CURRENT MISSION

Planning a music-filled roadtrip around the States.

ABOUT ME

Small. Blonde. Relatively articulate. Passionate about far too many things. A journalist in her spare time. Spanks her cash on second hand CDs and expensive instruments. Likes how to feels to learn new things. Good at making lists. Good at listening. Good at saying very inappropriate things, loudly in public spaces. Enjoys staring at the speakers and waiting for the drop. Wants to grow up to be a cat. Enjoys books about how fucked up people are. Loves being a woman. Loves people until proven otherwise.

Is planning to trek around the States next year, armed with a dictaphone and a handful of gig tickets. Wants to hit New York, Oakland, LA, and Olympia to kiss the ground of her idols, get messed up and have a fucking good time.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm up for hosting when I can. I'm a super super super busy lady with lots of commitments, but I'm also very happy to put someone up if I'm around...and hopefully show them what there is to do/see/eat in London (sod, the guide books, they have no idea).

Interests

• cats
• books
• music
• journalism
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music :

Subtle/Themselves, Sleater-Kinney, Mew, Sneaker Pimps, Peter Gabriel, Sikth, The Police, Pharcyde, Nedry, !!!, Mindless Self Indulgence, Unicorn Kid, Minus the Bear, Ben Folds Five, Brendan Benson, Crowded House, Cage, Uffie, Sage Francis, Bike For Three!, Fantomas, Stars, Four Tet, 65daysofstatic, Why?, Anathallo, Metric, Mos Def, M83, This Town Needs Guns, Lovage, Tracy + The Plastics, Brontide, Miss Kittin, Deftones, Snoop, Death Cab, Millionaires, Hymie's Basement, Girls Aloud, System Of A Down, Phil Collins, Caribou, IAMX, Amanda Palmer, Restiform Bodies, Le Tigre, Three Trapped Tigers...a lot.

Movies :

Buffalo '66, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Full Metal Jacket, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Thelma and Louise, Baseketball, The Hours, Run Lola Run, Goodbye Lenin!, Beetlejuice, The Wackness, Half Nelson, Jackie Brown, The Shining, Rosemary's Baby, Innocence, Hackers, Battle Royale, The Good Girl, My Best Friend's Wedding.

Books :

First Love, Last Rites/Ian McEwan, American Psycho/Bret Easton Ellis, What Was Lost/Catherine O'Flynn, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close/Johnathan Safran Foer, A Defence of Masochism/Anita Phillips, Happiness/Will Ferguson, Men in Love/Nancy Friday, Female Chauvinist Pigs/Ariel Levy.

Teach, Learn, Share

Empathy fixes everything.