NOTE: I will not respond to requests/offers/messages from people with no references.

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Hey, I'm Melanie! Possessor of a Bad Ass degree in Anthropology and a Bull Shit degree in Molecular Genetics (kidding...). Assorted tidbits about me...I'm a film and TV geek, amateur photographer, and armchair mountaineer (but aspiring to change that and climb actual peaks, eventually).

I think hosts can be quite pretentious about wanting something back ("cultural exchange"...lol) from surfers. I'm more pragmatic - if I can save you some money and free you up to do cool shit instead, I'm all about that. I don't expect anything back from you, so long as you respect my space and my belongings.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people with common interests and fresh perspectives during my/your travels.

Interests

• photography
• music festivals
• movies
• board games
• reading
• hiking
• mountaineering
• scuba diving
• rock climbing
• visual arts
• pop culture
• live concerts

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Tom Waits
PJ Harvey
The Strokes
Aphex Twin
Massive Attack

Movies:
There Will Be Blood
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Badlands
LotR
Anything Jim Jarmusch
Anything David Lynch

Books:
Fantasy, sci-fi, horror, speculative fiction

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing Mt. Fuji overnight in time to see the sunrise.

What I Can Share with Hosts

To show you a rad time in Seattle! Or to offer you a place to crash so you can ~have~ a rad time in Seattle, it's expensive as hell here

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States