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Overview

  • 42 references 39 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German, Spanish
  • 32, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Traveler
  • Philosophy, Psychology, General Studies
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I want to constantly learn, connect with new people, and improve who I am and live life to the fullest!

ABOUT ME

I am interested in many things and passionate about life and learning. My recent interests are blues dancing, swing dancing, longboarding, and learning new songs on piano and singing. But I bounce between wanting to learn languages, reading various books, psychology in general, positive psychology specifically, philosophy, theatre, hiking, traveling, crocheting, and I really love to connect with and learn about people and their experiences. I love Rainbow Gatherings and go every year! I like to maintain variety in life. I love playing card games or any game. I enjoy long hugs, laughing, children, old people, and I suppose the in-betweens ;) I really like a good conversation. Above all, I love my tennis shoes. Haha. But really, they're pretty nifty. I just love life and people and everything! :)

PHILOSOPHY

Never stop pushing: always push to be healthy and learn and love and find new experiences and enjoy every moment.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've done many travels through the website, and it's been so amazing! I appreciate all the amazing people who have been so kind in showing me their homes and points of interest. I've had a few people stay with me as well, and can't wait for more!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So amazing. It's crazy to see how extremely kind, giving, and fascinating everyone I've met has been. It's been so much fun, and such a positive experience meeting these amazing people, and seeing their cities.

Interests

Dancing, longboarding, games, positive psychology, learning, staying active, theatre, the outdoors, the Rainbow Gathering, new experiences, traveling, meeting new people, some video games, laughing, camping, music, crocheting.

  • writing
  • books
  • singing
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • flowers
  • video games
  • reading
  • traveling
  • crochet
  • origami
  • music
  • piano
  • blues
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • camping
  • tennis
  • languages
  • mathematics
  • psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Life is Beautiful, Waking Life, Step Brothers, Crazy Stupid Love, Borat, Six Degrees of Separation, Into the Wild, Grandma's Boy, Mr. Nobody, Her, Fight Club, The Phantom of the Opera, My Dinner with Andre

Books: No Future Without Forgiveness, The History of Love, The Phantom Tollbooth, Black Like Me, The Art of Loving (anything Erich Fromm), Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Derren Brown's Tricks of the Mind, The BFG/Roald Dahl, Jitterbug Perfume, Tolstoy's Confession and Family Happiness, The Tao Te Ching, Confucius, The Enchiridion, Walden, JD Salinger, Malcolm Gladwell, Stardust

Music: CCR, Frank Sinatra, Bright Eyes, Third Eye Blind, Mimicking Birds, Fleet Foxes, Queens of the Stone Age, Tracy Chapman, Tool, Modest Mouse, Eddie Vedder, Mumford & Sons, White Stripes, Tenacious D, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Soundgarden/Audioslave, Beatles, Bill Withers, Nirvana, Supertramp, Incubus, NIN, Sublime, System, the Doors, Marley, Jefferson Airplane, Alice in Chains, Shania Twain, Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty, Paul Anka...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiking to Mexico and sleeping under the stars every night for the first leg of the trip, knowing almost no Spanish and meeting a 65 year old energy ball on the bus who I traveled to the Mayan ruins with and who brought me back to her home in Chiapas! It was such a fantastic first big traveling experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know how to crochet, a bit of German, how to make an origami flower. I know quite a few places to have an amazing time in New Mexico, and would love to show you if you visit one day. I also know my ABC's, basic math, reading and writing: so I'm essentially a genius. And hilarious. ;)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I could cook for you, love conversation, and can play a mean hand of cards!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, New Zealand, United States

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