Hello, I'm Katie! I'm from the States, but I live in Amsterdam, and I've been couchsurfing for over a decade now (my old profile was pretty full, but removed due to a name mixup, hence my friends-to-references ratio!). It's lovely to meet you all! I'm happy to partake in the spirit of couchsurfing whenever I can, whether it be through hosting or surfing.

I do video game animation, and often spend most of my time on my computer in the very spacious living room. I'm a pretty laid-back host, but that doesn't mean there are no rules to staying with me. Check the "My Home" section for more info. :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I've couchsurfed in the Netherlands, Poland, Norway, Belgium, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Germany, in that order. ;D I also hosted couchsurfers when I had my own place in Orlando, Florida. I've also gone to couchsurfing events in many of those countries, as well as in the United States. ^.^

PAST EXPERIENCE
Over the past years, I have hosted:
-Vitali, Vishnu, and Susan in Florida
-Fawad in the Netherlands

surfed with:
-Marc, Richard, Karl, Maikel, and Eduard in the Netherlands
-Mateusz in Poland
-Julianna & Miguel, Patrick, Filip, Mark, and Lawrence in South Korea
-Justin, Katharine, Masa, Yann, and Katsu in Japan
-Darryl and Nadia & Marko in Taiwan
-Bang in Singapore
-Ernst and Muji in Germany

and attended:
-Wine Down in Florida
-CS general meetup in Florida
-Etopia meetup in Florida
-Amsterdam Gay Pride picnic in the Netherlands
-CS meetup in Hong Kong
and others :D

Interests

• culture
• literature
• graphic design
• environment
• aviation
• politics
• movies
• video games
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• martial arts
• biology
• chemistry
• engineering
• languages
• philosophy
• psychology
• software
• statistics
• art
• nature
• mythology
• digital art
• health
• programming
• space
• meeting new people
• lucid dreaming
• web design
• aerospace

Music, Movies, and Books

Love Italian food, mac and cheese, psychological thrillers, and have a weakness for pop music. Aside from these, I simply enjoy exploring all the beauty the world has to offer, and I especially get along with people who can experience everything from an appreciative artistic perspective! There are other tidbits, but these should paint somewhat of a picture by themselves:

AUTHORS/PHILOSOPHERS:
Alan Watts
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Kurt Vonnegut
Oscar Wilde
Ralph Waldo Emerson
William Shakespeare

BOOKS:
Bound
Brave New World
Crime and Punishment
Hamlet
Harrison Bergeron
Harry Potter
The Hunger Games
The Importance of Being Earnest
Macbeth
Memoirs of a Geisha
Slaughterhouse-Five

MOVIES:
300
A Beautiful Mind
The Big Short
Braveheart
The Butterfly Effect
Collateral Beauty
The Da Vinci Code
Die Hard
Ex Machina
The Fifth Element
Fight Club
He's Just Not That Into You
The Imitation Game
The Infiltrator
The Intern
The Intouchables
Looper
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Masquerade (k-movie)
Megamind
Memento
Nightcrawler
Pulp Fiction
The Revenant (love Leo <3)
Shutter Island
Star Wars
X-Men
WALL-E
What Dreams May Come

SHOWS:
24
Archer
Arrow
Boys over Flowers (k-drama)
Downton Abbey
Faith (k-drama)
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Jane the Virgin
Mad Men
Nikita
Once Upon a Time (the first three seasons)
Rick & Morty
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Vikings
Westworld
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry (k-drama)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It'd be hard to name one, but there are a couple that come to mind:

-Bathed and played with elephants in Thailand. They're such gentle giants!
-Had a ton of small fish swim around me as if I were a coral reef.
-Met people from all over the world, many with vastly different viewpoints from my own.
-Danced with strangers, stayed up all night with friends, gone on spontaneous trips to new countries with little notice~
-Lived and breathed my hobbies and interests, at times even getting wondrously lost in them for weeks at a time.

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy learning about languages, and I'm also pretty good at pixel art, animation, and game design, and can do a fair bit of programming, too. If we get to talking, I'd love to learn what makes you passionate, the experiences that make you want to stay up all night, and the things that have you worrying in the morning on an idle weekday.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My sprightly energy and my positive yet meditative outlook on life. But share your philosophies with me, too! I'd so love to hear them. :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, United States