CURRENT MISSION

To meet new people and share some of what I have been given in life.

ABOUT ME

I'm fun, clean, joyful, spiritual, and enjoy meeting new people who are open to new ideas and reaching out in love and kindness to others in the world who are in need.

PHILOSOPHY

Asceticism, Musical Theatre, feminist theology, Post Secret, Gnosticism, coloraturas, stars, storms, tornadoes, counter-tenors, cookbooks, fire, MacBooks, cheese, operas, beaches, mixed drinks, sunrises, fishing, incense, Goddess religions, poetry, First Congo, bell choirs, natural disasters.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None! But I'm new to it so give me a few months and I'll have plenty, I'm sure!

Interests

Spirituality on Tap, Singing, french horn, meditating, stress shopping, speaking French, dancing poorly, cooking, photography, dinner and movie parties, cocktail lounges.

• poetry
• singing
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• cheese
• cocktails
• partying
• drinking
• shopping
• music
• fishing
• divinity
• religion
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Music, General:

The Spill Canvas, Jack's Mannequin, Hot Hot Heat, Onerepublic, Elisa, Eve 6, Metro Station, We the Kings, Motion City Soundtrack, The Academy Is, Cute Is What We Aim For, Boys Like Girls, Skillet, Cartel, Flypside, All Time Low, Infernal, Matchbox Twenty, Anberlin, Gin Blossoms, The Bravery, Angels And Airwaves, Regina Spektor, Amy Winehouse, The Postal Service, Lily Allen, Secondhand Serenade.

Classical Favorites:

Johann Bach, Johann Pachelbel, Gabriel Fauré, Giacomo Puccini, Vaughan Williams, Barry Tuckwell, Claude Debussy, Yo-Yo Ma, Bryn Terfel, Il Divo, Chanticleer, Hayley Westenra, Josh Groban.

Country:

Brad Paisley, George Strait, Rebe McEntire, Dolly Parton, Rascal Flatts, Lonestar, Faith Hill, Patty Loveless, Patsy Cline

Guilty Pleasures:
Alison Krauss, Annie Lennox, Vanessa Carlton, Carrie Underwood.

Favorite TV Shows:
House, Will & Grace, Strong Medicine,

Films that have changed my life:

Life is Beautiful
Angels in America
For the Bible Tells Me So
The Shawshank Redemption
Les Choristes
Joyeux Noel
The Passion Of The Christ
Cruel Intentions
Chocolat
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Edward Scissorhands
A Beautiful Mind
Callas Forever
Running With Scissors
Schindler's List
The Joy Luck Club

Favorite Books:
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My life is the written word, so these are just a few of my absolute favorites.
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The Road, Wicked, Pride and Prejudice, Holidays On Ice, the Interior Castle, Washington Square, Great Expectations, the Wheel of Time, the House of Mirth, the Awakening, Erotic Justice, Theory of the Leisure Class, Common Prayers, Christianity Social Tolerance and Homosexuality, The Awkening, Blue Hope, The Women in God's Kitchen, Sex and The Single Savior, Holy Feast and Holy Fast, Secrets of God, Life Abundant, Speaking of Sadness, The Joy Luck Club, Les Misérables, The Bostonians, The Little Prince, 1984, The Giver, Dying for God, The Great Gatsby, Lying Awake, Cries of the Spirit, When You Ask Why, Perfect Trust, The Law of Three, Never Burn a Witch, Perfection Salad, The Lord of the Rings, Sorceress of Faith, Running With Scissors, The Body and Society, Life Abundant, Her Image of Salvation.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have sung in St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, the Sacre Cœur in Paris, and the Notre Dame. I have also met Jodi Foster and been backstage to Wicked, in New York after a show.

Teach, Learn, Share

Vocal music
Cooking (French and Southern US, especially)
Religion

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Italy, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States