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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
@BENEPPARD
Member since 2006
CURRENT MISSION Getting my Masters in Public Policy. ABOUT ME I'm a writer, musician, and graphic designer. I also love travel and gardening. I call Charlottesville, VA home. I spent the last 6 1/2 years there serving as the Director of Communications for the student volunteer center at the University of Virginia. I'm currently taking a creative year to work on artistic projects, including a book about hitchhiking. I'm pretty laid back. PHILOSOPHY Significance comes from loving others.
Interested in Adventure Sports
Fluent in English
Learning Spanish
Pioneer Badge
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING My roommates and I hosted many times at my last house in Charlottesville. I surfed a bunch last summer. I just moved outside of town by 20-30 minutes would still love to host, but you'll need a car. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Some highlights: - Backpacked across Mexico w/ Kaleb Matson - Caught an underground rock concert in Atlanta w/ Frak - Took Carey to a Charlottesville brewery & introduced her to my friends (now she lives here) - Camped on Easter Island w/ Drew and Caroline Macomber - Hiked Mill Mountain w/ Whitney Hubbard - Planted onions w/ James Case - Read One Fish, Two Fish to Liam w/ Matt and Rebecca Williams - Kayaked w/ alligators and Talia Seider - Hosted a house concert w/ Daniel McCord - Watched Cosmos w/ Eric McAnly - Rocked a Bastille Concert w/ Stephen Rutledge - Hunted Morel Mushrooms w/ Danna Flowers - Played Appalachian Dulcimer w/ John and Diana Krautter - Gardened & split wood w/ Nick & Rachel Sarah at Downstream Project
Music, Movies, and Books
Some of my favorite movies: In Pursuit of Happyness, Big Fish, The Prestige, Inception, Looper Books: The Unsettling of America & everything Wendell Berry Music: Glen Hansard, Iron and Wine, Gregory Alan Isakov, Tom Conlon
One Amazing Thing I've Done
The summer before last I took my baby sisters on a trip across Ireland and Scotland. We visited the Skelligs – a surreal rocky outcrop off the coast of Ireland and got to witness the puffins breeding. I once flew to Seattle from East Coast on a whim. Bought a motorcycle and spent the next four weeks driving it home. My friend Ben and I backpacked through the Middle East from Istanbul to Cairo, crossing through Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt.
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach: Web Design, Gardening, Songwriting, Guitar... Learn: Whatever is local!
My Interests
On most Mondays I can be found at The Local's Songwriter's Night. I love our local music scene, especially the community among our many talented songwriters. I enjoy the outdoors, reading, writing, and gardening.
