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Decatur, Georgia, United States
@MIKA2020
Member since 2011
CURRENT MISSION Differentiating between all the southern accents. ABOUT ME RPCV living in Decatur and doing science related things. Living with a couple friends, making delicious food. PHILOSOPHY Get weird.
Interested in Bars
Fluent in English
Learning French
Pioneer Badge
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Hosted in Senegal. I may be able to host now on weekends. But I'm always up for coffee or a drink. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I've been lucky enough to host and be hosted by some wonderful Couchsurfers! Send me an email if you would like to chat or connect.
Music, Movies, and Books
Movies: Jurassic Park, Eastern Promises, Mysterious Skin, Inception, In Bruges, Zoolander, Children of Men Music: Vampire Weekend, Bastille, Glass Animals, Diplo, Alabama Shakes, Cool Kids. Books: Narcissus and Goldmund, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Into the Wild, The Magicians, Born to Run, Dead Aid, Omnivore's Dilemma.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Explained each book of the Twilight series to my Senegalese brother in Pulaar. Swam with hippos. Introducing all my couchsurfing friends to my host family. (They eventually thought I was just super popular in the states)
Teach, Learn, Share
"It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement." - Narcissus and Goldmund
What I Can Share With Hosts
A good joke and a bottle of wine.
My Interests
Good food, good people, good jokes, and dancing.