CURRENT MISSION

Survive my first semester abroad ;)

ABOUT ME

Well... ALL about me? K.

I like shoes
I like swimming and running
I like nice people
I like true people
I like people who will be honest
I like honesty
I like animals
I like good movies
I like snow
I admire nature
I admire tradition
I admire uniqueness
I admire beauty
I admire culture
I love cuisine
I love language
I love History and Geography
I love a full moon
I love the night
I love swimming (it needed to be mentioned twice)
I love pleasant odors
I love music
I love to dance (badly)
I love Sociology
I love good stories
I love random pointless stories
I love thunderstorms
I love rolling prairies
I love seclusion every now & then
I'm obsessed with all that I love
I'm obsessed with those who I love
I'm obsessed with Architecture
I'm obsessed with Fashion (even if i don't exude it)
I'm obsessed with balance
I'm obsessed with people

d(^_^)b

I'm annoyed by noise
I'm annoyed when i lack money
I'm annoyed by incomprehension (in all forms)
I'm annoyed by country music
I'm annoyed by moths indoors
I dislike carelessness
I dislike close minds
I dislike cold wind
I dislike vodka
I dislike dust
I dislike stupid movies
I dislike milk
I dislike spam
I hate stupidity
I hate destruction
I hate deceit
I hate tomatoes
I hate pollution (every use of the word)
I hate mob mentality
I hate feeling alone
I hate waste

So i lied because that's not ALL about me, but that's a pretty damn good picture.

I have been so lucky in life. I have a wonderful family, in all accounts, that I appreciate for making me the person I am. I make friends like I breathe. I'm very open to experiences and people. I believe that there is good and bad in everything, but that, for the most part, the bad should be disregarded and the good should focused upon. Sometimes I sing by myself; there have been about 4 accounts of people accidentally hearing me and I was traumatized. I'm very critical of myself, but I think we have to criticize ourselves if we want to grow as people; "The race of life is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself."
Honesty is HUGE to me. Ask me what i think and i will tell you. I just think that without trust in someone, there's nothing.

Of course there's tons more, but you'll have to ask me in person.

PHILOSOPHY

La vie c'est froid parfois

"remember the compliments, forget the insults"

Theres always good to be found, even if you have to work to find it

I generally believe in responsibility
being responsible in what you do and say
being responsible in taking care of yourself
being responsible to plan
being responsible to learn
being responsible to work
being responsible for what you've done

The majority of life is up to you to make of it what you will.

"Walk like it's for sale and the rent's due tonight"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would love to be a testament to the idea that letting a total stranger into your home to sleep as he/she travels is NOT a bad idea.

timid friend "You mean you people actually do that??"
me "Of course, you meet the best people,
and you belong to the coolest little
community. It's an amazing idea"

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have a long history of sleeping on various couches in my 20 years.

That, and one time of official couchsurfing in Strasbourg. I dare say it was a success. Can't wait until the next time.

Interests

Now, why would you ask for my interests now? Wouldn't "interests" be included if i just told you ALL about myself?

Guess these ones are missing from the above list...

Linguistics
Science
Civilization
Wine
Zoology
Oceanography
Concerts
Embarrassingly pleasurable reality television
Writing
Things made of leather
Politics (Major)
Pretty much design in most forms

• animals
• culture
• writing
• singing
• folklore
• architecture
• design
• fashion
• beauty
• concerts
• dancing
• wine
• running
• politics
• movies
• music
• country music
• swimming
• geography
• history
• science
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

I could give you the names of a couple of books i've read in the past few years, but I don't read enough to have a preferred author or genre of books. I'll just say that I enjoy most of what i pick up.

As far as movies go...

Smart pieces of art
-Kill Bill (vol. 1 & 2)
-Pan's Labyrinth
-Factory Girl
-Pulp Fiction
-Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Timeless
-Gone With the Wind
-Forest Gump
-Titanic
-Malena
-The Hours
Mockumentaries
-Best in Show
-For Your Consideration
-Drop Dead Gorgeous
Guilty Pleasures
-Devil Wears Prada
-Sleepless in Seattle
-The Matrix
Musicals
-Chicago
-Moulin Rouge
-The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Comedy
-Happy Gilmore
-Superbad
-Scary movie 1

There are so many more that i have and haven't seen that should be on the list, but this should do..

for music...

E V E R Y T H I N G

i know i said country annoys me but it does have it's good songs here and there.

There is too much good music to hate and too many different styles to have favorites.

Music is amazing and i could never get enough.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I got two people from Orleans to Granada the day before departure during Holiday for under 30 euro in reservations thanks to my amazing mastery of the European railways. It might not sound amazing, but after 20 SNCF workers told me it was impossible, I am a freakin' miracle worker.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to teach whatever it is that people like about me to others and i want to learn whatever makes the other person unique.

I can teach someone how to play an amazing game of Dead or Alive

I can teach English

I can teach people how to swim

I can teach people how to walk