CURRENT MISSION

To experience the world through travel, conversation, food, language and laughter whether traveling myself or hosting travelers.

ABOUT ME

I'm open minded, adventurous and fun loving. Love traveling but can't afford as often as I'd like. I love meeting new people and showing off the city I'm from, live and thrive in.

PHILOSOPHY

Do it while you can as well as you can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My home is open to the right couch surfer and I would love to see your town through a local's eyes.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted to some incredibly amazing people and have gone on outings with couchsurfers based in Portland. I haven't used this site officially for my own surfing but I'm no stranger to sleeping on couches from New York to Santiago, Chile via my personal network of friends and acquaintances.

Interests

Laughing, cooking, comedy, reading, hiking, music, travel, language, writing, life.

• culture
• writing
• dining
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• surfing
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Radiohead, Modest Mouse, The Shins, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Bright Eyes, Dave Matthews, Fleetwood Mac, Neutral Milk Hotel, Muse, The White Stripes, The Eels, Incubus, Oasis, The Pixies, Red Hot Chili Peppers, M. Ward, David Russell, Justin King, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Stroke 9, Sister Hazel, Acceptance, The Honorary Title, Flyleaf, Maroon 5, Tim Reynolds, Big Baby Jesus, Sean Mullins, Mat Kearney, One Republic, Brandi Carlile, Augustana, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Kanye West, Keegan Smith, Weinland, Bare Naked Ladies.

Books: Trading Up, Lipstick Jungle, 4 Blondes, Million Little Pieces, My Friend Leonard, Carrie, Christine, Salem's Lot, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, Lyric, all Dan Brown, Anne Rice, Stephen King, Chuck Pahluniuk, Tweak, Beautiful Boy. The Happy Hooker (I'm not even kidding) The Davinci Code, Angels and Demons, Silvia Plath, Captivating, Memoirs of A Geisha, Twilight series, Tales of a Female Nomad, Sellevision.

Movies: The Royal Tenenbaums, Amelie, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror, Bottle Rocket, pretty much anything Will Ferrell does. Old School (duh), Wedding Crashers, Swingers, Requiem for a Dream, House of Sand and Fog, Dawn of the Dead, The Anniversary Party, 30 Days of Night, Factory Girl, Sex and the City, The Strangers, Aspen Extreme, The Descent, Sex and Breakfast, The Neverending Story, Hocus Pocus, Cabin Fever, The Nines, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Wrong Turn, The Breakfast Club, The Lost Boys, Steal This Movie, Burn Afer Reading, Last House on the Left, 7 Pounds

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I try to be altruistic and enjoy activities, such as volunteering, to meet new, like minded people. I've traveled to Norway, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Chile and all over the US. Every place I go I'm hungry to learn everything I can about the region, the people and the culture.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a two time cancer survivor and have learned an incredible amount about myself, other people and our society from my experience. I also do stand up comedy and would love to share some of the great talent Portland has in comedy right now. Come to a show!

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