CURRENT MISSION

To explore alternatives... To everything :)

ABOUT ME

My name is Monica
Age: 28
Talents: Fire eating, Fire breathing, Dance, Hula Hooping, Acroyoga, crocheting, juggling, writing, being charming. I have so many more.

I want to learn to cook. I'm really interested in Nutrition & Agriculture.

A Brief Life Bio:
After high school I took a semester at the University of Arizona. Then two semesters at the Coconino County Community College. Meanwhile, getting involved in the circus and spending two years working at The Home Depot. Then I quit HD, donated all my shit (except my books and some clothes) and started hitch hiking around this country.

Hitch Hiking 1.0 (Summer '11)
Flagstaff, AZ - Los Angeles - Las Vegas - Salt Lake City - Denver/Colorado Springs - Kansas City, MO - (4 days on the back of a motorcycle) Badlands National Park - Mount Rushmore - Custer State Park - Crazy Horse - Devil's Tower - Yellowstone - Grand Teton National Park - Salt Lake City.

Hitch Hiking 2.0 (1/7/12 - 06/2012)
Flagstaff - Tucson, AZ - San Diego - Camp Pendleton - LA - Malibu - Santa Barbara - San Luis Obispo - Paso Robles - Monterey - Santa Cruz - Bay Area - Fairfield - Tahoe - Ukiah - Mendocino - Ft. Bragg - Humboldt Redwoods SP - Eureka/Arcata - Eugene - Cougar Hot Springs - Portland - Seattle - Olympic NP - Seattle - Boise, ID - SLC - Flagstaff - Sequoia NP - Yosemite NP - San Fran - Redwood Grove - Medford, OR - Applegate - Crater Lake - Bend - Portland - Sasquatch Music Festival - Boise - SLC - Flagstaff (END).

Then I lived near Napa, CA doing catering there for the fall season. After that I took a bus over the border to Mexico City and spent about a month there before heading south for the Oaxacan coast for a few days. Then while traveling through San Cristobal I was convinced to stay for a few more days.

Then (See Amazing Thing in your life) I live in Guatemala for about three months. Make a friend that I traveled to El Salvador and Honduras with, then after getting robbed in Honduras we fly to Florida with the dream of going to BC, Canada in one month. So, we hitch all the way there (through the south, to AZ, up the coast of California to BC and don't get in for various reasons (the main one being that Canada hates us) so we go to N. Dakota (don't ask why), and turn around and go back to Cali, then turn back around and go through Utah and Colorado to Chicago and Detroit to get into Ontario (where she has family) and I change my mind at the border because I decide I hate Canada. So I go back to Cali. That's where I am now. :) Haha. I'm going to Colombia en enero.

PHILOSOPHY

Love. Kindness. Open Communication.

Be comfortable with yourself. Be friendly. Don't steal. Don't fuck with other people. I like to be minimalistic, but I understand if you're the opposite, I just think it's easier. Ride a bike more, there's no excuse not to unless you're broken.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting, Surfing, Meetings/Gatherings.

When I remain stationary I'd like to create more events and groups. I also want to become an Ambassador. :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm gonna try to put all the people I've Hosted/Surfed. (Try & Fail. I suck :-p)

really awful at that ^gave up like ten years ago

Hosted
Jimmy - St. Louis
DeJahn - Minnesota
Franzi - Germany
Johannes - Germany
Bojan - Croatia

Surfed
Dylan - Tucson
Eric - San Diego
Carina - San Diego
Aaron - San Diego
Nathaniel - San Diego
Hunter - San Diego
Kevin - Encinitas
Brahm/Lisa - Santa Monica
Zaq - Santa Monica
Chris - Malibu
Quinn - Santa Barbara
Alex - Santa Barbara
Wes - Santa Barbara
Finn - San Luis Obispo
Serena - Paso Robles
Brian - Monterey
Hillary - Santa Cruz
Daniel - San Jose
Errik - Oakland
CCAT - Arcata

Interests

Fire perfoming: Fire eating, breathing, fire poi, etc.
Juggling, watching netflix, eating food, playing bop-it, reading and enhancing our knowledge of this big world around us.
I like tea and gushers and string cheese and music a lot. I wish I were better at art, I try to practice.

• arts
• writing
• books
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• cheese
• flying
• clothing
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• hunting
• surfing
• agriculture

Music, Movies, and Books

JK Rowling, JRR Tolkien, Alan Watts, George Orwell, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

These are gonna be great stories for me to spend hours telling you... but know that i make what society calls "bad decsions" and it results in hilarious anecdotes. :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I'll teach you anything I can do. Just ask me.

I want to learn to cook. It's been a goal of mine for awhile.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Guatemala, Indonesia, New Zealand, United States