CURRENT MISSION

Making the world a better place through the music of Talking Heads

ABOUT ME

Well when I made this profile I was halfway through my masters in Visual Anthropology at the University of Manchester. It was bascially a course in making documentaries, which means I got to indulge my love of films, storytelling, and a degree at the end of it!

I'm now doing digital communications, first at MSF/Doctors Without Borders and then at the Red Cross. I'm always pushing for more visual content and am really interested in the ethics of photography.

I've got a bit of British reserve. There are few social situtaions that can't be improved with tea. Other than that I'm just your general uncool-but-in-a-cool-kind-of-a-way lady.

PHILOSOPHY

Death is inevitable. What you do beforehand isn't.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hosted a few people when I was in Manchester, but having moved down to London there just isn't the space. I miss it!

Interests

I was a keen cyclist, until I got hit by a car. Now I'm a frustrated and injured cyclist who has been known to scream if a bus passes too closely.

I love to dance. Despite being on my second degree, I still think my most valuable qualification is my GCSE in Dance. It genuinely has prepared me for all party situations.

Also, I heart films. Watching them, analysing them, getting tattoos based on them, making them. The list goes on.
And there is my love/hate relationship with photography. Which I can tell you about in person if you're interested.

• photography
• documentaries
• tattoos
• dancing
• ethics
• partying
• movies
• music
• anthropology
• communications

Music, Movies, and Books

This could actually be an essay.

I'm a very firm believer in Louis Armstrong approach to music: There are only two types of music: good and bad. Initially I thought the only music I didn't like was metal, but then I watched a documentary on Metallica.

I really love Nicholas Cage. Obviously, he is one of the worst actors of his generation, but having watched Bad Lieutenant and Con Air I have a new appreication for his craft.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Totally made eye contact with Bob Dylan in 2010. He scowled, I swooned.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you a dance move called the crazy legs. It's pretty mad. I also know about six phrases in Zulu, the biography of Virginia Woolf, the basics of film-making...

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Greece, India, Italy, Laos, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom