CURRENT MISSION

The best parts of ourselves are the ones too good to give away, until we do.

ABOUT ME

I love honesty and openness and will fall in love with anyone who isn't afraid to be either. It's the rare moments when you're lying on a bridge contemplating your own existence in a non-existential crisis that leaves the world utterly breathtaking. So I contemplate and do what my soul rhythmically prompts my body to do, like art or travel, cooking or loving. Spontaneity is the key to life, and I embrace it.

I don't know how to read music, but my soul skips a beat when I hear something beautiful.

I learned English through American infomercials.

I just bought a piano and guitar and am in the process of being a world-renowned musician...But that's probably not going to work out because my impediment is not being able to read music, but who needs to right?! Just feeeeel it.

I also like anything grilled. I'm also short so save your jokes... just kiddddding... grill away.

PHILOSOPHY

I love philosophical/intellectual conversations. I have been told that I possess the great ability to push people to think outside their own beliefs. Not tooting my own metaphorical horn here but I most probably would toot a real horn if I had one.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Few but anything's possible.

Interests

people, KIDS, subtle accents, subtlety, bluntness, the arts, music, guava, nawlins', kisses and hugs, vipassana, 'da cosmos, sunsets/rises, calligraphy, piano, singing, little darlin' kids, volunteering, pool of the 8-ball variety, palm reading, flan, snow, old book smells, johnny depp, movie palaces and film festivals, hibiscus, 1st 2nd & 3rd dates, large bodies of water, small bodies of water, PIANO, mountains, streams, rivers, the patella, guitar

• arts
• books
• singing
• festivals
• film festivals
• cooking
• working out
• reading
• traveling
• billiards
• music
• guitar
• piano
• outdoor activities
• swimming
• calligraphy
• volunteering
• beaches
• lakes
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

GRATEFUL DEAD, bluegrass, folk, anything string-related (mandolins to guitars to orchestras), FUNK!, Jazz (of the classy stomp your feet and wiggle your body variety), Coltrane ohhhh OH!

Honestly, if you throw something at me, I'd probably like it, though I hate chit-chat (even though I'm quite pleased to inform you all that I am indeed spectacular at it).

People are often shocked to hear that I don't read now, but I did once, and I liked Dostoevsky.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sunsets over water
Sleeping outdoors: beaches, rocks, lakes
All-nighters with new best friends
Swimming in opal blue waterfalls
Connecting in this rarely acknowledged interconnected world of ours

Teach, Learn, Share

Exchange of world views and ways of living a more lively and fruitful existence. And gosh darnnit LAUGH for once.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, France, Guatemala, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States, Viet Nam