CURRENT MISSION

My ultimate goal in life is to expand my mind, open my senses, help people in some way shape or form and be good to the planet.

ABOUT ME

I'm a lover of life, a speaker of words and an artist of song. I feel my best education experiences came through nomadically and sporadically wandering the world and absorbing the infinite knowledge of others so much wiser than myself.

I love adventure in any way, shape or form. I grew up on the river and 1.5 hours from the beach and the mountain, so wakeboarding and snowboarding pretty much are second nature to me. I also love music and dabble in the piano, guitar, percussion and a bit of singing.

Dancing is one of the best expressive forms on this planet. It doesn't matter if you're good at it or not, as long as you're having fun.

I get itchy feet quickly and need to move around a bit. I've studied (aka partied) in Spain for a year, did an internship in Turkey for a summer and studied music in Cuba during one awesome fall semester. I've also taught English in Korea for a year, travelled SE Asia for a bit. I just moved form the beautiful city San Francisco and am embarking on a South American adventure for the next year.

I wish I could carry my own personal garden plot with me wherever I go so I could have fresh veggies, but most importantly basil and dill because they make everything better.

Like everyone else on this site, travel is my passion, my past time and my life.

PHILOSOPHY

spread the love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We live in a world of chaos. I think this helps people build trust with one another and can hopefully make it a more peaceful planet.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed and hosted and its all been goooood.

Interests

hovering. speed walking. procrastinating. lounging. road trippin'. journaling. composing. day dreaming. wakeboarding. expanding my mind. snuggles. giggles. kareoke. spain. edibles. floundering. shiny objects. musica. the earth. unicorns. nomadic wandering. peace. party. love. cuba. shamelessness. magic. pogs. gardening. forests. large bodies of water. sunshine.

• singing
• dancing
• education
• walking
• partying
• gardening
• traveling
• magic
• music
• guitar
• piano
• snowboarding
• wakeboarding
• teaching
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to list...but here's just at splash:

Books: the alchemist.shantaram. the power of now. solitude. the picture of dorian gray. dharma bums. narnia series. his dark material series. hemingway stuff. musician biographies (janis joplin, gram parsons, grace slick, the beatles ect.)

Moves: wet hot american summer. across the universe. the fall. the goonies. princess bride. stuff by christopher guest. foreign films.

Music: Metric, Mirah, Janis Joplin, Juanes, Blitzen Trapper, MIA, The Heartless Bastards, First Aid Kit, Kimbra, Bag Raiders, Gypsy and the Cat, Star Fucker, Laurent Hill, The Roots, The Blow, Toots and the Maytals, Cat Power, Cocorosie, Kate Nash, Johnny Cash, The Decemberists, Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens, Rachel Yamagata, The Beatles, The Byrds, Emily Haines and the Soft Skeletons, Van Morrison, Glen Hansard, Yelle, Bob Marley, Eisley, Bob Dylan, Phish, Jefferson Airplane, Bebe, Iron & Wine, Angus and Julia Stone, Them, Sam Cooke, The Freelance Whales, Avett Brothers, Mumford and Sons, Bon Iver, Bishop Allen, Laura Marling, Mana...

...hopefully you get the idea that I like pretty much everything.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

being born.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Cuba, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United States

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