CURRENT MISSION

To ignite the childlike flame that burns within us all & meet some really cool people

ABOUT ME

I live with my 4 boys (boxer-mix and two orange tabbies + 1 fiancee) & lady housemate a house in Oakland. I have been a vegetarian since age 10 and vegan since age 18; please feel free to ask me about my experience. I'm fluent in ASL. I would do anything in the world for the ones I love. Along with certain special people, I also love tattoos, animals (especially, but not limited to the ones that depend on me for survival), and dancing. I enjoy talking about my menstrual cycle (DIVA/LUNETTE CUP!) and IUD a little much for some people's taste, but I find it an endearing quality. I enjoy studying Russian martial arts & yoga. I also find I need to be surrounded by nature alone at least once a week, otherwise I risk going crazy. Science, art, and math amaze me.

Read the Phantom Tollbooth now and thank me later. While you're at it, pick up East of Eden too.

PHILOSOPHY

Focus on what you have & not what you had or will have in the future.

Treat everyone & everything the way you wish to be treated

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I enjoy food/clothing/seed swaps and potlucks. I've been to Thai Temple a couple times and convinced some other CSers into the way of 4 square (the middle way).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

meeting awesome friends

Interests

urban games, art, nursing, social justice, other stuff

• animals
• arts
• tattoos
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• baking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• yoga
• drinking
• gardening
• clothing
• socializing
• survival
• cycling
• boxing
• martial arts
• languages
• mathematics
• nursing
• science
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

music: Harvey Danger, Sean Nelson side prjects, Ayentee, Jonathan Coulton, Jonny 5, Paul & Storm, Nellie Mckay, Doctor Octagon, Sneaker Pimps, The Coup
movies/tv: Schizopolis, Kung Fu movies, Blossom, The Office, Ellen, La Femme Nikita, the West Wing, the Sarah Silverman Program
books: The Phantom Tollbooth, East of Eden, Ender's Game, Michelle Tea's works

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skinny dipping in the ice cold rivers of Strawberry, CA at midnight & drinking the water flowing past my toes.

Going to a nudist resort on someone else's dime to meet people I had never met before in person by myself

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn more about languages, nursing, bike repair, sustainable living, ASL, & gardening.

I am willing to share my knowledge in vegan cooking/baking, ASL, & 4 square.That's all I can come up with for now

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