PHILOSOPHY

Kindness, love, honesty.

1. "Kindness is my only religion" (HH the 14th Dalai Lama)
2. Love is a radical action (bell hooks)
3. When you love someone, say it (Jeanette Winterson)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far I've only had "unofficial" couchsurfing experiences - traveling to a place where my friends live and sleeping on spare beds, couches, and once on an assortment of couch cushions.

I also moved to the DC area with nothing more than a duffel bag and the generosity of friends who let me crash with them.

Interests

My main interest is probably writing (though it pains me to say I have a "main" interest). I've been writing ever since I was a little girl, in journals and stories and literature classes. I am also interested in the way myth intersects with reality, which informs a lot of my writing.

A very close second is my interest in photography. I almost always have a camera on me (and sometimes two or three). My heart lies with film, even if it is a costly habit. I love photographing everyday moments, and people when they're not posing.

Other interests include: feminism, ballet, Dungeons & Dragons, video games, really excellent television and films, hilariously bad movies, and many other things.

• writing
• literature
• poetry
• photography
• ballet dancing
• womens rights
• movies
• video games
• traveling
• medicine
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Casablanca, Pan's Labyrinth, Alien, Away We Go, Annie Hall

TV: Community, Party Down, Parks & Recreation, Deadwood, Planet Earth/Life, Arrested Development

Music: The Blow, Mirah, Des Ark, Tegan & Sara, Hope for Agoldensummer, Aimee Mann, St. Vincent, Sunset Rubdown, The Mountain Goats

Books: anything by Margaret Atwood (but especially The Handmaid's Tale and Surfacing and Oryx & Crake), anything by Jeanette Winterson (especially Lighthousekeeping), Affinity by Sarah Waters

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived for a semester in a castle in the Italian Alps and studied poetry, medieval saints and heroes, and wildnerness medicine. I also worked in the vineyard there. It was one of the best things I ever did.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States