CURRENT MISSION

To write my love-letter to the world

ABOUT ME

I'm Reese! I'm a free-spirited, old soul. I play the banjo and the mandolin, and am classically trained in opera. To say I'm a music fanatic is a bit of an understatement. I love classic literature, and I'm often found walking around not paying attention and reading. I'm an artist, a vagabond, and an enigma. I love learning about religion and culture, and I seek wisdom everywhere I go. I love archery, and I am a fire-breather. I am currently a High School teacher and I love my job! (I have some great stories from the front-lines if you love teens as much as I do!) I blow bubbles on any occasion possible. I want to live in peoples hearts and have them live in mine.

PHILOSOPHY

"It's a bad idea-And I'm all about bad ideas"

"There is not enough kindness in the world and I want to bring more of it to people"

"You like me because I'm a scoundrel, and there aren't enough scoundrels in your life."-Han Solo

"You should always strive to leave people better than when you found them"

"Only a moment of bliss, isn't such a moment sufficient for the whole of a man's life?" -Dostoevsky

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would like to learn more about this organization by traveling and by showing others around my favorite city in the world, the city where I grew up-Chicago of course!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had the best times with the greatest people in the world. I've surfed USA, South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. I have hosted people from every continent as well.

Interests

Fire-Swallowing
Teaching
Banjo
Farming
Opera
Russian Literature
Beat Movement
Street Art
Bubbles
National Geographic
Acrylic Paint
Entomology
Outdoors
Bats
Native American Culture
Making Jam
Harold and Maude
Concerts
Frolicking
Punk Rock
Sailor Jerry Rum and diet

• arts
• culture
• literature
• street art
• concerts
• education
• dieting
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• guitar
• opera
• outdoor activities
• archery
• teaching
• entomology
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Harold and Maude
3-Iron
Shall We Dance? (Japaneese version)
Garden State
The Jacket

Books:
East of Eden-John Stienbeck
Crime and Punishment-Fydor Dostoevsky
War and Peace-Leo Tolstoy
Madame Bovary-Gustave Flaubert
Fathers and Sons-Turgenev.

Music:
I love all music. From Jazz, bluegrass, opera, punk, indie, and rock. If you appreciate music, you will pretty much love my background in it. Ask me anything.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Blowing bubbles on top of the triplets on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona.

-Getting lost in an alley in Vietnam and making new friends

-Playing guitar for my students on the streets of Duran, Ecuador.

-Find myself in the Alaskan Wilderness

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaching is one of the main tenants of my life. My masters is concentrated in Low-Income Urban Education and I made a vow to devote my life to service of the people of the city that has brought me so much life and love. I currently live in Hyde Park, and teach in Bronzeville.

I can always show you how to breath fire if you're interested ;)
If you'd like when you visit it, I can teach you some fire-swallowing tricks :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Kenya, Netherlands, South Korea, Tanzania, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, United States