CURRENT MISSION

Sort my life out

ABOUT ME

Hi. My name is Cleo and I'm a British-American born and part-raised in Britain, moved to the US when I was 8, and now I've been back for 9 years (still haven't lost the accent though). I'm also a Quaker, transgender, a huge geek, not as mobile as I used to be but still an amateur adventurer when I can be. I like to have a good time. Y'know.

Other than that, well, I try to remain flexible.

Also, please don't be alarmed if I don't give you a reference after having friended you/met you; I'm trying to only give references to people I've hosted or who have hosted me. Thanks!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have hosted and been hosted many times. Also, evangelized about it to friends and people in hostels. I'm going to get verified at some point...

visited 14 states (6.22%)Create your own visited map of The World or another interesting project

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted three people in Oxford, one person in Belfast, six people in Edinburgh and part-hosted two people in Oberlin; and been hosted by people in London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Belfast so far (I may be forgetting others...), and I've been to meetups in various places, and part of the Belfast couchsurfing group. It really does change the way you live if you let it.

Interests

Always interested in trying new things. I'd like to try out amateur dramatics again sometime soon.

• chickens
• arts
• books
• acting
• cooking
• walking
• partying
• movies
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• dumpster diving
• knitting
• magic
• survival
• music
• guitar
• piano
• adventure races
• scuba diving

Music, Movies, and Books

Led Zeppelin, Muse, Ella Fitzgerald, Tom Lehrer, Schubert, Fugees, Toots and the Maytals, Andrew Bird, Los Hermanos, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Steeleye Span, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Herman's Hermits, Rx,
Panjabi MC, Motown, almost everything else.

A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Airplane!, Harold and Maude, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Wallace and Gromit, Kung Fu Hustle, My Dinner With Andre, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

Autobiography of Abbie Hoffman, Another Mother Tongue, Mrs. Dalloway, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Dubliners, Jeeves and Wooster, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Mumbo Jumbo, Sherlock Holmes, The God of Small Things, Enduring Love, Life of Pi, Sophie's World.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Worked as a movie/TV background actor, lived on a commune for a month, investigated election fraud in Ohio, participated in a seance and a Vodun ritual, become a Quaker, practiced reiki, met people who survived Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, spun that wheel sculpture thing by Marcel Duchamp while the museum guards weren't looking because I wanted to know if it spins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Wheel). Oops, that's more than one thing.

Teach, Learn, Share

Things I can teach: tarot reading, cooking, German, skipping (aka dumpster diving, binning, bin diving...), crocheting, knitting, guitar, piano, ukelele, wild foods gathering
Things I can share: tarot reading, reiki, massage, skipping (see above), music, board games
Things I would like to learn: wilderness survival skills, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese

What I Can Share with Hosts

A wide range of experiences and the energy to go and find new things to do in their cities. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States

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