CURRENT MISSION

floss more.

ABOUT ME

I'm a very easy-going, positive person and I take everything in stride. I love to be nice. Sometimes I'm too nice.
I have such a BIG heart. I have so much love to give.
I believe in karma; what you give out (positive or negative) will come back to you.
Perfectionist with high standards and big dreams. Hard-worker and passionate person. Leader. Proactive. Love to learn. ADD. Uncensored. Straight-forward.
I'm planning on becoming a pharmacist, but I'm not going to spend all the time (4 years in undergrad, 4 in pharmacy school) until then doing nothing but school and working in Memphis.

I feel my purpose is to help--people, animals, causes, our Earth. I especially have compassion for the downtrodden, those who cannot always speak for themselves, or whose voices are not given an equal ear. Animals, the homeless, the poor, the ill, the elderly, the children, the accused, immigrants, refugees, those the law leaves out, our world and the sake of all life on it. I make it my life goal to make the change, progress, and reform to a positive and more effective state, in any way I can.

aes·thete [es'-theet]: a person who has or professes to have refined sensitivity toward the beauties of art or nature, and special appreciation of what is beautiful, and endeavours to carry his/her ideas of beauty into practical manifestation.

"The Æsthetes are they who pride themselves upon having found out what is the really beautiful in nature and art, their faculties and tastes being educated up to the point necessary for the full appreciation of such qualities." -W. Hamilton

"Don't waste your heart
on a wild thing
She's got a soul that won't settle on one thing
This bird can't sing
When you've tied its wings
Don't waste your heart on me"
Dixie Chicks

"All this that is more than a wish is a memory
All this that is ceases to be
All is revealed
The obvious door opens nothing"
Metric

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!"
Henry David Thoreau

"Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each."
Henry David Thoreau

"Simplify, simplify, simplify."
Henry David Thoreau

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I lived at sanssouci collective in Memphis, TN where we were couchsurfing super-hosters! We hosted hundreds of surfers from all around the world.
other activities:
present:
Food Not Bombs, Cooperative Association of Memphis, Sanssouci Collective, Food Awareness, Various canvassing and volunteering campaigns
past:
Vegetarian Students of America (Community Liaison), Peer Health Educators (Secretary, Membership Coordinator), Student Society for Stem Cell Research, Students Teaching AIDS to Students (Vice President)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I lived at sanssouci collective in Memphis, TN where we were couchsurfing super-hosters! We hosted hundreds of surfers from all around the world.

Interests

animals, French, languages, change, cooking, baking, creating, learning, DIY, art, nature, fashion, holidays, showers, senses, skin, perfectionism, stimulants, love, colors, ACTivism, anything old school, lucid dreaming, hiking, bookstores, parks, playgrounds, history, stained glass, the "whys", organizing, simplicity, minimalism, making lists, planning, mindfulness, deprogramming, reducing waste, freecycling, sustainability, connecting people and communities, celebrating, local comedy, local film, defying the laws of gravity

• animals
• cats
• arts
• singing
• fashion
• beauty
• diy
• causes
• dining
• cooking
• baking
• vegetarian
• drinking
• clothing
• flowers
• animal care
• minimalism
• hiking
• history
• languages
• law
• medicine
• volunteering
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

music:
anything i can dance to. folk, indie, rock, electronic, ambient, industrial, metal, some pop and old R&B, hip-hop, lotsa rap, dirty south, Memphis shit, some country, mostly old/classic country, southern rock, classic rock, progressive/art rock, zydeco
including but not limited to... Deftones, Team Sleep, Metric, Emily Haines, Stars, Johnny Cash, The Faint, David Bowie, Paul Simon, Lovin' Spoonful, Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins, NIN, Triple 6, T.I., Lord Infamous, The Smiths, Memphis, The Pixies, The Cure, Garbage, The Distillers, Portishead, Taking Back Sunday, The Darkness, depeche mode, Tool, Psapp, The Shins, The Postal Service, Ladytron, MSI, Bloodhound Gang, pffr, !!!, songs to wear pants to, The Shout Out Louds, Aphex Twin, Spoon, Tilly and the Wall, the yeah yeah yeahs, kent, Sloan, Belle and Sebastian, Sufjan Stevens, Neutral Milk Hotel, Sugar & Gold, Gravy Train, The Dresden Dolls, TLC, Aaliyah, Eisley, Enya, Evanescence, Smashing Pumpkins, Chevelle, Weezer, Leftfield, Brendan Benson, Chris Milam, Five More Exits, Mya, Missy Elliott, Usher, Snoop Dog, Project Pat, 8 Ball & MJG, Lil Jon, Ludacris, Nelly, Sean Paul, hed p.e., 311, Dixie Chicks, Bob Dylan, Shpongle, Infected Mushroom, Man With No Name, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muck Sticky, Taco and Da Mofos, Sacrum, The Suffering, Pavement, Tapes 'n Tapes, Built to Spill, holiday music, remixes and covers.

books: Tao Teh Ching, Yo Meow Ma, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long and Thanks for all the Fish, Mostly Harmless, Last Chance to See, A Separate Peace, Scarlet Letter, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Animal Farm, Clockwork Orange, Lord of the Flies, Brave New World, Crime and Punishment, Tale of Two Cities, Picture of Dorian Gray, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, And what Alice Found There, The Feminine Mystique, Einstein's Dreams, The Lazy Environmentalist, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Bell Jar, Devil in the Details, A Year in the Merde. Dystopian lit. Russian lit. French lit. Philosophy. The labels on food packaging. The clearance section at the University Store. The bargain section at B&N.

film:Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Amélie, The United States of Leland, Walk the Line, Royal Tenenbaums, Waitress, Hamlet, The Fountain, The Hours, Hustle and Flow, The Virgin Suicides, Requiem for a Dream, Mysterious Skin, Life as a House, Lola Rennt, White Oleander, Minority Report, A Beautiful Mind, Bowling for Columbine, The Big Lebowski, The Santa Clause 1, 2 &3 (Head Elf Bernard//David Krumholz <3), Back to the Future, The Life Aquatic, Pulp Fiction, Admissions, Phantom of the Opera, Stranger Than Fiction, The Squid and the Whale, Into the Wild, Wristcutters, The Poseidon Adventure, The Core, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Crank. Sci-fi. Old western films.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have to skill share and barter...
French - vegetarian/veganism - cruelty-free living - cooking - baking - nutrition - sprouting - fermenting - babysitting/young childcare/CPR, etc - grassroots organization - organization and mediation, group and meeting facilitation/leadership - animal care (kittens, cats) - housecleaning - basic herbal medicine/preventative health - sewing - beading/jewelry making - reducing waste - misc DIY, repair, and maintenance stuff - yard work - budgeting & basic finances - flower arranging C:

I want to learn more about...
languages (all! including Italian, German, Arabic, Latin, Spanish) - clothing making and alteration, sewing - advanced pastry making - candy making - food as art - building (advanced carpentry, etc) - squatting

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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