CURRENT MISSION

getting experienced

ABOUT ME

Any spare afternoon, day, weekend, month I go off to discover new things in my immediate area or as far away as possible. I have visited many abandoned spots, bridges, tiny towns and parks in my surrounding region in my spare time and my awesome friends are great companions in this exploring. I have worked as a counselor for kids and hope to pursue social justice for them in Richmond. I have participated in many human services projects over the years and love learning from, helping and teaching people.

PHILOSOPHY

"Abandon your masterpiece and sink into the real masterpiece"
-Leonard Cohen

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting, surfing and attending CS events whenever i can

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been hosting and surfing on and off for the past three years. Most notably, I embarked on a European couchsurfing trip in 2009 and am hugely indebted to this site for making the trip as amazing as it was. I met couchsurfers from all over the world at CS events and others who were also being hosted at the same time as I was. I love this community and want to keep the spirit alive at home. Usually, I like to take surfers to local shows, dance parties, Richmond events or just a relaxed evening with friends.

Interests

kinder eggs, spain and latin america, documenting everything in journals and photographs, out of/in town shows, leaving town whenever possible to change up the scenery, my vegetable garden, intense dance sessionz, zine writing/reading, news radio, positive youth interventions, ethnic cooking, raising sloppy female handwriting awareness, dogs in car windows and general partying whenever possible.

• dogs
• writing
• dancing
• cooking
• partying
• gardening
• news
• reading
• magic
• guitar
• surfing
• law
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

a little smattering of each:

my bloody valentine, astrud gilberto, beach house, cocteau twins, sonic youth, shonen knife, de la soul, cat power, france gall, erase errata, the jesus and mary chain, bat for lashes

L.I.E., fat girl, straw dogs, 8 1/2, annie hall, la mala educación, videodrome or anything by cronenberg, lost in translation or anything by s. coppola, talk to her or anything by almodovar, nausicaa or anything by miyazaki...

lolita, no one belongs here more than you, is there no place on earth for me? one hundred years of solitude, genie: a scientific tragedy, the kite runner, books about socially anomic people and the catastrophic situations they cause

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

well its hard to think of just one.. befriended a gypsy on the streets of spain, rode bikes across the city of savannah, ga at 4am while sharing bags of chips, partook in calvin johnson's crowd of people dancing down the street to his magic guitar playing

Teach, Learn, Share

i can cook with you, i can teach you some spanish and share my lovely city with you

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States

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