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Overview

  • 62 references 46 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 47, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • seeking, traveling, learning...and making sandwiches.
  • ucla class of '99
  • From woodland hills, CA USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

i follow the music.

ABOUT ME

i grew up and lived in/around l.a. my entire life, save a few precious travels. a couple years ago i decided to chuck the west coast life to seek out my fortune on the east coast...and by fortune i mean figuring out what to do with myself in the present and future. not the past, though. i'm too busy re-energizing to bother with time travel nonsense. so what should i do with the rest of my life? circus performer? guerrilla artist? hot-dog eating contest champion? investment banker? feel free to weigh in. i just might do it. until someone gives me some appropriate instruction on that matter (oh FINE, i'll figure it out myself), i'm trying to just enjoy myself. i spend all my money on travel, music, and occasionally delicious things to eat and drink. i live with

*so all this sojourning has completely changed my life direction, and i am becoming a permanent east-coast resident (for now). on the docket: month-long road trip east-west, following my favorite band up the west coast, working on a farm in the pacific northwest for the summer, then moving to boston. if you fall within that triangulation, let's join forces!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

surfed some awesome couches, done road trips and events with local surfers, and hosting too. i do it all, man. it's ALL awesome.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i've been surfing for 3 years, and hosting for 2. you can read the references section for specific examples...there are too many special ones to single any out!

Interests

  • dogs
  • drinking
  • traveling
  • music
  • surfing
  • road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

so so much music. my music collection tends towards artists who have folksy roots, no matter where their influences have taken them. i am in love with a multitude of artists, but tend to obsess about one particular at a time (at present it is the avett brothers). when it comes to the live music...well, i love it in all genres and forms. a classical instrumental metal band in a smoky club, an orchestra in a field, 10 bagpipers on a truckbed, a lone harmonica player on my couch. i love anything that makes me dance, whether those movements actually look like dancing or just frenzied jumping and spinning about. i love the banjo. and accordion. and fiddle. i will travel to far off places to see performances. i love when friends old or new teach me about their favorite artists, and are open to hearing mine.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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