Good god! Am I that old already?

I am a pain in the ass do gooder. I can't help it.

Strengths: I read alot, I like to cook.

Weaknesses: I spend too much time on the internet, like brussel sprouts and liver

Special Skills: I can talk people into helping me do hard stuff: moving, making movies, taking out the trash, cleaning my apartment, etc...

Weapons: Shampoo plus conditioner combos.

Things that make me cry: Hallmark commercials, grown men being all sad, the annihilation of native peoples, USA losing at the World Cup, fibromyalgia... I am a little crazy, what with the lies and all....

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Stayed on plenty of couches and I'll always be grateful for the kindness of strangers. Plus I love meeting new people!

Interests

• books
• movies
• music
• live music
• television
• fandom

Music, Movies, and Books

The Cure
The Wickerman (1973)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Harry Potter and the ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Gosh I've had a lot of amazing opportunities it's hard to pick one!Living in the same town as Mountain Stage and getting the opportunity to see so many great bands and performing artists in an intimate setting as been fantastic! REM, Violent Femmes, Billy Bragg, Texas Tornados, David Childers, Todd Burge, Robyn Hitchcock, and so many more...

Among the luminaries who appeared on Mountain Stage before they were famous or whose first national-exposure in the US on Mountain Stage are Sarah McLachlan, Norah Jones, Crash Test Dummies, Barenaked Ladies, Ben Harper, Paula Cole, Nickel Creek, Cassandra Wilson, Counting Crows, Phish and R.E.M., which is the band that gave Mountain Stage its first national exposure.

Over the years, the show has featured such international luminaries as Phish, Barenaked Ladies, Galactic, Bruce Hornsby, the Derek Trucks Band, Chris Thile, Bell X-1, Judy Collins, They Might Be Giants, Norah Jones, Hubert Sumlin & Pinetop Perkins, Charles Brown, Martina McBride, Little Big Town, Amos Lee, Joan Baez, Jakob Dylan and Regina Spektor, as well as Kathy Mattea, Tim O'Brien and over a hundred West Virginia artists.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States