CURRENT MISSION

From WA state---I'm on my way to work in the northern parts of CA, but am looking to wander a bit first. Currently in Los Angeles---looking to stay a few nights in San Francisco or nearby before trekking north for the remainder of autumn.

ABOUT ME

I am a Creative Writing major at WWU and future English instructor. Currently working on a travel writing piece and an anthology of creative nonfiction. My world vision is one of art therapy, where I can help adolescents channel their emotions into works of art.

PHILOSOPHY

The Non-Aggression Principle (NAP)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed my way from Bellingham, WA to the Bay Area in CA summer of 2014. Thanks to this website, I met some of the most incredible people of my life thus far.

Interests

Poetry, singing, ukulele, anthropology, genetics, evolution, education philosophy, food.

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• singing
• education
• dining
• cooking
• instructor
• traveling
• anthropology
• teaching
• genealogy

Music, Movies, and Books

Currently reading: Ayurveda: the Science of Self-Healing

Music: Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Fleet Foxes, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Decemberists, The Black Keys, Pixies, Pink Floyd, Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst, Grateful Dead, Jenny Lewis, Billie Holiday, The Arcade Fire, Wilco, Jefferson Airplane, My Morning Jacket, The Doors, Deer Tick, Okkervil River, Florence + the Machine, Iron & Wine, Animal Collective, Tame Impala, Beirut, The Mamas & the Papas, Camera Obscura, Metric, Mumford & Sons, The Tallest Man on Earth...to name a few. Mainly 60's-era, folk, blues and independent.

Films: I Heart Huckabees, Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Videodrome, Lolita (1997), Blue Velvet, The Shining, lots of independent films. Directors: Coen brothers, Wes Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Roman Polanski, Quentin Tarantino, etc. TV: United States of Tara, Breaking Bad, Portlandia, Trailer Park Boys, Parks and Recreation, Weeds, Arrested Development, Reno 911, Lost, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Office

Literature: David Foster Wallace, Haruki Murakami, Dave Eggers, Sylvia Plath, Augusten Burroughs, Lemony Snicket, Mary Oliver, Lewis Carroll, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Richard Brautigan, many others. The "beat" movement, postmodernist/surrealist fiction, anything relating to astral projection or lucid dreaming. I also really enjoy political and musical publications.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to help you out with anything related to writing, resumes, etc. I also love to cook. I can offer good company, empathy, excitement, an alright singing voice, ukulele skills, respectful debate, and hours of kind conversation.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Mexico