CURRENT MISSION My mission is to experience and enjoy as much as possible. ABOUT ME A friend once described me as "curious," noting that it was appropriate that the word means both inquisitive and out of the ordinary. I think that's the best one-word description of me ever.
对艺术感兴趣
对咖啡感兴趣
流利使用英语
正在学习阿拉伯语（北黎凡特）
我为什么使用Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I'm looking around for couches to surf on! I love the idea, and I'm excited about making new connections and seeing new places. Thank you in advance to anyone who lends me their couch! :)
音乐、电影与书籍
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, Sister Act (1 and 2) Alanis Morissette, Ani DiFranco, Ari Hest, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, Ben Harper, Blackalicious, Bob Marley, Bobby McFerrin, Bruce Springsteen, Byrds, Cindi Lauper, Common, Counting Crows, Dave Matthews, Black Eyed Peas, DISPATCH, Dixie Chicks, Eddie from Ohio, EVE 6, Everclear, Fleetwood Mac, Fugees, Goo Goo Dolls, India Arie, Indigo Girls, Jane's Addiction, Janis Joplin, Jay Chou, Jay-Z, Joss Stone, John Butler Trio, Ludacris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Matchbox Twenty, Matisyahu, Melissa Etheridge, Miriam Makeba, Notorious B.I.G, O.A.R., Pearl Jam, Peter Gabriel, R.E.M., Sarah McLachlan, Savage Garden, Sean Paul, Shawn Mullins, Sheryl Crow, Simon & Garfunkel, Sin Bandera, Sister Hazel, System of a Down, TLC, Tool, Tracy Chapman, Victor Wooten, 2nd Revolution Pregnancy and Power, Pride and Prejudice, The Cartoon History of the Universe, The Natural Mind, The Handmaid's Tale, A Wrinkle in Time, Night, The Awakening, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Jacob Have I Loved, The Phantom Tollbooth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Berenstain Bears, Dr Suess, The Crucible, Number the Stars, The Giver, Speak, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, The Color Purple, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, North and South, Flight by Sherman Alexie, and above all others The Chronicles of Narnia
我做过的一件令人惊叹的事
One amazing thing I've seen was the Great Wall of China. It really was incredible, and there was a go-cart place right by our section of the wall! One amazing thing I've done is learn Spanish. It's 6 years later, and it's kind of rusty, but I'm still excited whenever I get to use it and impressed that I could learn it in the first place.
教学、学习、分享
I'm a big fan of languages. I'm fluent in Spanish, and am working on Arabic, French, and ASL. I love learning new language learning techniques as well as learning new languages. One of my favorites is to label everything in your house in the language you are trying to learn. Another is to draw pictures of vocabulary words, and hang them up on your fridge. Seeing the words day after day will put them into your brain whether you're trying or not. Then, after a couple of weeks, I take the papers off the fridge and make flash cards with them. I carry them in my purse and quiz myself when I'm bored. :) So basically I'd love to practice languages with anyone interested. And I'd love to learn yoga and how to cook more delicious stuff.
我的兴趣
good conversations, coffee shops and bookstores, eavesdropping (mostly on strangers), public speaking, sunshine, sundresses, making collages, languages, travel, world cultures, theater, music, dancing, food (seriously love the stuff), exploring
