CURRENT MISSION

live deliberately and precariously

ABOUT ME

i am a statistician, so you know straight away that i am fun.

PHILOSOPHY

"The voyage of discovery lies not in finding new landscapes, but in having new eyes" ~Marcel Proust
"You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give." ~Winston Churchill

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

have had some great experiences while traveling. now i am eager to have people surf my couch.

Interests

learning, but also teaching, music, art, reading, snowboarding, rock climbing, hiking, camping, dancing (especially swing dancing...and i have ventured into the world of tap and ballet, but don't ask me to perform...it has been much too long), cooking, wine, meeting new people

• arts
• performing arts
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• swing dancing
• cooking
• wine
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• camping
• snowboarding
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: anything funny, touching, thought-provoking. some of my favorites are Shawshank Redemption, Memento, Little Miss Sunshine, Cinema Paradiso, Glory
MUSIC: too many artists to name. but here are a few...Arcade Fire, The Shins, Radiohead, Pinback, Glen Phillips, Bloc Party, Phoenix, Death Cab for Cutie, The Black Keys, Spoon, Xavier Rudd, The Roots, Citizen Cope, Interpol, Depeche Mode, The Clash, The Cure, The Smiths, The White Stripes, Thievery Corporation, Balkan Beat Box, The Sounds, Ella Fitzgerald
BOOKS: The Kite Runner, Life of Pi, Parasites Like Us, The Sun Also Rises, Blink, anything by Vonnegut.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

kilimanjaro!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Botswana, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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