CURRENT MISSION

to learn how to be a good farmer, live in mountains and valleys, eating

ABOUT ME

... these make me sort of uncomfortable, and writing profiles always makes me seem/feel more quiet than I think I really am. i like simple food and complex conversation, awe-inspiring beauty and the human body. laughing is the best!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

maybe not specifically in CS, but i have hitched, rideshared, made buddies through craigslist and done some couchsurfing. i have been amazingly lucky in trusting the human spirit and met some incredible people on my travels.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

in bismarck, ND and seattle, WA on my way out west, summer 2009.

then with boi,clint,&noah in madison, WI... best CS experience ever as i will now be living with them this summer...

Interests

plants and soil. critters. bicycles. bodies bodies bodies. deconstructing normative gender&sexuality conventions. "tradition and modernity". stories. how to make stuff, especially food. dancing like wildfire when i feel like it.

• writing
• folklore
• beauty
• dancing
• dining
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

books um...lolita (nabokov), dharma bums (kerouac), some kurt vonnegut, also mary oliver and e.e.cummings, roald dahl, derrick jensen.

as far as music goes i like to dance to electronic musak (the knife, alaska in winter, animal collective, etc.) and sing to the smiths and belle & sebastian.

food is more important than movies, sooo... i eat veggies and fruit and hummus. i like making bread and soup, preferably breadsoup.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

6 days in olympic national park in washington state, september 09.

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