CURRENT MISSION

to live my wild and precious life

ABOUT ME

I am most at home looking through my camera, a lovely old nikon. Hearing that shutter click brings me into the moment more than anything else.

i sing and play guitar a bit, mostly in the park on a sunny day or curled up with a blanket.

i am a shy but friendly person, and i smile often. i like to watch people, because i find them very interesting. sometimes i stare which most people find odd. i'm always up for a nap or a good meal... even if i'm not tired or hungry!

i'm one of those peace-loving, tree-climbing, photo-taking, cookie-eating, star-gazing, face-making, guitar-playing, world-traveling kinda types. i believe in strange things. i'm a night person and a morning person, which can be tiring. i am not afraid of spiders but i am afraid of sharks. to be fair though, they're pretty terrifying and i'm sure i look very appetizing when i'm flailing about in the waves. i draw most of my energy from the sun (working on perfecting the art of photosynthesis). i am going to see the world. i have lots of freckles and i hope to grow many, many more.

PHILOSOPHY

I hate wasting time. I want to fill my life with new experiences, meet new people, see new people. See, there's a whole world out there and I can't imagine limiting myself to one place.

Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life? --Mary Oliver

"You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)

Kid, you’ll move mountains!
So…be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O’Shea, you’re off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So…get on your way!"

-The GREAT Dr. Seuss

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Meeting, sharing drinks and laughs, thinking of spectacular adventures...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Went to a food festival with my hosts, ate more than could possibly be considered healthy or normal.

Napped with host kitty.

Ate many, many tapas.

Surfed in a cave-house in Morocco!

THRILLER dance in Granada, blowing bubbles on the roof and taking polaroids, stuck in the vibe.

Chillin to the max, everywhere I've been.

Interests

Yoga, photography, music, stories, art, nature, yoga, yoga, yoga, napping, humming, bossa nova guitar, bad jokes, good jokes, limericks, writing, reading, floating, eating, cooking, dreaming, doodling, yoga.

Languages... listening to them, studying them, learning them, speaking them.

• birds
• arts
• writing
• singing
• photography
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• yoga
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• rock climbing
• languages
• sign language
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

oh there's so much out there. here's a tiny sampling.

books: The Little Prince has become quite a travel companion for me, and I collect copies in the language of each country I visit... if I can't learn every language in the world (seems a bit time-consuming) maybe he can!

Also... Siddhartha, Ishmael, The Tao of Pooh

music: Regina Spektor, Tom Waits, Ray Lamontagne, Brett Dennen, oldies and goodies, bossa nova (especially Joao Gilberto, my musical inspiration), cheesy 70's or 80's dance music especially of the Italian variety...

a live jazz concert, always, always. i don't understand jazz theory but i always get taken over by good jazz. mmm. percussion. drum circles. anything that inspires me to dance so much that i forget i'm bad at it :)

movies: too many favorites, i am definitely a movie buff. old black and whites. audrey, humphrey. ooh la la! funnies. weirds. foreign, never dubbed. i am 100% anti-dubbing. it should be internationally forbidden. not a fan of high-powered action movies or horror, unless they offer me something more. james bond is always wonderful, though... he's bond, so he can pull it off.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Woke up on an Italian beach just in time to watch the sun rise.

Moved to Italy. Moved to Portugal. Moved to London.

Sang with an incredible choir in several Spanish cathedrals.

Spent a summer working on farms in Italy.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can speak Italian! Well, sort of... I know all the swear words and most of the food words. I can have a pretty interesting conversation and order more wine, so the basics are covered. Anyway, I'm more than willing to share what I know!

I'm an expert at making daisy chains.

I can also solve a rubiks cube but none of that 10 second crap. I need at least a good 5 minutes, and sometimes I fail miserably.

Things I'd like to learn include...
tap dance, juggling, sign language, stick shift, harmonica, cartwheel. sometimes i get the uncontrollable urge to do a cartwheel but don't know now. i usually try and flop over, sometimes hurting myself or those around me! haha!

if you can do any of these things well and are willing to teach me, i'll take the couch and you can have a nice comfy bed!! ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States

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