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Overview

  • 12 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Portuguese, Sign Language - American
  • Unspecified age, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Admin Assistant and Advisor at UT, Austin in the Linguist...
  • BA in Linguistics
  • From Columbia, Missouri
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Experience new, amazing things as often as possible.

ABOUT ME

Happy. Well-adjusted. Jovial. Love animals and kids. Love my partner and kiddo. Like a variety of things--knitting, dancing, drinking, having a good time, going to fun local events, traveling.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in science and human decency.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

A few years ago, my roommate and I hosted a long stream of surfers. I even made them breakfast in bed. Now we don't have the space to host, but I hope that when we move this summer we will be able to host surfers again.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had a few people stay over--all very good experiences.

Interests

languages, dancing, partying, philosophy, filming, films, books, old radio shows, evolutionary psychology, astronomy, astrology, religions, food!, biking, camping, politics, dark chocolate!, nutella!, love, life, death, people, animals, the environment... pretty much everything

  • animals
  • books
  • dancing
  • environment
  • dining
  • breakfast
  • chocolate
  • partying
  • drinking
  • politics
  • movies
  • traveling
  • knitting
  • cycling
  • camping
  • astronomy
  • languages
  • psychology
  • religion
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

well, off the top of my head...

books: moby dick, ishmael, frankenstein, dracula, sherlock holmes, crime and punishment, jane austen, ahab's wife, catch 22, einstien's dreams, kurt vonnegut short stories, and O.Henry (of course, i used to work at his museum)

music: simon and garfunkel, paul simon, shostakovich, beatles, bjork, radio head, polyphonic spree, peggy lee, jazz, jabali afrika, petra haden

movies: harold and maude, graduate, dancer in the dark, harvey, musicals, silent films (esp. buster keaton)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Snorkeled with spinner dolphins in Kealakekua Bay

Teach, Learn, Share

i know some knitting, and would be more than willing to teach what i know.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Italy, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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