CURRENT MISSION

To share life and experiences with people... to learn, to teach, to grow.

ABOUT ME

Right now my life fits me perfectly. I have wonderful friends and a great home, I am learning such interesting and amazing things at University, and I feel great!
I've traveled quite a bit in the past few years, and plan on doing a lot more, probably until I can't physically do it.
I love music and I'm always interested in learning about new stuff and sharing what I enjoy. I play a bit of guitar, and love to jam.
I believe in good energy and have a lot of faith in people... there is still a whole lot of good in this world, and I think we forget that far too often.

PHILOSOPHY

I just want to share what I love in life. There's nothing sweeter than shared experience... it's more than just doing the same thing, or having a sip or a toke, it's learning a little bit about yourself, the other person and the world.
I try to never limit positive energy. Even with something as simple as telling a stranger that I like their coat instead of not saying anything. I think society has us second guessing ourselves and stifling expressions of love and positivity because it might be considered socially improper.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I couch surfed through Europe in 2009, which was AMAZING! Since then I've not been in a position to host, but now I am and I'm super excited to share my city with some lovely people!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Summer 2009 I was a couch surfer and had some absolutely amazing hosts. I honestly did not have one bad surfing experience! I want to make that happen for other people now!

Interests

Everything that I love involves learning, but I'm coming to realize that life is learning, there's not much to it after you let your mind stop growing.
More specifically, I enjoy music, good (and a few bad) movies, books that feel like brain candy and that you fantasize about when you're apart, guitar, longboarding, going on long rambling walks, sitting in parks, telling stories.

• books
• photography
• vegan
• partying
• movies
• knitting
• origami
• music
• live music
• guitar
• surfing
• volunteering
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

I have a super eclectic taste with most things in life. There is not a whole lot of any of this that I don't enjoy. Show me something and we'll talk!
Favorites include:
Movies - Mermaids, Lord of the Rings, Black Snake Moan, Empire Records, I'm Not There
Bands/Artists - Laura Marling, Mumford and Sons, Joanna Newsom, Karen Dalton, Hawksley Workman
Books - The End of Mr. Y - Scarlett Thomas, Still Life with Woodpecker - Tom Robbins, The Stranger - Albert Camus, On The Road - Jack Kerouac, This is All - Aiden Chambers

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

While couch surfing in Berlin I decided to stay an extra day and it turned out to be the best day ever! We started the day with a vegan brunch which was outstanding, and then went to Mauerpark to chill for the day and enjoyed quite a bit of sunshine and live music, then we went to the couch surfing volunteer project and had a big cuddle party while we watched a Monty Python movie on a projection screen. I think we ended the night there. It was just an amazing day with no schedule and not a care in the world. Ahhh I miss it just thinking about it.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach some guitar, longboarding, silly things like knitting and origami, photography, I have a tonne of good music to share and I love to talk about anything.

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