ABOUT ME

I am an atheist, socialist, vegetarian, feminist and perpetual student. I love to travel and love learning. Despite my strong opinions about things, generally I strive to get along with people and avoid conflict. I think that people would describe me as quiet, polite, eccentric, creative, and smart.

I don't smoke, drink, or use drugs.

PHILOSOPHY

"We must prefer a real hell to an imaginary paradise" I prefer to know the truth in reality, even if it is painful and disheartening, than believe a happy lie.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am new to Couch Surfing

Interests

Things I like: art, activism, atheism, astronomy, Archaeopteryx, Aurora Borealis, botany, birthdays, birds, Bjork, ballet, camp fires, comics, cupcakes, clothes, creativity, cats, communism, cross country skiing, caffeine, Cuba, dancing, dill pickles, drawing, diet coke, dinosaurs, Dan, Dragon Ball Z, dark chocolate, ethnic foods, feminism, fencing, fantasy, friends, Finland, hedgehogs, hearts, history, iced tea, iced lattes, Libby, Lake Superior, imagination, ice cream, introversion, Ireland, language, love, learning, museums, magic the gathering, Mike R., Marxism, Marxmas, Mexican food, mythology, non fiction, plants, pinatas, pumpkin pie, Proletariat Pictionary, parks, pig tails, piercings, RPGs, reading, red things, Russia, Radon Awareness Month, squirrels, soccer, sociology, social history, society, sexuality and gender, sex, strawberries, singing, snow shoeing, sushi, Socialist Action, trivia, travel, talking, Trotsky, tea, tattoos, teetotalism and teetotalers, violin, Vanessa, vegetables, vampires, walking, working out, workers, wigs...

• cats
• birds
• arts
• books
• singing
• tattoos
• piercings
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• education
• womens rights
• dining
• chocolate
• mexican food
• vegetarian
• dieting
• working out
• walking
• drinking
• clothing
• comics
• trivia
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• magic
• violin
• camping
• surfing
• skiing
• atheism
• fencing
• soccer
• astronomy
• teaching
• history
• sociology
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

I love anything non fiction! I love reading. However, I am pretty indifferent to music, TV, and movies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I successfully raised an orphaned baby squirrel into a healthy adult that lives in my front porch and comes in and out through the mail slot! His name is Flappy.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know about socialism and am somewhat knowledgeable about history and society. I am artistic and do my own graphic novel as a hobby. I could probably teach a person about feminism, socialism, Russia, Finland, U.S. interventions in the last century,education in Cuba, etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Russian Federation, South Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States