CURRENT MISSION

making people smile :)

ABOUT ME

My best friends would say that while I seem reserved and cool, looks can be deceiving. Once you crack my shell, I am highly energetic and full of useless knowledge that I will share constantly, without request.

PHILOSOPHY

The secret to being happy is just to be :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

While I have couchsurfed before, I mainly host now because I have a job and am pursuing a post-baccalaureate that keeps me rooted.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Because I am not able to travel as much as I would prefer, hosting gives me the chance to welcome people from all over the place into my home and with them, they always bring a piece of where they are from. I get to experience the best of the world from the comfort of my own city!

Interests

I am a crafts nerd so anything handmade or imaginative really grabs my attention. Also, over the past couple of years, I have become somewhat of an adrenaline junkie. I love anything that will make my heart race. I spend a lot of time running and keeping my heart rate elevated. If I am not running or riding my bike or dancing around like a fool, I am doing the complete opposite, usually with my nose in a book. I enjoy traveling, usually to hear live music, but also just being on the road with the wind in my hair makes me feel at home.

• books
• dancing
• running
• crafts
• traveling
• music
• live music
• cycling
• skydiving
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Jenny Lewis, Mason Jennings, The Grateful Dead, The Beatles, The Black Keys, Iron & Wine, Ratatat, Modest Mouse, Sufjan Stevens, Lana Del Rey, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Of Montreal, Joni Mitchell, Tune-Yards, The Beach Boys, The Roots, The Head & the Heart, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Beats Antique, String Cheese Incident, Widespread Panic... my fingers are tired of typing, I think you get the picture. EVERYTHING.

BOOKS: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Harry Potter 7, The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, The Marriage Plot, The Virgin Suicides & Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, anything by Malcolm Gladwell, anything by Arianna Huffington, & Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

MOVIES: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Vanilla Sky, Mean Girls, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I Love You Man (basically anything with Jason Segal), Batman & Batman Returns, Fools Rush In, The Hours, The Reader, Zoolander, Manhattan & Labryinth

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being out in the middle of the desert in Huacachina, Peru was a really cool experience. I could see nothing but mountains of sand and sky above me. It was one of the only times in my life where I have been surrounded by complete nature, nothing man-made. Also, jumping out of a plane on my first adventure skydiving was pretty amazing. Seeing a bird's eye view and feeling like a bird are the most awesome feelings in the world for me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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