CURRENT MISSION

use my powers for good and not evil

ABOUT ME

Like most everyone on couchsurfing.org, I love travel. I am originally from the San Francisco Bay Area which is an awesome place to be from. After a three year stint as a ski bum in the Rocky Mountains, I moved further east and I have been living in NYC for the last year. I'm currently working on a Masters of Public Health in Nutrition in the big city and enjoying life!

PHILOSOPHY

Live to experience the good as well as the bad.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I try to host whenever possible and lately I've been attending some NYC CS gatherings.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed a lot of couches on my seven month trip around Europe in 2006 and it completely made the trip. One of my favorite experiences was meeting up with a bunch of CSers in Pamplona in 2006 for Sanfermines (Running of the Bulls fest). We all slept in the park together watching each others back. It was awesome to feel the true spirit of couch surfing in such and amazing place! I continue to try and host people whenever I can.

Interests

traveling, moving, breathing seriously, crafty things, food!, cooking, eating, nutrition, skiing, snowboarding, enjoying music, social justice, feminism (of sorts), finding secret hideouts, trying not to be apathetic, experiencing the unfamiliar

• dogs
• running of the bulls
• dancing
• womens rights
• dining
• cooking
• running
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• skiing
• snowboarding
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies I enjoy: Trainspotting, Donnie Darko, Shallow Grave, Saved!, Edward Scissorhands, High Fidelity, 2046, City of God, 10 things I hate about you, Speed Racer, Y tu mama tambien, Aladdin, Lion King, Little MermaidMusic I rock to: M.I.A., Rilo Kiley, Weezer, All Girl Summer Fun Band, Belle & Sebastian, Aberfeldy, Of Montreal, Michael Jackson, LCD Soundsystem, Robyn, Annie, Le Tigre, Pulp, Devo, Pixies, the CureBooks I read: oh wait, I'm still working on learning how to read...I usually just end up reading books of movies that I've seen and liked.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once learned to believe that riding in a Toyota Corola station wagon taxi with nine passengers, two dogs, and a very young calf for an hour down a winding jungle mountain road is completely normal. That was kind of amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn how to have fun in your language and dance your dance and enjoy what you enjoy eating. I can offer you some homemade soup. I make a lot of soup, heck we can even make some soup together! If you visit in the summer, too bad you get soup anyway! Ok, just kidding, we can have herb infused iced tea instead, ok? Ok, good.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Peru, United Kingdom, United States

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