CURRENT MISSION

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements in life, when all we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

ABOUT ME

Well, I finished my English degree in April 2009 and I was just working in a chocolate shop, waiting for the opportunity to go adventuring. At the end of October, I got a call offering my a job as an Assistant Language Teacher in Japan and I took it! So here I am in Naha, with very little knowledge of Japanese and a great desire to explore and learn!

I love being outside (and inside as well). I love to dance, whether it is in a park, in a club or playing DDR. I have been to 6 countries on 4 continents and I want to travel so much more.

I am passionate about my friends, family and board games. I love playing sports and watching them. Country music expresses my heart. I like to read. Spelling is important to me, and I am a messy person. I enjoy T-shirts with witty slogans, soccer, and kids.
I am sporadic and feel naked without my nose piercing.

"I like music that's fast/ and lights down low/ I like driving my car too fast/ and dancing slow"

That is a decent summation of things I love. Plus raisins. Two scoops is NOT enough for my Raisin Bran.

PHILOSOPHY

"So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So... get on your way!"
- Dr. Seuss

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have met some amazing people so far. Very, very amazing.

Interests

Music, movies, blue cans of Full Throttle, Extreme Fudgesicles, tacky furniture, people watching, soccer, avoiding homework, going on as many adventures as humanly possible, picnics, reading fiction, reading non-fiction, cooking, dancing badly, sharing secrets, sleeping, riding my bicycle, beginning new projects when the last one is only half finished, sending mail, wishing I received mail, writing lists, brushing my teeth in the shower

• writing
• dancing
• cooking
• chocolate
• clubbing
• shopping
• movies
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• music
• country music
• sports
• soccer
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

The Nightmare Before Christmas, Chinatown, The Family Stone, Jerry Maguire, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Dirty Dancing, Waking Life, Sunshine, Amelie, Juno, The Tracey Fragments (and many many more!)

All music.

Daughter of Fortune, Snow Falling on Cedars, Stargirl, Bridget Jones' Diary, Sarah Dessen books, Sloppy Firsts and its followers, Harry Potter, PostSecret, Love you Forever, Oh The Places You'll Go, Speak

Countries I’ve Visited

New Zealand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Japan

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