CURRENT MISSION

to freak out my parents as much as possible by delaying getting a real job for as long as I can

ABOUT ME

I finished my B.S. from Vanderbilt University (located in Nashville, TN, USA) in German and Child Studies in 2006, spent a year teaching in China, worked at a uni in Atlanta for a year, and am starting school again this fall in community development.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed quite a bit in China and also offered some advice for people looking to move to or travel in China. I never could convince anyone to make the trip to Weihai, though I'm open to hosting people now in Nashville.

Interests

tennis, languages, travel, people, music, reading, dancing

• dancing
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• tennis
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Life is Beautiful, Forrest Gump, The Royal Tennenbaums, Rushmore, Annie Hall, What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Music:
The Features, Privates, Self, Josh Rouse, Songs: Ohia, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Kweller, Coldplay, John Vanderslice, Spoon, Travis, Stephen Malkmus, Rilo Kiley, Wilco, "Mandy" by Barry Manilow, David Hasselhoff

Books:
East of Eden, The Moon is Down, The Ugly American, Fahrenheit 451, Breakfast of Champions (Vonnegut), A Clockwork Orange, Ballad of the Sad Cafe (McCullers), Franny and Zooey, The Clown (Boell)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

gotten stuck in a blizzard while hiking Germany's Zugspitze; taken a 7-week road trip across North America to Alaska; decided at 7pm Friday night to take a weekend road trip to Chicago (it was like 8 hours away); pushed a bus for 8 hours in the snow in Yunnan.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States

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