CURRENT MISSION

to see and experience as much of the world as possible--and to learn and grow from it

ABOUT ME

I'm not a fan of all about you sections but I guess I'll give it a shot. :) I joined Couchsurfing when I studied in the middle-of-nowhere town of Well in the Netherlands for a semester. It was an unforgettable experience. Now that I'm back in the States, I want to continue to be a part of the Couchsurfing community and offer a friendly face to those traveling in my part of the world.

I'm pretty laid back. I love to laugh, hang out, and get to know people which is why I like this couch surfing idea.

I'm a Writing, Literature and Publishing major with more of an interest in publishing but a love for all. I'm a fan of reading, writing, editing, listening to music, surfing the net, etc.

PHILOSOPHY

Carpe Diem sums it up.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couchsurfed once in Luxembourg, once in Lisbon and once in Barcelona. It was def. my favorite experiences abroad. The people we met were great and there were many fun stories to be shared.

Interests

Does life in general count?

• arts
• writing
• literature
• walking
• drinking
• pub crawls
• reading
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Departed, Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremacy, all Disney movies, Blood Diamond, Shakespeare In Love, Catch Me If You Can, X-Men 1 & 2, Spidermans, Cruel Intentions, Ocean's 11, Harry Potter movies, PoCs, Music & Lyrics, Training Day, 12 Angry Men, Juno, 27 Dresses, In Bruges, Saved!, Wall-E, Wanted, Iron Man, I Heart Huckabees

Music: The Classic Crime, Fall Out Boy, Switchfoot, Something Corporate, The Spill Canvas, Boys Like Girls, Acceptance, Aqualung, Anberlin, Matchbox 20, Maroon 5, Muse, Nickleback, Hinder, Oasis, Snow Patrol, The Perishers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Breaking Benjamin, Jimmy Eat World, Panic!at the disco, Paramore, Relient K, Hedley, The Feeling,This Providence, The Academy Is..., Gym Class Heroes, Foo Fighters, Regina Spektor, Matt Nathanson, The Maine, OneRepublic

Books: His Dark Materials, Young Wizard Series, Sabriel, Liarel, Shade's Children, most stuff by Meg Cabot, by Sarah Dessen, Eoin Colfer, Tamora Pierce, Sherwood Smith, Robin McKinley, Kevin Brooks, The Pendragon Series, Alex Rider series, The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, Percy Jack and the Olympians series, the Thursday Next series, Unwind

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming in the Adriatic sea in October, going up the Eiffel tower at night, sitting at the trevi fountain during sunset, walking around a underground Berlin art gallery, strolling the Grund and Luxembourg, eating the best pasta ever in Croatia, being stuck in Austria for four hours and loving it, seeing the swiss alps from the train, drinking pear cider at a pub in London in SoHo, caroling to our very confused but friendly Dutch neighbors, riding the tube in London and having the best time ever, making thanksgiving dinner in Portugal, living in a castle for three months with 80 of my closest friends, meeting so many wonderful people in hostels across Europe

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States