CURRENT MISSION

to figure out a way to simultaneously travel to all the places i want to see while staying in touching range of my nearest and dearest. and find the best dark chocolate on the planet

ABOUT ME

i'm a public health dork and i never thought i'd end up leaving my hometown and somehow have managed to live in multiple countries in the past five years. strange. i like cheese and chocolate and chocolate cheese (it exists, i promise). i challenge all participants in arguments and debates to dance battles, because that's how things in the world really SHOULD be decided. i'm completely anal about spelling yet have only the most casual interest in grammar. and, like all ladies my age these days, i love to knit.

PHILOSOPHY

don't put things off til tomorrow because that's not guaranteed.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just joined on up.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i've not couchsurfed yet, but am itching to try it out. probably in Washington DC very soon when I relocate there...

Interests

knitting, fake boyfriends, america's next top model, writing, reading, telling people i like hiking when really i like walking, cultures, aquariums, religion, eating

• culture
• writing
• dancing
• chocolate
• cheese
• modeling
• walking
• trivia
• reading
• traveling
• crochet
• knitting
• hiking
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: y tu mama tambien, maria full of grace, secretary, pride & prejudice, heathers, high fidelity, brotherhood of the wolf, the piano teacher, city of god, ocean's eleven....... on and on and on

Music: Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, Floetry, Blackalicious, Lucinda Williams, Jean Grae, Rain (Bi in Korea), Shiina Ringo

Books: no god but God, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, The Octopus and the Orangutan, Outlander

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i swam with an elephant. makes me smile every time i think about it.

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach how to knit a little, how to make excellent veggie pancakes, and and and... random trivia about american pop culture.

i want to learn more about religions, how to make nice tortillas, and how to crochet. the hook confuses me.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Ethiopia, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, United States