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Overview

  • 5 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Korean
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Currently ESL teaching in South Korea at a Foreign Langua...
  • BA in English Literature and Creative Writing from Kansas...
  • From Tecumseh, KS
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to be a positive force in this crazy awesome world

ABOUT ME

They call me the flying monkey, the ginger fairy, the dancing queen, and now in the ROK, crazy, fanta pants...I collect nicknames like hobbies. I hope that means I am memorable and impact people I collide with.

PHILOSOPHY

It's all about gaining perspective. All we touch comes from being the truest and most honest version of ourselves at all times. By fully communicating (beyond the level of words) we can have the fullest impact and understanding.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Sharing and learning. Living Hard.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

only whispers so far. I fully intend to expand this.

Interests

Music. Books. Dancing. Living. Philosophizing. Nature.

  • books
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • wine
  • partying
  • house parties
  • flying
  • music

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to list. Top movies right now: Planet Earth, City of God, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Top Music right now: Thievery Corporation, Dan Auerbach, Dan Deacon, Balkan Beat Box. Radiohead. Glasser. Andrew Bird. Top books right now: Michael Pollan's Botany of Desire, Barbara Kingsolver's Animal Vegetable Miracle, Jonathon Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swirled wine through my cheeks at vineyards across France. Snowshoed to Italy. Kissed the Blarney stone (as touristy as it gets!). Rode camels in Africa on my birthday (as cliche goals as it gets). Visited free-range Bison living a sustainable and happy life on the reclaimed Kansas Prairie. Made soap from sheep fat. Danced at house parties and festivals alike. Donned a mask and sleeves for a traditional mask dance in Jeonju, South Korea. Had a thousand smiling Korean kids cheer for me like a rockstar on my first day of school. Ate my way across Malaysia ("truly Asia). Got slung in Singapore. Bushwhacked through Borneo in flipflops...
keep it coming please!

Countries I’ve Visited

China, France, Germany, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Tunisia, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Mexico, South Korea, United States

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