I like:
Spending Sunday nights watching movies that make me cry. Sleeping like a rock.
The sound of rain on my rooftop.
Being the smartest person in the room.
Cleaning my room until everything smells fresh.
Pretending my life is a big, flashy, Technicolor musical.
Dancing until every muscle in my body hurts.
Coming up with weird dishes to cook.
Pretending not to enjoy reggaeton.
Playing with my tongue piercing.
Hanging out with the few people I really love.
Believing that I'll find my mission in life.
Entering a theater only to realize I'm the only person there. Obsessing about one particular song and listening to it too many times in a row.
The feeling I get after I've written something good.
Watching a great film and knowing it once I exit the cinema.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting new people! Sadly I have a roommate, so I can't host most of the time. At least for now...

Interests

Reading, writing, listening, coming up with new stuff to learn or try, kickboxing, seeing the glass half full, chewing more than I can swallow, making cocktails (my Mojitos are rumored to be amazing), using my tongue piercing, taking power naps. Nobody's ever complained about my cooking either!

• writing
• theater
• dancing
• cooking
• cocktails
• movies
• reading
• traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: A Streetcar Named Desire, Volver, Moulin Rouge!, Gone With the Wind, La Strada, The Wizard of Oz, Annie Hall, Black Swan, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 8 1/2, West Side Story, The 400 Blows, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, L'Atalante, WALL-E, Lost in Translation, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Fat Girl, Notorious, The Red Shoes, Bambi, Far From Heaven, The Hours, Toy Story 3, The Silence of the Lambs, Manhattan, Marnie, The Social Network, All About Eve, Sunset Blvd, The Passion of Joan of Arc, A Room with a View, Beauty and the Beast, Stagecoach, Fat Girl, The Red Shoes, Meet Me in St. Louis, Revanche, Persona, Cries and Whispers, Dancer in the Dark, Manhattan, A Prophet, Dogville, Scenes from Marriage, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The White Ribbon, E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Singin' in the Rain, The Tree of Life, Midnight in Paris, Certified Copy, Drive, Melancholia, Holy Motors, Rust and Bone, Amour, Blue Jasmine, Zero Dark Thirty, Stories We Tell, Upstream Color, The Past, Blue is the Warmest Color, Frances Ha, The Great Beauty, The Wonders, Force Majeure, I Walked with a Zombie, Stranger by the Lake, Clouds of Sils Maria, Gone Girl, The Immigrant, Atonement, Boogie Nights

...but in all honesty I could go on and on, film is my passion!

Books: Jane Austen, Umberto Eco, Hermann Hesse, Simon Winchester, Jose Saramago, Ian McEwan, Stieg Larsson, Margaret Mitchell, Harper Lee, J.R.R. Tolkien, E.M. Forster, Julio Cortazar, Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf, Italo Calvino

TV: Adventure Time, Homeland, Downton Abbey, 30 Rock, Damages, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Parks & Recreation, True Blood, American Horror Story, Portlandia, The Big C, The Killing, Gossip Girl, The Simpsons, Revenge, Prime Suspect, Modern Family, Nurse Jackie, Battlestar Galactica, Sex and the City, Alias, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, United States of Tara, Friends, Transparent, Masters of Sex, Veep, New Girl

Music: Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Judy Garland, Saint Etienne, Ella Fitzgerald, Gustavo Cerati, Chet Baker, Bjork, Amy Winehouse, The War on Drugs, LCD Soundsystem, Astrud Gilberto, Cut Copy, Katy Perry, Sigur Ros, Ladyhawke, Edith Piaf, The Teenagers, Kanye West, Britney Spears, Phoenix, The XX, Tori Amos, Little Boots, Annie, M.I.A., Radiohead, Jens Lekman, Coldplay, Ellie Goulding, Massive Attack, Lamb, Robyn, Chromeo, Beach House, jay-Jay Johanson, Goldfrapp, Client, El Perro del Mar, Ladytron, Washed Out, Las Robertas, Miike Snow, Shakira, Scissor Sisters, Passion Pit, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chromeo, Washed Out, Nicki Minaj, The Raveonettes, Morrissey, Daft Punk, Club 8, Rufus Wainwright, Sebastian Tellier,... pop, jazz and more! Very eclectic in this area!

Food: Shrimp, Chocolate, Wine, Pizza, Creme Brulee, Sushi, Chinese, love spicy food so Mexican, Indian and Thai are one of my weaknesses. I eat it all actually...

What I Can Share with Hosts

My Swiss enchiladas recipe, Costa Rican travel advice (worked as a travel writer down there), movie recommendations (currently work as a film critic)

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, Honduras