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Overview

  • 8 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Japanese
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • PhD Student
  • BS in Biology
  • From Antioch IL
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To study evolution.

ABOUT ME

I am an artist who fell into becoming a research scientist. It allows me to spend my days daydreaming, being crafty, and listening to music.
So the past 4 years I have been following my interests in plant evolution, which oddly enough is mostly the reason for my current travel. It also led me living in Davis and now Yokohama, Japan. Science keeps me really really busy, happy, stressed, curious, excited, nervous, in a lab, sleepy, basically it keeps me going.
I watch many movies, I watch many of rock shows, I rida' my bicycle.

PHILOSOPHY

Do something/anything and keep doing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I encourage people to try this community out anytime I can. Every single experience through this site has been above and beyond awesome.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't participated as much as I would have liked to, but every experience has been amazing.

Interests

The Biggies: Music. Knitting. Evolution. Plant Morphology. Film.

  • movies
  • traveling
  • knitting
  • music
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Film:almost all films by: peter greenaway, david lynch, stanley kubrick, wes anderson, coen brothers, polish brothers, nicholas roeg, sofia coppola, bob odenkirk, claire denis, david cronenberg, david attenborough, charlie kaufman, guy maddin, cory mcabee, vincent gallo, actors (in which i will watch any movie their in): sam rockwell, gary oldman, lukas haas, william hurt, .....
Music: (Current faves) Animal Collective, Randy Newman, Beatles, Puff Puff and the Recievers, Lee Hazelwood, LCD Soundsystem, Godspeen You Black Emperor, Jon Brion, Beck, Nine Inch Nails, Chromeo,
Books: Infinite Jest! (Favorite Book Ever), Delillo, Pynchon, Vonnogut, Murakami, I mostly read Journal Articles and Text books on Plant Evolution, though.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have now officially witnessed a baby grow into an adult and have her own baby.

Teach, Learn, Share

visited 37 states (74%). Create your own visited map of The United States or website vertaling duits?

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States

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