I'm a full time student and part time tutor and nanny. I moved to the Salt Lake area from Las Vegas a few years ago. There is nothing I want to do more with my life than travel and experience all that I can. Soon enough I will be a high school English and history teacher. Maybe someday I'll finish writing a novel. I plan to go to graduate school when the time is right.

I'm always looking to try new things. Recently I've experimented with vegan cooking, gloving, gun shooting and bouldering. I was vegetarian for 13 years, but recently turned pescatarian (I eat fish) for health reasons.

I’m good at being awkward, interacting with kids and pets, listening and cheering people up. I can sing, write and draw. I'm not big on small talk. I love deeper discussion/debates.

I'm an INFP. If you don't know what that is, here's a link: http://www.personalitydesk.com/infp#axzz1qN5kMiBG

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To travel, meet new people, and help my fellow humans!

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!” - Jack Kerouac

Interests

• pets
• writing
• poetry
• singing
• music festivals
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• bouldering
• podcasts
• music
• live music
• hiking
• backpacking
• philosophy
• psychology
• visual arts
• climbing
• human behavior
• comicbooks

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Beatles, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Bjork, Massive Attack, Bowie, Hendrix, Modest Mouse, Muse, Tom Waits, Refused, Portishead, Jeff Buckley, Billie Holiday, Chopin, Infected Mushroom, Flying Lotus, Tori Amos, Elliott Smith, Miles Davis, Led Zeppelin, Tool, NIN, A Perfect Circle, Stevie Wonder, Deadmau5, Hans Zimmer, The Pixies, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Bob Dylan, Regina Spektor, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, The XX, Kendrick Lamar, etc.

Books: Leaves of Grass, The Sandman, The Blank Slate, Desert Solitaire, Cat's Cradle, 1984, The Stranger, Walden, GoT, American Gods, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Beyond Good and Evil, The Bell Jar, Into the Wild, Ghosts, On the Road, East of Eden, Civil Disobedience, Moby Dick, Animal Farm, F 451, Post Office, Catch-22, Fear and Loathing, The Crucible, A Doll's House, Ham on Rye, Death of a Salesman, Of Mice and Men, Hamlet, A Doll's House, Grapes of Wrath, Lolita, Dracula, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse 5, Tropic of Cancer, Neverwhere, Good Omens, The Power of Myth, any Jack London, Stuart Dybek's short stories, etc. Also love mythology and folktales and lots of non-fiction.

Movies: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Fall, Annie Hall, Pleasantville, American Beauty, You, the Living, Before Sunrise trilogy, Boyhood, any Tarantino, Waking Life, Rango, Almost Famous, Singing in the Rain, Life Of Brian, A Streetcar Named Desire, Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? Dark Knight, Donnie Darko, etc.

Shows: Black Mirror, Doctor Who, GoT, Six Feet Under, The Twilight Zone, Flying Circus, South Park, Louie, Daily Show, John Oliver, Arrested Development, Archer and Wilfred.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once overcame my introversion and fear of audiences to sing in a psychobilly/punk/folk band! It was my worst nightmare, and a lot of fun!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would love to share my company (if it is wanted), and a gift of wine, chocolate, or anything else the host might enjoy. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States