CURRENT MISSION

wear my glasses

ABOUT ME

Queer...Surreal..Inquisitive / Dumb....Patient, Annoying, Feminist, Punk, Anarchist, Occasional nihilist, Up, Down, Left, Right and Wrong in so many ways.

I live in a housing co-operative.
We mutually share the responsibility of managing housing for a group of 16 of us.
We live communally and share decision making and labour. Happy to talk about how this works - and when it doesn't.

I work with teenagers. i love my work
i support young people to take power of and understand their mental health.
i work with people who have survived and are still surviving trauma.

I support young people to get their voices heard... and get them involved in local action ..forming communities.. protesting... and thinking critically.

I work in a hostel with people who have become homeless. All different stories, and I recognize how it was almost mine.

i'm an Anarchist, involved with Prison Abolition and No Borders Movement we are fighting structural racism and believe that migration is beautiful and necessary.
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I'm a Feminist. It's pretty normal really

PHILOSOPHY

Love is the opposite of fear.

working on being fearless...most days

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Host and occasionally set-up events. Queer meet ups, a punk-rock club. art stuff...music BBQs..exhibition on Brains, camping trips. etc

Couchsurf and Hitchike or Cycle Tour when I'm away.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All beautiful things - even the awkward ones.

Interests

androgyny. vegetables. anarchism. Scroll lists. space

i like those moments when the music takes you..dancing wreckless..
m u s i c f a c e - i'm half shit at most instruments
love getting together with people to play. I play ukulele...but not in a cute way, percussion and learning violin. love playing with sound.
Indian Tabla, cello, saw, accordion, mute trumpeting, psychedelic and low fi guitars.. If I had time I would Learn all of these.

Human Rights action stuff - It's important to me to be kind to one another. little things and big things. I'm good at chairing meetings and organizing demos, sit ins and protest actions.
i write letters to David a inmate on Death Row..he's really opened my eyes to the strength of the mind we're going to blog his words - to break the stereotype of inmates on the Row.

Going to see art.. Without seriousness.. performance art. Big fan of Marina Abramovic.
i'm into costume design.. from couture to carnival.
i love taking pictures.. i made a pinhole camara my new favorite thing
i like to address the things that scare me and try them... currently climbing
Transcendental Meditation!

• books
• tattoos
• vegan
• punk music
• psychology
• techno
• feminism
• queer
• punk
• anarchism
• revolution
• riot grrl

Music, Movies, and Books

Music is my favorite expression, words have lost strength, but anything can be illustrated by sound. I'm going to leave some examples here.. coz i like sharing.
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Warpaint...They make me ache! Za! (experimental math music makes me dance ) Crass (punk lives within us all) Nisennenmondai (psychedelic) Pere Ubu, Princess Nokia, Tommy Genesis, Abra, Sevdaliza, Siouxsie and the Banshees, GLOSS, FKA Twigs, Babes in Toyland, Wetdog, Fela Kuti, The Fleas, Timber Timbre, The Ethopiques. Chris Watson, unknown mortal Orchestra, Chapelier Fou, DM Stith, Black Flag, Andrew Bird, Ariel Pink, The Turbans, Tom Waits, Joy Division, Fugazi, Beruit, Pixies, The Organ, Shellac, The Do, Frank Zappa, Cocteau Twins, The Smiths, Nick Drake, The Cure, Mari Boine, Sheila Chandra, Bauhaus, The B52s, Bjork, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, PJ Harvey, Slint, Suzanne Vega, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, Grass Widow, Ravi Bloody Shanker, Goat, Jump Jive and rockabilly, The Sonics, Om Kalthom, TROJAN records, The 80's matchbox B-line disaster, Death in Vegas, Portishead, Joni Mitchell, Howlin Wolf, screamin jay hawkins... blah blah...list expands..
..I'm always ready to discover new music..share.
looking for education in African, Nepalese, muted trumpet, Tango accordian stuff, saw and indian sitar music. Know any?

alot of French film making for subtleties and humour.. Jim Jarmusch / the red shoes / a matter of life and death / annie hall / persepolis / motorcycle diaries / delicatessen / 400 coups / into the wild / heathers / the prophet / red lanterns / white oleander / princess mononoke / old boy / classic and korean horror movies..but only in company / the darjeeling limited / kung-fu movies /
nature programmes about space or bugs.

I'm a slow reader...so I haven't read many, i like to digest books with time and relish over the words..engaging in them. When i was a child i would shut myself away for days with books. I usually accumulate library fines.
...apart from the backs of cereal packets..i like to read..
Dictatorship to Democracy // Nietzche // Albert Camus // Will Self //Non-violent communication // Herman Hesse // Vladimir Nabokov // Dolstoievsky // George Orwell// Frankenstein // David Sedaris // Augusten Burroughs // Owen Jones// Haruki Murakami // Alice Walker // GG marquez // Salinger... tsss on and on to the cows.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Foolishness. Forgiveness. Fearlessness. Love.

Frank, a boy with cerebral palsy, i taught him how to ride a horse.. seeing the transformation from his crumpled posture to taking control over parts of his body just through determination.. and no fear of failure.. he taught me alot.

Teach, Learn, Share

Music.. share your secret band...i'll share mine.
...you give me book ... i give you book ..easy
or..
you play an instrument..we play instrument.

I can teach you how to recognise people in danger of suicide, and how to take the heat out of the situation. Tip for all: Ask it directly..''are you having thoughts of suicide?'' - then l i s t e n to why.

I can teach you basic Capoeira, Tango or Contemporary dance.

I can give you some games to do that can help young people talk and learn about sex and healthy relationships.

I know a few things about how to use herbs for health and as medicine..but this is working progress.

i have some understanding of the psychology of the horse

Non-violent communication

and can teach you how to make rope from Nettles and light a fire without matches.

I want to learn:
how to play cello.
how to Change the oil, air filter, hoses, fan belts, headlights, and maybe even brakes of a car,
how to jump start a car,
how to build a bike from scratch,
how to change a tyre,
your fave recipes,
calligraphy.. anything.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Ireland, Kenya, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Venezuela, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Wales

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