CURRENT MISSION

Trying to learn more about myself and the world around me

ABOUT ME

I am a recent university graduate trying to figure out what the "real world' is all about and how I can best be a part of it. I am a creative, intellectual person with a tendency to over-think and over-imagine. This is good for discussing literature and writing stories, but sometimes less good for real life. I want to be a writer someday, but am currently working on building up my internal motivation after 16 years of schooling and assignments. I feel very much like a work in progress at this point in my life, which is why nothing I say in "about me" segments feels completely true.

PHILOSOPHY

Treat others as they want to be treated.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a newcomer to this website, so right now I am trying to figure out how it all works. I am working abroad at the moment and traveling in my spare time, so right now i am mostly participating as a surfer. But I definitely plan on returning the favor when I am settled.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am new to this, but I signed on because I heard great things from friends.

Interests

I like reading, writing, traveling, listening to music ( though my musical knowledge is not that extensive), and having interesting conversations with people.

• writing
• literature
• reading
• traveling
• music
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: 100 years of Solitude, The Catcher in the Rye, Crime and Punishment, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The God of Small Things, The Brief, Wondrous life of Oscar Wao, Beloved, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, The Dead, Katherine Anne Porter short stories, Tillie Olsen's "Tell Me A Riddle," plays of Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Wordsworth's Prelude,
Movies: El Labarinto del Fauno, Children of Men, A&E Pride and Prejudice, 2001, Amelie, Agora, Moulin Rouge, the first Matrix, the original Star Wars movies, Almodovar,
Music: Bob Dylan, The Beattles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Arcade Fire, Radio Head

Teach, Learn, Share

i am happy to give anyone lessons in English and basic Spanish and would be happy to learn the languages you all speak. If for some reason you need help writing academic essays I was trained in college to talk fellow-students through the writing process.