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Hilversum, North Holland, The Netherlands
@SARAHKB
Członek od 2007
CURRENT MISSION To figure out my current mission :P ABOUT ME I'm an American who moved to the Netherlands in 2009 to be with my boyfriend. I have an MA in Comparative Gender Studies in Culture and Politics, and hope to find some kind of positive way to put my passion and knowledge to use. I am a sensitive girl, but usually much too stubborn and proud to admit that. I care too much about most things, and probably waste a lot of time worrying about things when I should be doing something about them instead. One day I will master this! In the meantime I keep busy with learning Dutch, growing a veggie garden, reading various feminist literature, dancing around my house, enjoying my friends and boyfriend, trying to remember to Skype my folks back home, and traveling when I have some money to spare. My Be Welcome profile: http://www.bewelcome.org/members/sarahkb PHILOSOPHY Ani Difranco sums it up: "I look around, and I think this is good enough. And I try to laugh at whatever life brings. 'Cause when I look down, I just miss all the good stuff. And when I look up, I just trip over things."
Zainteresowany: Bary
Biegły w Angielski
Uczę się: Włoski
24 Poręczeń
Dlaczego jestem na Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Been a proud surfer and host since 2007. I love doing both and I take this community and the spirit it was built on pretty seriously. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Couchsurfed through Europe for almost 9 months, hosted in the U.S.,and now I host in the Netherlands. Some significant CS experiences: First CS experience was in Dublin in April '07, when my friend and I had no place to stay at 9:00 at night and our host graciously invited us to stay with him, although he was already hosting 4 guys! Summer of '09 I hosted 6 beautiful surfers from various countries who were traveling together to raise money to go volunteer together in Africa. That was quite memorable!
Muzyka, filmy i książki
FILMS: Four Rooms * Eternal Sunshine * Adaptation, Slumdog Millionaire * Donnie Darko * Waking Life * Amelie Poulain * Lost in Translation * Little Miss Sunshine * Darjeeling Limited * Science of Sleep * The Royal Tenenbaums *Black Swan * Milk * The Squid and the Whale * Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas * The Philadelphia Story (not to be confused with Philadelphia)... Much more. MUSIC: Ani Difranco, Tori Amos, and Bjork are my ultimate! Opera and classical; Radiohead * Arcade Fire * Dresden Dolls * The Ditty Bops * The Walking Hellos * Mano Negra * Paul Simon * Gogol Bordello * Balkan Beatbox * Yann Tiersen * Ali Farka Toure * Bob Marley * Alanis Morissette * Kate Bush * Anais Mitchell * Joni Mitchell * Jesus and Mary Chain * Ella Fitzgerald * Bob Dylan * Rusted Root * The Violent Femmes * Reindeer Section * Le Tigre * Soundtribe Sector 9 * Velvet Underground * Daft Punk * Devotchka * Portishead * Fiona Apple * Edith Piaff * The Fugees * Erykah Badu * Grateful Dead * Van Morrison * Janis Joplin * Hendrix * Zeppelin * Beatles * The Doors * String Cheese Incident * Siouxsie & The Banshees * The Cranberries * Medeski,Martin,& Wood * Pink Floyd * James Brown * Chuck Berry * David Bowie * New Order * The Submarines * Jamiroquai * Ladytron * Keller Williams * Pink Martini * Regina Spektor * Sublime * Pearl Jam * Nirvana * Hole * The Be Good Tanyas * Tegan and Sarah * Phish * Yo La Tengo BOOKS/AUTHORS: Books I've recently read: * "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe * "Shame" by Salman Rushdie * "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys * "Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer * Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi * "Bicycle Diaries" by David Byrne It appears that I enjoy political satires and travel novels.:P I also enjoy anything by Inga Muscio; Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman; Anything by Bill Bryson, Kurt Vonnegut, Anne Rice, David Sedaris, and I am a shameless Shakespeare and Virginia Woolf nerd. :P
Jedna niesamowita rzecz, którą zrobiłem/am
- hitchhiking contest to the Cliffs of Moher - night sky meteor shower in Utah - election day 2008! - peace march in Washington D.C. one week after 9/11 - Mont St-Michel - the dinner table in Rome - traveling around a Croation island by scooter - hitchhike from Slovenia to the Netherlands in one day - hitchhiked in a hearse - Russian dasha! - living in Holland while the Dutch team played in the World Cup 2010
Ucz, Ucz się, Dziel się
I am particularly interested in languages, although I am lousy at learning them - at the moment I am learning Dutch and I will take any opportunity to improve it. I also want to learn to cook because I am useless in the kitchen and I would like not to be. ;) I can teach the few recipes I do know (typical American stuff like Pumpkin Pie), how to bake bread, and a bit about gardening.
Moje zainteresowania
Combating social inequalities (racism, sexism, homophobia, imperialism). I am quick to engage in conversations about philosophy, history,feminism, and social issues. That said, I am kind of allergic to people who get defensive and insulting when talking about any of these things, even if I agree with them. I like drinking beer, laughing until my face hurts, chilling out and doing nothing, and catching an occasional show. I think I wouldn't live long without music and my favorite books.