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Overview

  • 9 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Thai; learning Chinese, Italian, Spanish
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • UMN staff
  • I have a BS in Diplomacy. I kid you not.
  • From Milwaukee, WI
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Eat, Drink and be Merry

ABOUT ME

Empty as a pocket with nothing to lose.

PHILOSOPHY

I like to think i'm a nice person, but then i also enjoy telling elaborate lies to children.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can't host at the moment, unfortunately. I have traveled around the world with CouchSurfing though and have met many lovely people, some of whom I am still friends with to this day.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Minimal but memorable

visited 20 states (8.88%)Create your own visited map of The World or another interesting project

Interests

reading, live music, learning new languages, travelling, playing outside (esp. classic playground games), impromptu talking heads dance parties, pub quizes, tilt-a-whirls/gravitrons, drunkenly singing Ace of Base at KTV, painting/drawing/making things, cooking/learning new recipes, yoga, giving people static shocks, "surfing" in stocking feet, making an Elvis lip

  • singing
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • recipes
  • yoga
  • partying
  • drinking
  • pub crawls
  • reading
  • traveling
  • painting
  • drawing
  • music
  • live music
  • guitar
  • surfing
  • rock climbing
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: the princess bride, roshomon, christopher guest movies, tootsie, attack of the killer tomatoes, amadeus, white christmas, freaks, etc.
books: the list is endless
music: how? how do i list? too hard...if it's quality and from the soul i'll dig it.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelled with and stayed at the home of a Tibetan rinpoche in Tibet...herding, riding, exploring and climbing, it was surreal.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach: English (all levels), some cooking
I want to learn: everything, especially how to play the guitar/ukelale and Arabic.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Italy, Taiwan, Thailand, United States

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