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Overview

  • 2 references
  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 41, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • teacher, editor, fancypants
  • BA in Political Science from Laurentian University in Sud...
  • From Toronto, Ontario
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Between degrees and letting the world kick me in the face for a while

ABOUT ME

25 year old female, born and raised in the GTA and currently calling Korea my home sweet home. Slowly but surely saving money for my Masters, which I'll use to save and then eventually take over the world. Alternate plans include starting an organic farm, building an Earthship, joining an intentional community, being a hermit, and spending one month in every country in the world.

PHILOSOPHY

We're here to live - If what you're doing now isn't working towards your dream, feel free to try something new. No one ever regrets raising the bar.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Travel is one of the few pure pleasures left in the world - I'm on here because I want to support that and allow as many people as possible to participate in their journey.

Interests

politics, passion, baseball!, miss sarah slean, green tea, grapefruits, the newspaper, dark rooms, violins, raw food, tahoma size eight, central america, planning to be someone else, globes and world maps, winter coats, making plans to disappear, autumn leaves, sharpened pencils, heartbreak, and you.

  • dining
  • raw food
  • politics
  • traveling
  • baseball
  • soccer
  • cartography

Music, Movies, and Books

moon, an education, requiem for a dream, hostel, fight club, boondock saints, i heart huckabees, royal tenenbaums, dumb & dumber, rocky horror picture show, lost in translation, life aquatic, eternal sunshine, usual suspects, seven, twelve angry men, death to smoochy, etc etc.

additionally, I'll let you in on a little secret if you promise not to tell anyone - I'm obsessed with x-men, and really bad, fairly recent horror movies, like house of wax.

as for books...
will christopher baer will change your life, if you let him. i'll lend you his books if you promise me your soul as a deposit.

also, anything by craig clevenger, leonard cohen, joseph conrad, douglas adams, james morrow, will ferguson, and douglas coupland. I'm a book nerd, let's discuss.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

At 6am in Esteli, Nicaragua, I played soccer with children I barely knew. I couldn't speak Spanish, they couldn't speak English, but we both learned so much about each other.

Teach, Learn, Share

I learned this last week, let me pass it on.
White vinegar in a spray bottle is your best friend if you live in the North. Pour or spray some right onto your windshield and it'll significantly reduce the frost buildup!

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Singapore, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, South Korea

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