CURRENT MISSION

To prepare myself for a new adventure!

ABOUT ME

I'm just this girl, a wannabe wordslinger who is always fighting back the urge to charge off on another adventure.

PHILOSOPHY

My Four Truths

1. It's all part of the journey.

2. I don't have much, but what I have I have to share.

3. Regardless of where, who, or what you are, we're all in this together.

4. There is an epic adventure everyday, and there is treasure everywhere (yes, I did get that last one from Calvin and Hobbes).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf, I host, I donate.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Bah! Italy, London, and all around Ireland. It was amazing, and I loved every minute of it. From playing Coppit in London to drinking Guinness in Strandhill while watching Ireland beat England at rugby, everyone I met has been a true delight. I've also hosted a couple times, and it has been thoroughly rewarding.

Interests

Movies, music (playing, listening, and conversing about until the wee hours of the morning), 20th century literature (with a great emphasis on Kerouac and the Beats), history, Shakespeare and amateur theatre, the outdoors, quilting, wine, cooking, the history and quirks of wherever I'm settled at a particular time, and tons of little side projects that change too rapidly to be listed here.

• literature
• cooking
• wine
• drinking
• movies
• crochet
• knitting
• music
• outdoor activities
• rugby
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Films - Most things by the Coens, all things by Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Cameron Crowe, and PT Anderson, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine, Motorcycle Diaries, Children of Men

Music - Aimee Mann, the Indigo Girls, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, the Mountain Goats, Bright Eyes, Elliot Smith, Sufjan Stevens, My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams

Books - Kerouac, Hemingway, Faulkner, Steinbeck, Russell Banks, A Visitation of Spirits, the Passion, and well-written books on history. I like history. A lot.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Stood naked on a mountaintop in Maine. Pure life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can make this dish called hoppin' john and apparently, according to my friend Kara and the folks in Cork, a good risotto. That, and I can knit and crochet. And I can tell you all about American masculinity issues, especially from the Great Depression to the seventies.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States

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