CURRENT MISSION

preparing for a trip to India

ABOUT ME

Grad student at Penn.

My goal is to be as flexible as possible when traveling, leaving preferences I had at home, at home. If I've never tried it, I'll try it! I can be a highly autonomous traveler; I take good care to be aware of keeping my space small as a guest. Otherwise, I´m up for whatever you are! Local, underground, or intellectual stuff appreciated but no problem otherwise.

I can usually get along with anyone! :)

PHILOSOPHY

I'm out to have a good time, learn as much as I possibly can, and make some solid connections with people around the world. While I'm traveling, I'm a big proponent of total immersion, doing everything as is done wherever I am (except eating meat but I'm quiet about it). I try to travel invisibly and I am conscious to patronize and embellish locality.

I'm grounded mostly in social science and theory, but I have strong sympathies with philosophy. Politically, I'm a socialist in the American tradition. Forests are my sanctuaries. With all this said, though, I'm extremely accepting of most constellations of credos.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Happy to host now that I have the means to do so. I'm typically quite busy, but the futon is comfortable.

For the time being, I can only host for one night at a time.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been CSing for a while and I love it! I've done so many unique things and met some of the most genuine and interesting people in my life because of CS. I've done b&e into tunnel networks, been to underground raves, got lost in a lot of forests, drank everything from salmiakki to grog... CS is a second home and a first adventure.

Interests

psychology, social psychology, sociology, philosophy, politics, drug policy, international studies, microbrews, vegetarian cooking, bakeries, kindness, touch, fashion, style, editing, writing, literature, language, film, aesthetics, modern art, blue eyes, russia and northern europe, egalitarianism and feminism, cities, urban exploration, wanderlust, kayaking, camping, mountains and forests, fog, trail/night running, tennis, racquetball, basketball, kickboxing, dancing, music, sound, harmony, rhythm, raves and underground clubs

• arts
• culture
• writing
• literature
• folklore
• fashion
• modern art
• dancing
• womens rights
• cooking
• vegetarian
• running
• clubbing
• raves
• politics
• traveling
• music
• kayaking
• camping
• basketball
• tennis
• racquetball
• psychology
• science
• social science
• sociology
• mountains
• urban exploration

Music, Movies, and Books

The skeleton:

Movies: Day Watch, The Kid, Gone Baby Gone, Black Swan, Fox and the Hound, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Rachel Getting Married, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, SLC Punk

Music: southern and french hip-hop, jazz fusion, dub, big beat, p-funk, psychedelic, pop, chicago blues, romantic (classical), dancehall, gothic and groove metal, instrumental rock, trip hop, new jack swing, baile funk, psytrance, dub, breakbeat, d'n'b... let's trade!!

Books: Sinclair Lewis, Dickens, RL Stevenson, Vonnegut, Bukowski, Steinbeck, Shakespeare, plenty of social theory and philosophy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trespassing in the hills of Belfast.

Teach, Learn, Share

Eating miracle fruit before a lime makes it taste sweet.

I'm perpetually curious in learning about fashion, the arts, social psychology, and culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Jamaica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Finland, Nicaragua, United States

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