CURRENT MISSION

life

ABOUT ME

i left the best city in the US to live in a charming small french town and teach zitty teenagers english a few days a week. i spend my days figuring out how to teach american politics without being biased, drinking wine, and taking pictures. sometimes i think france is my soulmate, sometimes i want to hide from her. but mostly i want to take in as much as i can while i'm here.

PHILOSOPHY

"There is still the outside world to contend with. A world of backfiring cars, and their human equivalents."
— David Sedaris

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

right now I am just surfing, though when I return to Portland hopefully I'll have a couch to return the favor!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

a little couchsurfing, a lot of traveling

Interests

wine, photography, cooking, eating, art, music, cello, thrift stores, organic food, farmers markets, making things, traveling

• arts
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• organic food
• drinking
• thrifting
• politics
• traveling
• cars
• music
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: anything by david lynch (twin peaks!), me you and everyone we know, science of sleep (and gondry in general), anything by todd solondz, amelie, american beauty, jeux d'enfants. but i mostly watch documantaries.

music: bon iver, the smiths, tom waits, david bowie, arcade fire, the decemberists, sonic youth, cat power, coco rosie, fleet foxes, elk city, electrelane... i could go on for way too long

books: god of the small things, un homme qui dort, 100 years of solitude, the great gatsby, me talk pretty one day, les nourritures terrestres, the united states of arugula...

artists: sally mann, olivo barbieri, cindy sherman, jeff wall, david lynch, gerhard richter, mark rothko

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i got chased out of angkor wat by troup of monkeys. don't bring bananas to angkor wat.

Teach, Learn, Share

laugh about it.