CURRENT MISSION

what a beautiful mess I'm in

ABOUT ME

I just graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in English and History.
I'm really quirky, goofy, outgoing, chill to the point of a flaw, and will talk to anyone. That last quality I listed as gotten me in trouble before. But I don't like to judge a book by its cover. I think most people have really interesting life stories and I like to hear them. The cities I grew up in have shaped me substantially. I am a product of my environment and grew up in the 90s in Seattle which needless to say really effected my music taste. FYI I'm obsessed with music. I was born in Houston, moved to Seattle when I was 7 with my mom and then moved back to Houston to live with my dad when I was 15. Honestly I really just grew up both places since whatever city I didn't go to school in I would travel to every three day weekend and break. At least it taught me the ropes of traveling at a very young age. I've lived in Austin for the past four years and am obsessed with this city. I consider it a hybrid of Houston and Seattle. I get my open chillness don't give a whatever attitude from Seattle, and I love my sweet southern hospitality quality I have from growing up in Houston. Austin has given me a touch a hippiness, in the good way not the dirty way. I like to think of myself as not the run of the mill type of girl, you can tell me if I'm wrong.

As long as you're genuine and respectful we will get along juuuust fine. Brownie points to surfers who want to cook Brianda and me dinner or have cool plans they want to include us in :D I get a ton of messages on here and love it, but bribery never hurts LOL! KIDDING!!!! kinda hahaha! but for real, that's totally not necessary. My payment for hosting is the entertainment it always seems to bring and the personal relationships with fellow travelers I create. I want to get to know people and be their friends and that requires being really open. So if you're not an open person and get annoyed with people trying to be your best friend after five minutes of knowing you don't message me haha. I say that, I think I'm unusually friendly, and I think a lot of people are very skeptical of overly friendly people. But really I just like lots and lots and lots of friends. The people in my life fufill my life.

My favorite trips have been to Belize, Cairo, every where in Mexico, Santarini and Mykonos, all over Italy, Denmark, and of course everywhere in the US.

I live for skiing in the winter and the beach in the summer, but then again who doesn't?

I get my kicks out of meeting off the wall, original people. Enough with the cookie cutter, corporate Americans I live with every day. I want to meet fellow travelers with the same passion for learning and experiencing life I have. Maybe that sounds corny, but it's soooooo true.

PHILOSOPHY

Lets have an adventure!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've only hosted. So far its been great. I can't wait to surf myself later.

Interests

photography, history, reading, windsurfing (although I'm not too good), soccer, cultures, every type of music, traveling (duh), meeting new people, tide-to-go pens, pears, beaches, running, Texas esp. Austin, ect.

• books
• photography
• running of the bulls
• environment
• cooking
• breakfast
• running
• reading
• traveling
• music
• windsurfing
• skiing
• soccer
• history
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

too many to write

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I wrote about twenty pages of stuff I saw and did in Barcelona. I decided to go by myself in the summer of 09 to get certified to teach ESL because I play with the idea of teaching in the Peace Corps. I also went because I hate traveling by other people's agendas. I stayed in Barcelona for two months and backpacked around Spain by myself for about 10 days. But I was never really with myself. I met amazing people everywhere I went and did amazing things. If you're ever heading that way let me know and I can email you all my suggestions. I also went to Madrid, Sevilla, Malaga, Tarifa, Figures, Pampolona, and Valencia so I can give ya'll some tips on those places too.

Go to Santorini in Greece it is the most beautiful place I've ever been in the world. Then hop over to Mykonos spend the day on Paradise beach, take the ferry over to Delos.

If you are in Spain you have to go to the running of the bulls in Pamplona and do the run!

In Mexico go to Puerto Vallarta and go to El Eden, this is the second most beautiful place I've ever been. Its gorgeous next to where they filmed the Predator in the jungle. Its hidden in the middle of the jungle and you get to this awesome restaurant surrounded by the canopy and a million pools going down the hill that have little waterfalls that pour into the one below it.

Teach, Learn, Share

I worked the Hampton Inn breakfast shift for four days before I peaced out. The only job I've ever quit in my life. I had to be there at 4am, did not work with my life. But my advice is DON'T EAT THE EGGS!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States