CURRENT MISSION

to travel, have fun, meet new ppl, have new experiences, keep loving this beautiful life:)

ABOUT ME

About to go on walkabout again..."travel excitement adventure, here today gone tomorrow!" (Toad: Wind in the Willows)
currently figuring stuff out and working my way towards an Interior Design profession that will hopefully one day give birth to a non profit devoted to helping women and children, and a fabulous sparkly life (well...even more fabulous and more sparkly;)
have a close family and lots of wonderful crazy friends
busy trying to find inspiration for my future profession,
have traveled a bit, i'm afraid i haven't got it all figured out yet
believe in the power of a positive attitude and of visualization,
negative people get on my nerves a bit,
am a democrat/liberal/truth seeker,
i think people don't always do things in the smartest way... we could all use a good talking to!!
hmmm... have an identical twin sister, natalie, who i'm very close to (obsessed with)
Have 2 little rescue doggies who I'm also obsessed with.
... guess that's it for now

PHILOSOPHY

"You don't want to miss the poetry in all of that."

-Moley (wind in willows):)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hopefully by bringing something to the table everywhere i go:) whether it be a smile or a nice meal or a new perspective or some happy fresh energy

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met and become friends with lots and lots of amazing and generous people all over the place! it's even helped me get closer to my Asheville community:)
I looove it when you end up staying with someone, and you can offer them something that they need too! feels so good:)

Interests

ummm....
i love being outside, i love reading fiction, i love meeting new people, i love snowy nights, i loooove travel, i love interior design, cultural studies, i smile too much i guess (people assume it's not genuine but it is...), i'm kinda goofy, i like to be efficient, i love good music, love love love a good show, love old movies... red wine...cooking...love my friends... close to my family, love living in Asheville, it's a wonderful city, love dogs, love NPR I'm too interested in politics, currently love Obama:) love shopping (for books and sparkly things mostly)...dancing... am obsessed with dancing..:)
love cozy coffee shops, like working out...love new experiences, new places, helping ppl if i can, love love firesides:)

• dogs
• books
• poetry
• design
• interior design
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• coffee
• working out
• partying
• shopping
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• kayaking
• cultural studies

Music, Movies, and Books

nelly furtado, tool, tori amos, nine inch nails, matthew good, sound team, passion pit, florence and the machine, poalo nutini, the cure, anything 80's, dance music, timbaland, vast, empire of the sun, bjork, spoon, pheonix, yeah yeah yeahs, ok go, the weeknd
robert jordan, self help stuff is fun, diana gabaldan, anything dean koontz, jane austen, bronte sisters, kenneth grahame, a.a. milne
ps i love you, labyrinth, dark crystal, wedding crashers, anything british, jane eyre, monty python stuff, tristan and isolde, 28 days later, Penelope, Wind in the Willows....Mary Poppins..:) secret garden, a little princess, anything happy and beautiful:)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hmmm, lotsa stuff,
the twin towers before they went away, new orleans before it went away, france, germany, ireland, spain, amsterdam, italy, costa rica, canada, england, scotland, morocco, sahara... I had tea with Ewan McGregor and some friends on my 4th day traveling to the UK... yeah, that was weird (and awesome!) :) lots of crazy experiences in lots of cool places, so many good amazing people! so little time:)

Teach, Learn, Share

ok, PACK LIGHT!!!!!!! omg, it makes such a difference. women need to be careful! don't trust people that you don't know, remember, most people are good, but SOME ARE NOT GOOD. have a travel buddy, use common sense, GO TO KAYAK.com!!!! they are the cheapest way to go!(also try Mobissimo.com) hostels aren't any good for parties of 3 or more, unless you are in it for the community, you can usually find a hotel or something for the same price.
pack snacks, stuff that isn't so good in real life is fantastico when you are stuck on a train with no food.
buy toiletries once you get where you are going!! no sense in dragging it around. if you can afford to do it, send stuff that you buy back to your place instead of dragging it around. a pint in ireland is not the same as a pint in the U.S.:)
hehe
what else. oh yeah, just because a person is from the united states, doesn't mean that they agree with the U.S. agenda! And while americans are, more often than not, very eager to please, we can also be capable and intelligent, we were just raised with weird social standards, so please don't judge us just because we are from here, i'm sick of having to pretend that i'm from canada so i don't get into pointless arguements, usually we are on the same page:)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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