CURRENT MISSION

Wanderlust - traveling the nation and taking pictures along the way.

ABOUT ME

I'm a recent college grad looking for work in the editorial world as a documentary photographer. I travel often and am currently migrating toward the East Coast for a little while. I love being on the road and working on various projects about roller derby, women's issues, small town life, and quirky night jobs. I'm a positive, adventurous person who loves to network with fellow travelers and artists.

PHILOSOPHY

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi

"The road is life." - My Dad

"Loathe mediocrity." - My Dad

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a frequent traveler looking for a couch, and although I don't have a residence yet until I move to the East Coast, I'd be happy to offer up my couch when I get settled!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've networked with people on the internet for years now, often staying with them when I've traveled in the past. Whenever a friend comes into town I'm always there to give them a free place to stay and a little tour of where I live.

Interests

Traveling, photography, adventures, weather, driving aimlessly, taking the long way, compulsive CD purchasing, blogging, roller derby, web design, journalism, documentaries, fine art, planetariums, musicals, baking propaganda cakes, rain, clouds, thunderstorms, conversations, road trips, aquariums, airports, zoos... etc.

• arts
• design
• photography
• documentaries
• baking
• traveling
• blogging
• journalism
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Music:

Tegan & Sara, Ben Folds Five, Ben Folds, Marvelous 3, Biffy Clyro, Ryan Adams, The Get Up Kids, The Appleseed Cast, Rogue Wave, Explosions in the Sky, The Jealous Sound, Knapsack, Kevin Devine, Miracle of 86, The Frames, Modest Mouse, Spoon, Pinback, Samiam, The Mountain Goats, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, OK Go, Tulsa, The Stereo, Bell X1, Great Lake Swimmers, The Toadies, Los Campesinos!, The Anniversary

Favorite Movies:

The Fountain, Memento, Batman Begins, Fight Club, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Royal Tenenbaums, Hotel Rwanda, Crash, Thank You For Smoking, Super Size Me, Taxi to the Dark Side, For the Bible Tells Me So, Bowling For Columbine, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, As Good As It Gets, Igby Goes Down, Love Actually, Closer, Clerks, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Moulin Rouge, Forrest Gump, The Princess Bride, Back to the Future, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal

Favorite TV Shows:

Scrubs, Lost, Arrested Development, The Office, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Big Love, Project Runway, Sex and the City, That 70's Show, Will and Grace, Spin City, What Not To Wear

Favorite Books:

America: The Book, Conversations With God, Choke, Fight Club, The Catcher in the Rye, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Fuck-Up, Naked Pictures of Famous People, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Collection

Favorite Quotes:

"It's so hard to believe in anything anymore. I mean, it's like, religion, you really can't take it seriously, because it seems so mythological, it seems so arbitrary...but, on the other hand, science is just pure empiricism, and by virtue of its method, it excludes metaphysics. I guess I wouldn't believe in anything anymore if it weren't for my lucky astrology mood watch." - Steve Martin

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Built a home for a family in need in Mexico, which changed my entire perspective on how I want to live my life and how much I want to give back.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am always willing to pass on what I know about photography and life; I share my photos with the world here:

www.jenniferemerling.com