CURRENT MISSION

To make art and make friends :)

ABOUT ME

I'm a 27-year-old American writer and actor. I live in North Carolina, where my father has a beautiful organic farm; you can see pictures on our family web site: byrne.typepad.com. I'm traveling around the world to research my first novel ;) I'll be traveling to Ethiopia, India, Fiji, Samoa and the Cook Islands. So it's a real adventure!

I don't smoke or drink, I eat anything, I have all of my own equipment and supplies, and I'm clean and courteous. Please feel free to ask me any questions, or friend me on Facebook (Monica Byrne).

PHILOSOPHY

"For what am I, but all other things?"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm really new to this site. Right now, I'm traveling, so I am not able to host; but when I have my own place again I certainly will. So right now, I'm looking to surf, and infinitely grateful to any and all of my hosts :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet! ;)

Interests

Writing, improv, theater, art, meditation, yoga, playing with blocks, buying flowers for myself, Buddhism, Catholicism, the numinous, fantasy, science fiction, A Prairie Home Companion, flying, doggies, dresses, sheet cake, gender studies, thunderstorms, religion, lab humor, music, bed-and-breakfasts, theater, science, rollercoasters, waterslides, Dan Savage, Alexander the Great, Locopops, high r-squared values, handmade soaps, invented languages, ruins, masonry, and other Monicas ;)

• arts
• writing
• books
• theater
• acting
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• drinking
• flying
• flowers
• traveling
• music
• catholic
• buddhist
• gender studies
• languages
• religion
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite music: Meshell Ngedeocello, Beth Orton, Paul Simon, Led Zeppelin, Beck, Bjork, The Beatles, The Billy Nayer Show, Cassandra Wilson, Jeff Buckley, Jill Scott, Joni Mitchell, Prince.

Favorite Writers: Ursula K. Le Guin, Toni Morrison, Mary Renault, Nnedi Okorafor, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Jean Louis Borges, Norman Rush.

Favorite Movies: Kill Bill, The Neverending Story, Time Bandits, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Labyrinth, Donnie Darko, L.A. Story, Harold and Maude, The American Astronaut, Serenity, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Children of Men, A Prairie Home Companion, Beloved.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Got my pilot's license! ;)

Teach, Learn, Share

I might possibly be able to teach some yoga!