CURRENT MISSION

Transitioning back to life in the States after living in Amsterdam for a semester.

ABOUT ME

I am an easygoing girl from Chicago, IL, USA. I have played the violin since I was eight years old, but my favorite music to listen to is classic rock. In college, I've begun playing bluegrass and jazz violin as well.
I haven't traveled very much outside of the States thus far in my life, but I plan on making up for that now! I went to Israel in June of '08 and fell in love with the country. I plan on going back soon. (I'm not sure how yet.) From September through December of '08, I lived and studied music in Amsterdam. I loved the city life and everything that's unique about the "sin city." Now I am either home in Chicago, or at school in a small town in Ohio.

PHILOSOPHY

Basically, live life to the fullest, live for yourself and for your beliefs rather than some one else's, relish every moment of every day.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am new to the couchsurfing community, but I hope to do a lot of traveling in the near future and couchsurf as often as possible.

Interests

music, friends, chilling, partying, exploring, creative writing, being philosophical, being outside (in nice weather), Lake Michigan, any beach, laughing, making people laugh, Vientam War movies, the 1960s, going out and having fun, freeing my mind, living life!

• writing
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• violin
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Almost Famous, Across the Universe, The Blues Brothers, Forest Gump, Dazed and Confused, Blow, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Wizard of Oz, Clueless, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Rocky, Carrie, IT, Full Metal Jacket, Wayne's World, Home Alone, About a Boy, Bridget Jones's Diary, When Harry Met Sally...

Music: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Funk, Love, and the Hot Potatoes, Blind Melon, The Rolling Stones, Ten Years After, Bob Marley, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Sublime, the Beatles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Guns 'N Roses, Velvet Revolver, Aerosmith, Nirvana, Queen, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Motley Crue, Sheryl Crow, Dixie Chicks, Simon and Garfunkel, Michael Jackson, The Black Crowes, Kings of Leon, Cake, She Wants Revenge, Dave Matthews Band, Blues Traveler, Nickel Creek, The Steeldrivers, almost all classic rock, 90's rock, blues, bluegrass, and most rap.

Books: Dandelion Wine, The Catcher in the Rye, The Source, Ishmael, Going After Cacciatto, Reefer Madness

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Israel, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States