CURRENT MISSION

see a different part of America before I retire into grad school

ABOUT ME

let's see: finished college last year, majoring in physics and math, but also loving my classes in biology, chemistry, romantic lit., mushroom gathering, poetic rhythm, etc. But I realized that physics was my home and I'll start my PhD in the fall.

Fell in love with the outdoors during college in beautiful Ithaca, New York

Took a year off and travelled in Europe for 3 months, then enjoyed a lovely Boston winter, where I got a chance to catch up on all the books I didn't read while studying physics.

Can become seriously interested in pretty much everything, have become seriously interested in about half of everything. I love to hear about what other people are interested in.

PHILOSOPHY

Don't be too attached to what you think you know, always be willing to try something new and be surprised

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I started couchsurfing while travelling through Europe with my best friend last fall. We surfed in 5 countries, attended a meeting in Munich, and met a ton of cool people. I am now headed out in America and hoping to continue to surf. And when I get my own place this summer, I will finally start hosting.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have surfed in Galway, Ireland; York, England; Hamburg, Germany; Cologne, Germany; Mainz, Germany; Bamberg Germany; Munich, Germany; Bologna, Italy; Naples, Italy; Granada, Italy
soon to start hosting in Cambridge, MA

for evidence that I am not sketchy, check the refs. on my friend Lisa's profile -- we shared an account while we travelled together.

Interests

physics, math, reading, hiking, learning strange and possibly useless skills, rain, being a spectator of athletes, not engaging in athletic activity, cooking, learning, listening

• books
• perfumes
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• biology
• chemistry
• mathematics
• physics

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Head On, His Girl Friday, Duck Soup, The Philadelphia Story, Truly Madly Deeply, You Can Count on Me, sex, lies and videotape, Lars and the Real Girl, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Books: Montaigne's essays, Emerson's essays, Persuasion, The Importance of Being Earnest + Wilde's essays, The Periodic Table, poetry (Rossettis, Stevens,) Country of the Pointed Firs, Friday Night Lights, How I Became a Famous Novelist,
Evans's Third Reich Trilogy... I will read and get excited about just about anything

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach how to flip anything in a pan and have (most of it) land back in the pan;

I can't snap... I doubt you can teach me, but feel free to try.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belize, Botswana, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States