CURRENT MISSION

Being.

ABOUT ME

I am a Chemistry Student at UNR and looking to move on to a PhD Program in Natural Product Chemistry. I aspire to continue school after that to become an active ethnopharmacologist, living/working in such places as the Amazon, Pacific Islands, or Central Africa. I have an emotionally supportive family and wonderful group of friends to keep me on the path and pull me off when I need to be. I love living and find myself in awe of the world and its capabilities.

PHILOSOPHY

For now: STOP ANALYZING! Wu Wei. Anica is the fundamental principal of everything; move with it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted a few folks with The Stranded crew (look up James Girnus on CS)--Highlights: wonderful exchanges of experiences and ideas, great conversation, and new wonderful moments.
CSing seeming like a great filter of honest, compassionate, interesting folks. I can't wait to dive into the surfing experience more and more!

Interests

DISC GOLF! HACKY SACK! Tasty Brews. Sitting. Canoeing. Hiking. Lake Tahoe. Ethnobotany. Chemistry.

• hiking
• canoeing
• surfing
• golf
• chemistry

Music, Movies, and Books

The Fountain. Amelie. Antonia's Line. I <3 Huckabees. Hero. Adaptation. Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless. Slumdog Millionaire. Darjeeling Limited. V for Vendetta. Fight Club. Seven Pounds. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Music--Always hard to pin down, none the less: Beck, Bjork, Gomez, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Ani Difranco, Rage, Four Tet, Explosions in the Sky, Bob Marley, Macka B, the Flashbulb, Beatles, Doors, Ween, Morcheeba, Miles Davis, Blur, John Coltrane, Simon and Garfunkel, Medeski Martin and Wood, Duke Ellington, Eek a Mouse, Del, Smashing Pumpkins, The Flaming Lips, G. Love, Pink Floyd, Gorillaz, The Bad Plus, Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Trampled by Turtles, Massive Attack, Modest Mouse, Portishead, Anoushka and Ravi Shankar.

Books--I do not have a big history in reading, unfortunately, but of the stuff I have read: Tao te Ching, Island by Aldous Huxley, The Wisdom of Insecurities by Allen Watts, The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron.

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