CURRENT MISSION

To really see Japan

ABOUT ME

"I want to shake off the dust of this one-horse town. I want to explore the world. I want to watch TV in a different time zone. I want to visit strange, exotic malls. I'm sick of eating hoagies! I want a grinder, a sub, a foot-long hero! I want to LIVE, Marge! Won't you let me live? Won't you, please?"

- Homer Simpson

PHILOSOPHY

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars."
- Jack Kerouac

"The free man never thinks of escape."
- Jeanette Winterson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It has been so wonderful meeting new people in foreign places, and being touched by their warmth and kindness. Honestly I am rather new to CouchSurfing but I hope to contribute to the community in as many ways as I can, for a long time.

Interests

Photography
Horses
Dust
Stairs
Fridge-raiding
Collections
Contradictions
Hedgehogs
Water
Different worlds
Notebooks
Floating
Seeing
Thrifting
Pancakes
Art
Breakfast
Grey
Wanderlust
Caravans
Rooftops
Trigger-happiness
The Past
Trying
Noticing
Camping
Running
Adventure
Meeting people

• horses
• arts
• photography
• breakfast
• running
• thrifting
• tv
• socializing
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

I read
Haruki Murakami, Alain de Botton, Anne Lamott, Lionel Shriver, Tim O'Brien, David Sedaris, John Ashbery, Anais Nin, John Ruskin, Raymond Carver, Valdimir Nabokov, Rainer Maria Rilke, Paul Auster, Marcel Proust, Jeanette Winterson, Edward Albee, Anne Sexton,

I watch
Wong Kar Wai, Woody Allen, Wim Wenders, Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Kim Ki-duk, Jean Luc Godard,

I listen to
Rilo Kiley, Adele, Taken by Trees, Rachael Yamagata, Cat Power, She & Him, Beirut, Belle & Sebastian, Rufus Wainwright, Carla Bruni, Grizzly Bear, Brooke Fraser, Fleet Foxes, Talking Heads, Nouvelle Vague

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The everyday little miracles are in the people that keep my blood pumping and my life running.

Teach, Learn, Share

"Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save, they just stand there shining."
- Anne Lamott

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Guam, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Singapore

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