HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING **UPDATE: I haven't been able to host for a while (booo), but could potentially meet up and show you around Buffalo if I have time. Grad school takes away most of my time :( I will update when I can host again! My roommate participated in CS years ago and while I was skeptical about it at first, I decided to give it a shot. THEN for a while became addicted! I love to host people when I can, or even just spend time with people. I think my upbringing instilled a lot of host/mother-like qualities in me that I can't shake off. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I think one of the best perks is learning curse words in different languages ;) and finding out someone so far away that you've never met can share the SAME exact view on love and how someone you've only known for a short time can feel like a good friend that's been around for years and how fun and challenging it is to try to explain things that seem simple/ordinary to me and how its okay to trust people wherever you go, you can find a friend I can honestly say being a part of CS is one of the best things I've done in my life :) I've met incredible people and had some amazing times.

Just a few: Books: Neverwhere, The Hobbit, Hunger Games, some Steven King, The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland, Brave New World, The Catcher in the Rye, Diary, nerdy science-y books (including text books) :P, Harry Potter, Dracula, some self-improvement books. This list is super weak :( Someone get me to a library!! Movies: Pan's Labyrinth, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, 21 Grams, Girl Interrupted, Alladin, City of Lost Children, Coraline, Seven, House of Sand and Fog, Watchmen, The Lion King, Repo the Genetic Opera, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, MirrorMask, Fight Club Music: Queen Adreena, Beirut, Crystal Castles, Purity Ring, NIN, The Beatles, Bjork, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Dead Can Dance, Dido, How to Destroy Angels, Iron and Wine, Postal Service, Melechesh, Mum, Porcupine Tree, Shiva in Exhile, Scarling, Fiona Apple, Feverray, Julie London, Rattat, Puscifer, various belly dance music, Persian music, Arabic music, Nancy Ajram, Myriam Fares, Guns N Roses..