CURRENT MISSION

To feel truly alive and in the moment.

ABOUT ME

28 years young. Graduated from college with a music degree in 2008 and traveled in western Europe for 3 months afterward and I wanted more! Since then I have been to Alaska, NYC (twice), Seattle (many times), Chicago, Mexico, Canada (Victoria, Vancouver, Montreal and Quebec), and Costa Rica for 3.5 weeks by myself a few summers ago.

On my current trip, I have visited New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Germany. The adventure continues!

Notable things I have done:
-Skydiving (Las Vegas)
-Hot air balloon ride
-Swam with dolphins (Bahamas)
-White water rafting (Austria, Montana, Alaska)
-Been in a Disneyland parade
-Parasailing (Bahamas and Idaho)
-Canyoning (Switzerland, Costa Rica, and Vietnam)
-Bungee Jumping (Costa Rica)
-Zip-lining (Alaska and Costa Rica)
-Dogsledding (Quebec)
-Canyon Swing (New Zealand)
-Blackwater Rafting in Waitomo Glowworm Caves (New Zealand)
-Held a baby panda! (China)

Things that I WILL do:
-HALO skydiving jump (High Altitude, Low Oxygen)
- See the Northern Lights
-Crush grapes with my feet to make wine
-Visit every continent at least once
-Record an album
-Learn another language

PHILOSOPHY

"It's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst...and then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain. And I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life..."

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Had my first couch surfing experience in London and it was fabulous! I am hoping to do some more surfing and hosting in the future!

兴趣

Music, Outrigger Canoe, Museums, Chai tea, Baking, Swimming, Hiking, Libraries filled with old books, Classic Movies, Intellectual conversation, Travel, Photography, Art, Writing in journals, Knitting, Listening to rain, Smiling, Being happy, Non-superficiality, Listening to music, SINGING!!

• arts
• writing
• books
• singing
• photography
• beauty
• wine
• baking
• gardening
• movies
• traveling
• knitting
• music
• hiking
• canoeing
• surfing
• bungee jumping
• skydiving
• swimming

音乐、电影和书籍

Coldplay, jazz, musical theater, Arcade Fire, Mumford and Sons, Alexi Murdoch, Regina Spektor, Jane Monheit, Madeleine Peyroux, Maurice Ravel, Beethoven, good old 80's music, Oldies, good homemade CD mixes that have a taste of everything to quench every mood, Modest Mouse, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Ben Folds (Five), Queen, Radiohead, The Cranberries, Smashing Pumpkins, The Beatles, Weezer, good movie soundtracks (especially Amelie, Nightmare Before Christmas, Moulin Rouge, and Romeo and Juliet), Enya, classical music, Journey, Josh Groban, Collective Soul, Keane, The Police, Mozart, Sara Bareilles, Bobby Darin (basically all the crooners), NO hardcore country and head-banging stuff

Maus I and II, Kite Runner, Angels and Demons, The DaVinci Code, The Handmaid's Tale, Mathilda, In My Hands, In Praise of Slowness

The King's Speech, Se7en, Pulp Fiction, Team America: World Police, Casino Royale, Amelie, Stigmata, Boondock Saints, Father of the Bride (1 and 2), Garden State, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Fight Club, Ocean's Eleven, The Score, American History X, White Christmas, Chicago, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Emperor's New Groove, Liar Liar, Happy Gilmore, Newsies, Ever After, Underworld, Kill Bill: Volumes 1 and 2, Catch me if you can, Monsters, Inc., My Fair Lady, Braveheart, Life is Beautiful, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Last of the Mohicans, Singing in the Rain, Vertigo, Grumpier Old Men, Some Like It Hot, The Illusionist, Gattaca, Don Juan de Marco

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Held a baby panda at the Giant Panda Breeding Research Center in Chengdu, China!

教，学，和分享

"If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life, as in hoping for another life, and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life."

"When it's dark enough you can see the stars."

"When you reach your own room, be kind to those who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall." - C.S. Lewis

"Life is too short not to be in love."

"Life is like a book and those who have not traveled have only read the first page."

"This hurts so much."
"Yea, but that's life. It's real. Sometimes it hurts, but it's sorta all we have." - Garden State

"True love is the soul's recognition of its counterpart in another."

"We sing when words are not enough."

"Life isn't about the breaths you take, but about the moments that take your breath away."

"The gods envy us for we are mortal and that makes each moment we have that much more beautiful."

"Don't frown, you never know who is falling in love with your smile."

"Where words fail, music speaks."

我游览过的国家

Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

我居住过的国家

United States

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