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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
To stay alive and well in Europe
ABOUT ME
I am an American Francophile with pale skin, fake red hair, and artsy tendancies.
PHILOSOPHY
Never put a sock in a toaster.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I'm hoping to make friends in Europe! Is that contributing? UPDATE: I have been attending CouchSurfing events in the Paris area.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Brand new! Fresh off the scene! Never before seen!
Interests
Theater, movies, books, photography, French, feminism, politics
- books
- theater
- photography
- womens rights
- politics
- movies
- camping
Music, Movies, and Books
Music : Ryan Adams, Wilco, Louise Attaque, Regina Spektor, the Replacements, Noir Desir, Georges Brassens, Agnes Bihl, Ray LaMontagne, The Hold Steady, Damien Rice, Counting Crows, Stevie Wonder, Mike Doughty, Bruce Springsteen, Mademoiselle K, Pink Martini, Langhorne Slim, Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis, Rufus Wainwright
Movies : A Streetcar Named Desire, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Heavenly Creatures, High Fidelity, Monty Python, Mel Brooks
Books : Lolita, The Sun Also Rises, Henderson the Rain King, Dracula, Crime and Punishment, A Moveable Feast, La Cantatrice Chauve, the Collected Works of Shakespeare, anything and everything Tennessee Williams or Albert Camus, poetry by Arthur Rimbaud, Robert Desnos and W.H. Auden.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
I lived in Guantanamo Bay before there was a terrorist camp there.
Teach, Learn, Share
I can help you improve your English and possibly your French. I can probably show you how to take better pictures. I can tell you all about the American government, because I worked for them.