CURRENT MISSION

Mission... not sure. To enjoy my time.

ABOUT ME

Study Sociology and Spanish.Love art and music (doesn't everybody?), and perhaps most of all, dancing.

PHILOSOPHY

Personal philosophy? To be chill. Not to take yourself too seriously. For instance, dancing. Dancing is very important.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

To connect the world in such a way as this is an amazing feat. I have always heard of people traveling the world; and I have always wondered how someone might be able to do so on such a tight budget. It has always felt like something far out of reach. But with an idea such as this, it is possible. People helping people to really connect; more than just through some piece of engineered and animated community on a website, but the reality of actually coming on contact in the physical world. Quite a feat.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

While I have not yet been able to fully use this for all it is worth, this summer I am planning to backpack through Europe and hope that I will be able to find some kind souls to take me in. I have, at home, hosted a few surfers, who were wonderfully considerate and excited to be in my city, St. Louis, which I feel I must take for granted everyday. We all know that the newness and excitement of a place can wear off easily; while sharing it with others, it helps reinvent the way you view where you live by reexperiencing it through the eyes of another

Interests

Snowboarding. Photography. Travel. Books. Music. Art. Movies. Food. I love to eat; really, I'll eat anything.

• arts
• books
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• running
• clothing
• movies
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• snowboarding
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Cut Copy!!!, LCD Soundsystem, Chromeo, Animal Collective, The Arcade Fire, Andrew Bird, Vic Ruggiero, Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, The Smiths, Cake, Beck, M.I.A, Cocorosie, Le Tigre, The Beatles, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Tom Waits, Ratatat, Feist, Spoon, Wilco, Manu Chao, Prince
Television: Six Feet Under, Arrested Development, The Venture Brothers, It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia
Books: Catcher in the Rye, Siddartha, The Dharma Bums, Lolita, 1984. . . Vonnegut and Bradbury for consideration, Palaniuk for pure entertainment.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent 6 weeks without electricity and running water in a rural community in Honduras.

Snorkling in the Red Sea.

Ride a camel by the great Pyramids.

Teach, Learn, Share

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes" -Henry David Thoreau

If you go to Egypt, you must barter for everything. Cabs. All of it. Never except the first offer.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Spain, United States