Living in the capital of big ol' beautiful British Columbia with my trusty black kitty! Studying visual art and environmental studies. I hail from the prairies and fill my days with friends, exploring new hobbies, reading, and making cakes.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting new people with entirely different lives and making new connections in out of the ordinary ways. What better way to meet a new place or get a new perspective than with the guidance and kindness of strangers?

Through my old roommate's account we've hosted two couples of couch surfers separately.

While on a road trip through the West Coast of the USA I couch surfed, also through my co-traveller's account. All were very pleasant experiences.

Interests

Reading, painting, drawing, playing the ukulele, singing, whittling, baking, old movies, art, festivals & markets, ceramics, biking, swimming, climbing, sunsets, dumpster diving, learning.

• arts
• singing
• festivals
• environment
• baking
• movies
• reading
• pottery
• dumpster diving
• painting
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• scuba diving
• swimming
• environmental studies
• climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
Ella Fitzgerald, Heart, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon (& Garfunkel), Velvet Underground, Avett Brothers, Stars, Metric, Aidan Knight, Patrick Watson, Disclosure, Leon Bridges, Led Zeppelin, Queen, the Beatles, Arcade Fire, Beach House, Cat Empire, Cat Stevens, Chet Faker, the Decemberists... Okay, I should stop. You get it.

Movies
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Gone with the Wind, the Apartment, Singing in the Rain, 16 Candles, Scott Pilgrim VS the World, Diary of a Teenage Girl, Obvious Child, How to Steal a Million, Roman Holiday, When Harry Met Sally, Midnight in Paris, Amelie, anything Wes Anderson, etc. I worked in a video rental store for 3 years; I've seen a lot of movies.

Television
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Broad City, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Gilmore Girls, the Mindy Project, New Girl, How I Met Your Mother, Freaks and Geeks, and more!

Books
The Bell Jar, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Handmaid's Tale, a Bird in the House, Kafka on the Shore, Wuthering Heights, the Chosen, the Graduate, the Little Prince, His Dark Material trilogy, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and more...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've performed in a play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and driven to San Francisco and back in 6 days from Vancouver Island, hitting 4 states!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to do some sick braids/hair wraps, give a ukulele lesson and share a few songs, I could teach you the ins and outs of dumpster diving, and I would love to take you climbing, even if you've never tried it before!

I would love to learn anything you're willing to teach! I'm currently trying to learn the guitar and have picked up whittling and embroidery. If you have any tips, they would be very much appreciated.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can bake a mean cake, strum a tune on my uke, carry a conversation about art/music/movies/environment issues.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Cuba, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Jamaica, Mexico, Scotland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada