CURRENT MISSION

Grad school...

ABOUT ME

I was born in Germany and after getting a Master's in Special Education, I am not pursuing my PhD in English at the University of Iowa.

I love to read (duh...), watch movies and aimlessly walk around in strange cities.

PHILOSOPHY

(still work in progress)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now, I can--unfortunately--not host since one of my roommates is no ok with it. But if you're in Iowa City, I'd love to meet for a beer / coffee or show you around.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I 'couchsurfed' a few times in the US as part of a road trip around the south-west with a friend (2011). I had an amazing time staying in a beautiful hippie-villa (if there is such a thing) right in the middle of a National Park, in an historic landmark in Portland and on a sheep and horse ranch in Utah.

Interests

Art, Science, Nature

• arts
• education
• beer
• coffee
• movies
• traveling
• surfing
• teaching
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Acid Mothers Temple, Antony And The Johnsons, Arvo Paert, Birch Book, Frank Zappa, Nico, Gustav Mahler, Nurse with Wound, Joy Division, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Coil, Comus, Current 93, A Silver Mount Zion, Tom Waits, Jackson C. Frank, John Fahey, Leonard Cohen, Marissa Nadler, Merzbow, Pink Floyd, Psychic TV, Novy Svet, Sunn O))), Sun Ra, Throbbing Gristle

Movies:
A Hole in My Heart, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Dead Man, Fargo, Gummo, Dawn of the Dead (original), Hana-bi, L'Âge d'Or, Seom, Songs from the Second Floor, Solaris, Stalker, Lucifer Rising, Nosferatu (Herzog remake), Twin Peaks, Tree of Life

Literature:
"Leaves of Grass" (Walt Whitman), poems by Emily Dickinson, Charles Bukowski shorts, "Pink Church" (William Carlos Williams)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once sat in a car that was being savagely attacked by a big, black cow.

Teach, Learn, Share

Overall travel-experience (not necessarily couch surfing):

visited 23 states (46%)

visited 15 states (6.66%)

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States