CURRENT MISSION

To go with the flow, but squeeze out overy last drop of experience while doing so.

ABOUT ME

It´s so hard to fit all about me in a little box, but I´d hope that we are all more complicated than a box, so here goes. I have a dry sense of humor and love the irony of life, so I am always amused. I like to work hard for something and then relax fully with no guilt. I would love to have the type of life that is so interesting and multi-dimensional that I´d have no choice but to write a book about it. I´ll be a writer someday and I´m gathering the material right now.

PHILOSOPHY

This is an interesting question because I'm constantly honing my personal philosophy. I live my life to experience everything fully. I never ever want to be stagnant - but constantly growing and changing and learning. I definitely want to make a concrete difference in the world. That's why I work in development. I try to go with the flow and take the opportunities presented to see where they take me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting when I can, hanging out when I can't, surfing while I travel.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted for years in Atlanta, became a hub for couchsurfers in my little town in Paraguay while I was in the Peace Corps, and surf every time I travel. I've been around the Americas quite a bit and it's all thanks to couchsurfing.

Interests

I write, read, love music, do yoga, meditate, cook, and it seems like there´s always something new and fun to do, so I do that whenever it comes along. I like kids (other people´s), having impromptu dance parties in my room, spending lots of time with friends getting nothing accomplished. My favorite thing to do is sit around the kitchen table with my friends and talk for hours, listening to music and hanging out.

• writing
• books
• dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• partying
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• bungee jumping
• skydiving
• boxing
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Pan's Labyrinth, Fight Club, Amelie, The Notebook, Moulin Rouge etc.
Music- Radiohead, Damian Marley, Florence and the Machine, Feist, Yeasayer, Adele, Sigur Ros, Bob Marley and a lot of reggae, The Beatles, old Bluegrass, Ben Harper, Astrid Gilberto, Jack Johnson, She Wants Revenge, The Yeah yeah yeahs, Talking Heads, White Stripes
Books - Anything by John Steinbeck, Ray Bradbury, Margaret Atwood, George Orwell, Wally Lamb, Lionel Shriver, Truman Capote and lots of others I'm sure I'm forgetting

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've done so many amazing things... um, skydiving 3 times, bungee jumping in costa rica, ziplining through cloud forests, jumping off bridges or waterfalls or into caves in just about every country (aparently I'm big on jumping off high things), rock climbing in Paraguay, sliding down waterfalls in the DR... but i really loved whale watching in the DR. We saw so many whales and it just makes you feel so small!

Teach, Learn, Share

It's a nice gesture to do a little extra favor while you're staying with someone- cook or wash the dishes or something. For the hosts, it's nice to have people that know about different cool things to do in the city and can suggest things or even show them.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Lots of good stories and interesting conversations.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Paraguay, United States

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