CURRENT MISSION

To experience European literature, history, culture, and of course food and wine!

ABOUT ME

The first thing people notice about me is normally my height! I am exactly five feet tall and I probably won't grow again, haha. I love making friends and I love to listen to their stories! In my spare time I enjoy reading, and watching television and movies. I also LOVE to get in discussions about what I've read and seen. I am a generally happy person and very easy to get along with.

PHILOSOPHY

You should be able to live your life exactly the way you want to, as long as you don't infringe on anyone else's rights to do the same. Whatever makes you happy!

I consider myself both a feminist and a humanist, though I don't see why those should have to be separate categories.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Spreading the word!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am a couchsurfing virgin! I hope to couchsurf starting mid-May.

Interests

Aquatic life!!! My favorite animal is the octopus, and I LOVE to visit aquariums. Also: East Asian cinema (especially Korean), indie music, various and sundry television shows, trying to knit, talking to my boyfriend, reading "literature" and also just for fun, Japanese food and culture

• animals
• culture
• literature
• singing
• dining
• wine
• japanese food
• movies
• reading
• knitting
• music
• history
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: any films by Chan-wook Park, Wes Anderson, the Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Danny Boyle, Terry Gilliam, John Cameron Mitchell or Akira Kurosawa. I also love Harold and Maude, Trainspotting, Spring Summer Winter Fall and then Spring, errr... the list goes on! Oh and the Indiana Jones Trilogy! I love me some Dr. Jones.

Music: I love indie rock and pop, experimental, underground hip hop, electronic, freak folk, shoegaze, post-hardcore, post-punk, post-rock, and lots more. My favorite band ever is Radiohead! Close second is Animal Collective. Then in no order, Flaming Lips, Wolf Parade, Why?, Final Fantasy, Liars, Mclusky, Sleater-Kinney, Electrelane, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, M.I.A., Sunset Rubdown, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yann Tiersen, Panda Bear, Outkast, Of Montreal, Neutral Milk Hotel... the list goes on and on. :)

Books: Kurt Vonnegut is my favorite author, Then James Joyce, Flannery O'Connor, Ray Bradbury, Borges, Italo Calvino, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Haruki Murakami... I love Modernism and Post-Modernism (although I think the names should be changed already), American Lit post 1865, and Japanese contemporary literature. In my spare time I also love fantasy and science-fiction, especially George R. R. Martin, H.P. Lovecraft, Tolkien (of course), the Bartimaeus trilogy and my favorite - His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Drove through the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland at high speeds in the rain on a one-lane road... it was exhilarating, beautiful, amazing and so much fun!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can sing Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes in English, Japanese and French... does that count as a useful skill?

Countries I’ve Visited

Ireland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States