CURRENT MISSION

carpe diem!

ABOUT ME

Eclectic musician/writer/traveller/poet, romancer of city lights and bloody sunsets, appreciator of beauty in the seemingly meaningless/mundane of life and indulger(ess) of experiences.The name's Michelle and I study the pipe organ. I got my Bachelor's in May (2012) and completed my Master's of Music in May, 2014. I recently moved from Pittsburgh to Seattle and I currently work as a professional musician in the Pike/Pine area.

I speak Spanish because I lived in Spain. Hablo español porque vivía en España.I speak German because I lived in Germany. Ich spreche Deutsch, weil ich in Deutschland gelebt habe.I speak English because I live(d) in the U.S.A. My pupillary distance is 58 millimeters and there's a tiny soy sauce stain on my favorite jacket. I cannot drink a straw-less beverage while walking. Honestly, I have no clue how other people do it. I'm also hopelessly obsessed with old maps.(we gotta get outta this place)

PHILOSOPHY

Science rules?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I bounced around Europe in 2011 a lot and had some really fantastic couch-surfing encounters there. Such a great concept!

Interests

Making mischief, eating edamame, jammin (, man), creating pretty little things and then destroying them, inflating balloons, wondering what you're thinking

• writing
• poetry
• beauty
• wine
• walking
• drinking
• flowers
• music
• surfing
• cartography
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors: Tom Robbins, Palahniuk (sorry, but Survivor actually did bring me to tears--how?), Dave Eggers, Michael Cunningham, T.S. Eliot, Milan Kundera, Jonathan Safran Foer, Allen GinsbergMovies: Triplets of Belleville, Shortbus, Northfork, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Memento, Imitation of Life, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Juno, Wristcutters, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Into the Wild, I am Love (I have a crush on Tilda Swinton; say whatever you may), A Zed and Two Noughts, Pan's Labyrinth, Only, Catfish, Midnight in Paris, Vicky Christina Barcelona, Manhattan Murder Mystery, other Woody Allen stuffMusic: Django Reinhardt, Andrew Bird, 41st and Home, Local Natives, Tune-yards, Becca Stevens, Hindemith, Charlie Parker, Dirty Projectors,The Notwist, Deftones, Smashing Pumpkins, Mars Volta, Fleet Foxes, Killswitch Engage, Lujuria (high school memories), Miles Davis, Imogen Heap, Massive Attack (their music = sex), Sufjan Stevens, Count Basie, Sigur Ros (I can feel my thoughts float), Bartok, Stravinsky, Messiaen (wild sound world), Bach, Milton Babbitt (I dare you), Durufle, Autechre, Eins Zwo, Fettes Brot, Xiu Xiu, Gentle Giant, the very occasional dubstep and Israeli trance (Infected Mushroom), 80's synth stuff, Hiromi Uehara and other progressive jazz, foot-tapping Oscar Peterson boogies, the list goes on and on....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have way too many bizarre experiences and memories that I wouldn't trade for the world.

Ah, but these stories are for campfires and a glass of wine.
visited 26 states (11.5%)Create your own visited map of The World

Teach, Learn, Share

I can offer wine, witty banter, life observations, short poems/prose, poorly-arranged flower bouquets, flail-like dances, dodecaphonic analyses, fake aboriginal chants, and a myriad of other completely practical things to my hosts/guests.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Mexico, Spain, United States

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