CURRENT MISSION

Do I need a mission? ha! Other than travel to some great new places and hopefully make some new friends along the way!

ABOUT ME

Always eager to travel somewhere new, as well as visit old favorite haunts. I love wandering cities, but steer me clear of the burbs please! Mountains are good, off the beaten path, old cemeteries, hiking, dive bars, interesting architecture, and great bookstores make me happy. Oh, and I'm a bit of a foodie, so please direct me to the finer 'eats' your location has to offer ;) I'll try anything, prefer healthy, vegetarian, fish, ethnic fare. As far as personality, I'm fairly laid back, independent, and well adaptable. I'm perfectly happy to socialize yet can always entertain myself and don't mind exploring a new place alone if you are busy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted a few people so far, that's been great! Would like to surf a couch later this year, hopefully in Portland, Vancouver come August :)

Interests

movies! historic cemeteries, music, art, photography, books books and more books!literature/fiction, dark chocolate, antiques, historic preservation/architecture, art deco/art nouveau, sociology, urban history, hiking, orchids, succulents, burts beeswax lip balm, cats, vintage/thrift stores, glitter, shoes!, gelato, candles, coffee, mythology, tattoos, burlesque, queer, LGBT, Battlestar Galactica (especially Starbuck!), Trader Joe's, The Office, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Tudor history, Elizabeth I, Sally Mann photography

• cats
• fish
• arts
• books
• literature
• architecture
• photography
• tattoos
• chocolate
• coffee
• vegetarian
• thrifting
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• fishing
• hiking
• history
• sociology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors or books: Vonnegut, Neil Gaiman, David Sedaris, Bukowski, Christopher Moore, Huxley, Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead, Tom Robbins, Dorothy Parker, Augusten Burroughs, Hollis Gillespie, Confederacy of Dunces, Alison Weir, In the Eyes of the Dragon, Rubyfruit Jungle, Written on the Body, The Passion...just to name a few!

Movies: Elizabeth, Citizen Ruth, Napoleon Dynamite, Doom Generation, Shrek, Amelie, Happiness, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Thelma and Louise, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Pieces of April, Unforgiven, Spirited Away, Sideways, But I’m a Cheerleader, Lost in Translation, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Requiem for a Dream, Clerks, Chasing Amy, Best in Show, Do the Right Thing, Watermelon Woman, Rushmore, Little Miss Sunshine, Me, You and Everyone We Know, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Born Into Brothels, There Will be Blood

Music: MeShell Nedegeocello, Tom Waits, Ani Difranco, Holly Cole, Henry Rollins (spoken word), Jennifer Nettles, Billie Holiday, Shawn Mullins, Mary Gauthier, Liz Phair, Dixie Chicks, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Imogen Heap, Tori Amos, Tina Turner, Prince, Michelle Malone, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, Rising Appalachia, Brandi Carlile, The National

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Italy, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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