CURRENT MISSION

To reach as far as my body can grow; to seek as far as my feet will tow; to eat as much as my stomach will hold; to dream as fluid as my imagination will flow; to go as far as my heart will go; these are my current mission’s goal. –Jeffrey Ellis

ABOUT ME

I'm lost. That about sums me up. I'm lost and loving it. I follow my heart wherever it may lead. I have goals to accomplish something amazing, however, the greatest thing is the journey. I think of it as, here I am on this awesome adventure to somewhere I don't even know. Yet, when I get to this place, this glorious, radiant, powerful place, and in the spirit of Frank Sinatra, I'll know I did it my way.

I have interests in so many things, how can I settle to just one? I know that when my heart sets into something, I pour myself into that project. I give everything I have for it and I won't back down until it is finished. Passion, it does that to you... no?

I am confusing, messy, chaotic, jaded, forlorn, and torn. But everyday, I find a reason not to be.

PHILOSOPHY

"Listen to your Heart"

Cliché, I know. But in the grand scheme of things, life is nothing more than a journey. I choose my guide to be my heart. Knowing that no matter what happens, I am satisfied with that showing me the way.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Traveled with Kenneth from the United States with all of 2008
Hosted Olly from the United Kingdom in July 2008
Hosted Ashlie and Phil from the United States and Germany, respectively, in July 2008
Hosted Anne and Henrik from Denmark in August 2008
Became Monterey CS friends with David from the United States in August 2008
Hosted and became Monterey CS friends with Otto from the United States in August 2008
Met up for breakfast with Pierre from France in August 2008
Hosted Liz and Aaron from Maryland in August 2008
Hosted Cindy from Austria in August 2008
Hosted Laura and Brian from Austin, Texas, United States August 2008
Hosted Phil from the United Kingdom August 2008
Hosted a CS Event and Tara, who just moved to Monterey, joined up in September 2008
Hosted a CS Event and Tre, who is a travelling, charismatic minstrel, joined up in September 2008
Hosted Maxi and Flo from Germany September 2008
Hosted Ben from Canada in February 2009
Hosted Davide from Italy in February 2009

Interests

Swimming, Astrology, Painting, Sketching, Reading, Movies, Running, Eating, Biking, Hiking, Ta'i Chi, Drinking, Football, Sci-Fi, Hanging out at Home, Video Games (I've got the Nintendo Wii and I LOVE it!)

• books
• sketching
• beauty
• environment
• breakfast
• running
• drinking
• movies
• video games
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• cycling
• hiking
• soccer
• swimming
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Legend, What Dreams May Come, Mirrormask, Labyrinth, The Wizard of Oz, The Neverending Story, Orpheus, Howl's Moving Castle, Monsters Inc., A Knight's Tale, Saved!, House of Sand and Fog, Big Fish, Castle in the Sky, Amelie, American Psycho, Ever After, Children of Men, City of Angels, Dead Poets Society, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ghost, Seven, The Breakfast Club, The Princess Bride, Vanilla Sky, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Holiday, Blades of Glory

Music:
Rascal Flatts, Gin Blossoms, Death Cab for Cutie, Sacha Sacket, Linkin Park, Benny Benassi, Feist, Stars, Gavin DeGraw, Secondhand Serenade, Dashboard Confessional, Pink Martini, Ronan Keating, Jack Johnson, Goo Goo Dolls, Ari Hest, Jewel, Air, James Blunt, The Cure, Norah Jones, Pink Floyd, The Fray, Snow Patrol, Dixie Chicks, Hellogoodbye, Jem, Anna Nalick, Lisa Loeb, The Postal Service, india.arie, Alanis Mostssette, Tracy Chapman, Damien Rice, Imogen Heap, Savage Garden, Nelly Furtado, Gorillaz, Corinne Bailey Rae, Etro Anime, Tears for Fears, DHT, Sarah McLachlan, Tonic

Books:
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery,
The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde,
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson,
The Anita Blake Series by Laurell K Hamilton,
The Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyers,
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks,
A Night Without Armor by Jewel,
Oh the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss,
The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing thing I have done?
...move to Monterey on a whim.

It has been an amazing four years.

Teach, Learn, Share

There is one lesson and goal I promise to strive for in myself, encourage others to try, and truly believe in.

That lesson is to bring serenity wherever the feet may walk upon. To reveal a sense of calm and tranquility in the environment within oneselves.

In the busy, hustle-bustle of life, when do people just stop and breathe? Take a walk next to the ocean and just get lost in the beauty of it all? Or sit with a book in a park feeling the sunshine effortlessly break through the trees above? Or how about sitting next to the window on a rainy day with a dry-warm sweater and a cup of hot coco with marshmallows?

These are the moments I live for. These are moments you can really find here in sleepy Monterey, California.

And whenever it happens, wherever I am, I smile and say to myself, "I am alive."

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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