been made through this site!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I first couchsurfed on a trip to Spain and had some really great experiences. Since then, I've surfed in Germany, France, and Ireland. I've also WWOOFED a few times. www.WWOOF.org: an amazing organization promoting organic farming and cultural exchange around the world. I've been able to host a few times while in NYC, and hope to at some point while I'm in Italy, but I need an apartment first!

Interests

Trying everything once. Except if it smells funny ... Then maybe not.

• arts
• books
• poetry
• photography
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• massage therapy
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• backpacking
• solo travel
• wwoof

Music, Movies, and Books

Books/poems by: Whitman, Faulkner, Steinbeck, Dostoevsky, Philip Pullman, Zola, Hugo, Thomas Wolfe, Camus, Patrick Chamoiseau, Marie Howe, Elizabeth Enright, Nabokov, William Carlos Williams, W.S. Merwin, Richard Hass, Stu Dybeck, Niki Giovanni, Carolyn Merchant, William Cronon, Jared Diamond

music: neutral milk hotel, most things e6, tori amos, magneti fields, regina spektor, charlie parker, ella fitzgerald, lots of classical, folk, blues, standards

movies: chinatown, lost in translation, garden state, the misadventures of margaret, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, little miss sunshine, jean de florette and manon des sources, things by eric rohmer, almodovar, hitchcock

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This is a little random... but one of the best moments in my life was on my first solo traveling experience. lying on my backpack in the open bed of a pickup truck with about ten other people, most of whom were recently acquired friends, careening through the streets of a small town in Thailand. we were on our way to Koh Tao and a late train was about to make us miss the ferry across the gulf to the island. It was the middle of the night, and the stars were enormous, and I just remember staring up at the sky and thinking that no one in the world from the life I'd left behind knew where I was. It was an amazing sense of freedom...

Teach, Learn, Share

i've taken courses in massage therapy, so i can give pointers- anything to help people relax and enjoy life more!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Thailand, United States

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