CURRENT MISSION

Travel, laugh, meet new people

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am in the process of finding my first couch!

Interests

I'm studying to be an elementary teacher. I want to teach ELL (English as a learned language, it used to be ESL) and I'm minoring in Spanish and music.

MUSIC-I play the flute in orchestra and with a rock and roll band (classic rock from 60's 70's). I also give about 16 flute lessons a week to kids from as young as 7 years old to high school and college kids. If you like "hippie" music or classical music or just comparing tastes, I could talk forever with you! I love going to concerts; recently I've been to the music festival called Wakarusa and it's a great time with friendly, stinking people who don't shower except for rain or swimming in a gross lake-you camp out for 3 or 4 nights! I also like to read, photography, my family, meeting people, spending time with friends, seeing new places and things with history and animals. I love and miss my dog Layla sooo much.

• animals
• dogs
• photography
• concerts
• festivals
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• classical music
• camping
• swimming
• teaching
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

oh the list is endless. Hmm, where to begin? There's no where to end...

Music:
Grateful Dead, moe., Widesread Panic, Leftover Salmon, Incubus, Led Zepplin, Beatles, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Jethro Tull, Keller Williams, Hot Tuna, CCR, Sublime, Coldplay, Government Mule, String Cheese Incident, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Dave Matthews Band, Drive-by-Truckers, Reel Big Fish, Country Joe and the Fish, Neil Young, Ian Anderson, Talking Heads, Spin Doctors, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Beck, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Blind Melon, Blues Traveller, JJ Cale, Johnny Cash, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Elton John, Ben Folds, Bela Fleck, Rufus Wainwright, Col. Bruce, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Etta James, King Crimson, Radiohead, Rush, Derek Trucks Band, Frank Zappa, Los Caballos, Tipper Gores, Tea Leaf Green, Jeff Buckley, Cat Stevens, Yonder Mountain String Band, Grey Boy Allstars, Split Lip Rayfield, The Band, Taj Mahal

Some Movies:
Harold and Maude, Coen bros: Big Lebowski, Hudsucker Proxy, Barton Fink, Fargo, Terantino: Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Alice in Wonderland, Cowboy Bebop, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Donnie Darko, Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Boondock Saints, Clue, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Sin City, Empire Records, O Brother Where Art Thou? What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Little Miss Sunshine, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Departed, The Game

Favorite Books:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Frannie and Zooey, Harry Potter, anything by Vonnegut, Monkey Wrench Gang (and Hayduke Lives, both by Edward Abbey and awesome!), Jitterbug Perfume, Still Life With Woodpecker (by Tom Robbins, all of his work is fabulous, read it!), On Fallen Knees, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, Song of the Exile, God of Small Things

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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