CURRENT MISSION

This year, to go forward in my vision to study Psychology & to up my fitness game.

ABOUT ME

I.LOVE.LIFE.I love to travel and I love to laugh. I love my friends like they are my family and my family like they are my friends. I have passions on top of passions and if I do develop a passion about something you can almost guarantee that I will dedicate my heart & soul to it.

Music makes my heart beat and my blood flow as much as air does. I think that travel should be compulsory. Mark Twain said it better than I ever could: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”I can be very chatty but may appear quite shy on meeting new people. (I said "may").

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that life should be approached like music should be; with an open mind and open heart.

I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Help people, show them around, do my bit to show travellers a good time. Be a good citizen of planet earth. :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I did a bit of couchsurfing last time I traveled in the USA. I'm excited to meet some more new people through both hosting & surfing.

Interests

Travelling, I am the eternal gypsy / Reading / Social Justice / Art, it's my one true love - Although I never do enough of it. / Animals - Nothing beats unconditional love / Photography / Spending time with friends and family / Laughing & Smiling / Grandparents stories / Karaoke / Tanqueray / Old Style Hollywood / Equality in the face of diversity / Motorbikes / Rock and Roll Culture / Tattoos and Tattooing / Socialising......Pina Coladas and taking walks in the rain...HA!

• animals
• arts
• culture
• photography
• tattoos
• concerts
• fitness
• reading
• traveling
• music
• karaoke
• surfing
• sailing
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

You'll be sorry you asked. Who would have ever thought that the art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm and timbre or vocal or instrumental sounds would cross barriers they way that music can? It's such a massive part of my life & it is one of the many, many things that I am grateful for every single day. I am an eternal Elvis Presley fan, he was the most beautiful human to ever walk this earth. If I was to list the rest of my musical loves I would be here for a very long time. I have a totally and utterly eclectic taste in music from Bowie to Prince (he appears on most of the soundtrack to my childhood) to Chesney Hawkes or Mozart! I have big love for Juliette Lewis' music, Cher, Mary J. Blige, Bette Midler, The Bobs - Marley & Dylan, Slash - can do no wrong musically, Motley CRUE, Oasis, THE DOORS, AC/DC, Pat Benatar, KISS, The Beach Boys, The VELVET UNDERGROUND, Bach, Jeff Buckley, Dean Martin, Joni Mitchell, Placebo, Barry White, P!nk, Barbra Streisand - The woman, the myth, the voice!!, Mr Mojo Risin', THE CLASH, Britney, Nirvana, Snakepit, Wet Wet Wet, Joe Strummer, Eminem, Aerosmith, 2Pac, NWA, Celine - cheesy but true, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Nirvana, Operation MD, Ani DiFranco, Andrea Bocelli, Daniel O’Donnell, Charlotte Church, ACDC, Eazy-E, Lisa Marie Presley, Annie Lennox SCOTTISH & PROUD, BABEH! /Eurythmics, Teena Marie, Dionne Warwick, Butch Walker - UBER-GENIUS! Hendrix, Nouvelle Vague, Tegan & Sara, 2Pac, Muse, Michael Jackson, Michael Franti, SEX PISTOLS – they were my Daddy’s lullabys! Lol!, Johnny Cash, Jack Johnson, Unwritten Law, Carpenters, Rick Springfield, Barry Manilow, Rod Stewart, Frank SINATRA, Bay City Rollers, Stereophonics, Reef, India Arie, T-Rex, Kelly Clarkson, Simply Red, Pennywise, Carole King, Beethoven, Edith Piaf, The Pretty Boys, Guns 'n' Roses, 2Live Krew, The Bangles, Motley CRUE, Billy Idol, Tom Petty, Sarah Brightman, Danny Wilson, Blondie, JANES Addiction, U2, INXS, Lauryn Hill/The Fugees, Madonna, Billy Joel - GENIUS, Gipsy Kings, Mazzy *, Rancid, Travis, Amy Winehouse, Gym Class Heroes, Seal, Social D, Shirley Bassey or Burley Chassis as she's known to friends, Skid Row, Bruce Springsteen, Men at Work, Modern chart stuff..

Films - ARE A FORM OF MEDITATION! OFFICIAL MOVIE FREAK!!
The Lecter Trilogy / Beaches / Purple Rain / Pulp Fiction / Reservoir Dogs - Tarantino is a genius / Any Elvis films Even the dodgy ones / Kalifornia / Hairspray / Cabaret/ Scarface / Natural Born Killers / Gia / Almost Famous / Dirty Dancing / Serpico / A Mighty Heart / Footloose / Girl Interrupted / Taxi Driver / Grease (1 not 2 I am a purist LOL)/ From Dusk Til Dawn / In The Name of the Rose / The Godfather Trilogy - Who doesnt want to marry Vito? / Scream Trilogy / Rocky / Cocktail / The Devils Own / Labyrinth / Grafitti Bridge / The Sweetest Thing / Ferris Bueller / What's Eating Gilbert Grape / Point Break / Talladega Nights / Jaws/ Dances With Wolves / The Devil's Advocate / 1st Wives Club / Steel Magnolias / Flashdance / The Breakfast Club / Oceans /The Other Sister / Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas / Tomb Raider 1 and 2 / Funny Girl / Meet Joe Black / Sister Act/ The Way We Were / Riding in Cars With Boys / Cape Fear / Stand By Me / My Girl / Romeo Is Bleeding / A Clockwork Orange / Halloween / Fame / 8Mile / Mr and Mrs Smith / The Basketball Diaries / Meet the Fockers NOT the Parents / Exorcism of Emily Rose / Taking Lives / One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest / Taxi Driver / AND MANY MANY MORE!!! :)

Books
I believe that reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. I generally have 2 or 3 completely different genre of books going at any one time! I love random autobiographies, true stories, anything that changes the way people think....BOOKS IN GENERAL ARE A FABULOUS WAY OF ESCAPISM. Some of my favourites include: The Bible / The Profit / Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam / The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions / Conversations With God / Il Padrino / A Short History of Nearly Everything / The DaVinci Code / Demons and Angels / Misery / Anything Tolkien / Breaking Open the Head / Unleash The Power Within / In A Sunburned Country / Silence of the Lambs / To Kill A Mockingbird / The Art of The Female Orgasm / S.A.T.C / Conversations With God / 7 Habits of A Highly Effective Person / You Can Heal Your Life / The Road Less Travelled / The Time Travellers Wife / Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman / The Truth About Diamonds / The Secret / Chicken Soup for the Soul / Huckleberry Finn / Letters From Young Activists / One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest / Kiss and Tell / Seven Highly Effective... / Who Says Elephants Cant Dance / Humble Pie / Drop Dead Beautiful.......TO NAME A FEW!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I wouldn't know where to start about the wonders that I have seen and experiences but, the energy front row at a rock concert always amazes me.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to learn and am open to learning about a number of things. I am happy to pass on knowledge of anything that I know, that people want to know about. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom