CURRENT MISSION

To live, love, learn, and bake croissants.

ABOUT ME

I'm interested in you and what you have to say and the world and what it has to say; I firmly believe that communication is fundamental to any good relationship, and the world is an interesting place full of quirky people. Life is a banquet, as it were, and I like food.

I love learning about new things--news, inventions, people, you name it. I love exploring, and I love adventure (as one great 90s cover band said: there's "so much to do, so much to see, so what's wrong with taking the back streets?"), and I love lamp.

Also, bicycles.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is awesome, so forget crying over that milk you spilled, put on your dancing shoes, and let's live it!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host sometimes.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just co-hosted a few times so far, but run into a couple of really cool people! Hope to surf myself soon.

Interests

I like taking things apart and putting them back together--not people, though: that would be creepy, and I'm no Dr. Frankenstein (although I do study biomedical engineering). My penchant for dis- and reassembly applies to material things, from clocks to cupcakes, and stems from a desire to know what makes them tick--although I'd be concerned if the latter ticked: it might be a bomb in confectionery disguise! By knowing what makes things work, I get to make new things, and I love being creative; aside from baked goods, one of the things I like to create are friendships (see what I did there?), so let's couch surf together!

List of likes:
- trying/learning new things
- French press coffee
- spirited conversation over French press coffee
- being on the road
- being at home

List of dislikes:
- meat (I'm vegetarian! but am otherwise not picky)
- flat tires
- dead batteries
- rain on my parade

• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• chocolate
• coffee
• baking
• vegetarian
• running
• news
• sailing
• engineering
• mathematics

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crossed the Long Island Sound in an aging, malfunctioning Sunfish with a four-inch hole in it. Brought a sandwich.

Teach, Learn, Share

- engineering stuff:
- math
- fixing things

- cooking/baking stuff:
- stir-fry
- omelettes
- Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chip cookie recipe

- sailing very small boats

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Netherlands, United States

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