CURRENT MISSION

I don't know that I can change the world, but gosh darn it I'd like to make a dent.

ABOUT ME

I'll never turn down the opportunity to hear a really thrilling shark story. Snakes count too.

PHILOSOPHY

I try to live my life in a way that I'll have a great story to tell at the end of it all

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm just here to find and create a sense of community no matter where I am...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Some of the best natured people I've encountered have been through couchsurfing. When I moved away from home for the first time, I really embraced CSing to not only get to know a strange new place, but to find and build a community of people who all seemed to seek a common yet unspoken goal...

Interests

1. Dancing
2. Writing in a paper journal and beginning every entry with 5 things I'm grateful for.
3. Working on some sort of craft (all things DIY-- from cupcakes to quilts)
4. Daily walks. There's few complications in life that can't be eased by the end of a long walk.
5. Trying something new daily. I know curiosity kills the cat, but I just haven't been keeping up with how many lives I have left:)
6. Surfing when I can, but just being immersed in water is good enough. I'm not picky about this either... I'll do black water or public swimming pools... (but obviously prefer the ocean)

Music, Movies, and Books

Books-
Moby Dick
Life of Pi
Capital
Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Stuff by-
Khaled Hosseini
Barbara Kingsolver

Movie- The Fall

Music- oh boy. always in and out of bands. always looking to jam

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-interviewed the prime minister of Samoa
-chased juvenile delinquents through the rain and mud of a North Carolina forest in the middle of the night like Xena or a female version of MacGuyver (?)
-lost my retainer at a Wendys, drove two hours away, went right back to go dumpster diving and FOUND IT!

Teach, Learn, Share

Can Teach:
-how to make a kickass tent using natural materials
-natural remedies for common ailments
-how to heeltoe, poplockitdropit, dougie, jerk and other urban dances
-how to effectively restrain a hormonally imbalanced adolescent without getting socked in the jaw
-farming with Polynesian canoe plants (and maybe even a little on basic western-style agriculture)
-drum circle facilitation techniques
-ukulele, mandolin, and "shitty guitar" (it's a style)
-marimba and other mallet instruments

Would like to learn:
Languages! I love learning languages!
whatever YOU know how to do best

Countries I’ve Visited

American Samoa, Argentina, Belize, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Samoa, South Korea, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Samoa, United States

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