CURRENT MISSION

see/hear/touch/smell/taste/DO

ABOUT ME

I'm Christine. free. capricious. I don't mind getting lost. I'm often seen as airheaded, but its just because I'm usually deep in thought. slightly awkward and goofy. Everyday I believe I see the true beauty in life. Odds are, I'll like you, and you'll like me. Sometimes I'm shy and don't talk a lot, but not unless I just met you, which is not usually the case with this site. I live in the present, a little too completely sometimes, as in I don't know what I'm going to do with my schooling. But its good in a lot of other ways. I've heard "you're crazy!" thrown around a lot, I confess I have a little bit of a wild streak, and I can be a bit weird (as in refreshing, not creepy!), but usually this just makes me think "a question that often drives me hazy, am I or the others crazy?"

PHILOSOPHY

no rain, no rainbows

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Spreading Sunshine :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

stayed in some co-ops with my brother in california and colorado, crashed on innumerable couches/floors/etc all over california, also while in switzerland I crashed some couches.

while in Amsterdam my paycheck came later than anticipated so I was stuck with no money for 4 days, so I couchsurfed with Joel in Leiden who saved me at the last minute from a couple nights at the airport!

Interests

I'm studying biology in school, I love natural history, ecology, sub-cultures, guerilla art, philosophy, anatomy/physiology, plants, and animals (primarily [though not singularly] those of the marine sort)
Adventures! I love the outdoors and nature! Hiking, bike-riding, swimming. I enjoy cooking, though baking not as much. I love artsy stuff too, pretty avid photographer and doodler my whole life and I love to read, so I guess I can be indoor too.

• animals
• arts
• beauty
• cooking
• baking
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• scuba diving
• skiing
• swimming
• anatomy
• biology
• ecology
• history
• solo travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:The Big Lebowski, fear and loathing, the cable guy, rear window, the departed, gangs of new york, heavyweights, beetlejuice, pi

Music: Albert King, Air, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, At the Drive-In, the Beatles, Beck, Beastie Boys, Belle and Sebastian, the Black Keys, Bob Marley, Cake, Cat Power, CCR, Clutchy Hopkins, the Coral, Darondo, Dr. Dog, Easy Star All Stars, Elliott Smith, ELO, the Faint, the Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, Girl Talk, the Grateful Dead, Greenskeepers, I Monster, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Jurassic 5, the Kinks, the Klaxons, the Knux, Led Zeppelin, Liars, M83, Mac Dre, Manu Chao, Melvins, MGMT, Mickey Avalon, Mogwai, Muse, My Morning Jacket, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nightmares on Wax, of Montreal, Otis Redding, Parliament-Funkadelic, Passion Pit, Peter,Bjorn and John, Phish, Pink Floyd, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, the Ramones, the Rapture, Ratatat, Rolling Stones, Royksopp, Sam and Dave, Santogold, Sigur Ros, Sly and the Family Stone, the Smiths, Steve Aoki, TV on the Radio, Velvet Underground, Willowz

Books: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Fast Food Nation, A Confederacy of Dunces, Brave New World, Doors of Perception, anything by J.D. Salinger or Kurt Vonnegut, particularly Nine Stories by Salinger and Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Lewis Carroll, Hunter S. Thompson, Huxley, Catch-22, Infinite Jest (definitely in top 3!, the botany of desire, phantoms in the brain, and lots of cookbooks!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have tons of stories! Although one that sticks out the most is my first international solo traveling experience...met some amazing people, couchsurfed with a pro sky diver/ video editor (not through cs), the US ski team, some old friends from home, and more in the beautiful, beautiful swiss alps.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you're trying to make a decision with your mind or your heart, go with your gut.

(keep in mind this is metaphysically, not anatomically correct..tut tut)

I want to learn about people.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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