CURRENT MISSION

To be a rolling stone, but not alone and lost!

ABOUT ME

Hi! I'm Anna. I aspire to be a well-known and respected banjo and guitar player but if that falls through, I'll pursue a career in Resource Management, specifically forestry. Maybe I'll do both. I live with an old highschool friend. Together we eat food, explore the city and make merry. I travel by bike partially out of necessity and partially to learn the ins, outs and hideouts of the city. I enjoy spontaneity, adventure and artistic expression.

PHILOSOPHY

I try to live my life with utmost integrity to myself and others. I challenge myself to make the most of this experience on earth and am always willing to learn new ways of thinking or having a good time. I want to make a positive change while doing something to enjoy. I want to work to live, not live to work.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am just beginning to get involved in the community. I do not have a lot of space to offer, but what I have, I will. I am also more than willing to show someone around town for the day.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

When on tour or in-between living situations I have been a tidy and respectful guest on several couches. I enjoy nesting, however temporarily, in new spaces and getting insight into other people's homes/experiences. On route to Cleveland, my boyfriend and I stayed in a room where a cat had peed. In Toronto, I stayed at a house and stayed up all night playing Risk 2010 AD. You never know what you're going to get.

Interests

I love dancing, eating, reading, biking, drinking, swimming, so many things... it would be easier to list things that I'm not interested in: Going to box malls, going to a new city and staying inside my room, ...that might be it.

• cats
• dancing
• dining
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• guitar
• cycling
• boxing
• swimming
• forestry

Music, Movies, and Books

I like campy and cult classic films like Wayne's World and I really enjoy drawn out, pensive, beautiful art films. I like things that push borders, like Dogma film or Jaques Tatu. I enjoy music with soul and inventiveness, mainly. Tortoise, Dirty Projectors, Chad Vangaalen, Wilco, The Byrds, it's very broad but not at the same time. I've been reading a lot of non-fiction like 'the geography of hope' by Chris Turner. I'm currently reading about linguistics, a book called 'the social art'.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One amazing thing that I've gotten to do was actually practically in my own backyard. In Collingwood, ON, there is a treehiking facility. i climbed a ladder onto a platform where I was harnessed and clipped to a rope above me. From that point on, I had to walk on single 8" or so planks that eventually rose 60 ft in the air. It was a beautiful walk through the canopy of the forest with a 300ft zip line at the end to get down. It wasn't scary at all.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach basic guitar, musical theory, I just learned how to make soup, I can teach someone how to read a map, how to be patient.