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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Magazine and book editor, freelance writer, owner of Midn...
  • BA in Journalism at ASU
  • From All over the United States! (Chicago, Florida, Kansas, Arizona)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To learn from other's around the world about as many cultures as possible, to love those around me and to take every opportunity to live, as only God knows if I"ll pass through this way again!

ABOUT ME

I am a 24-year-old woman who is a music writer, editor, artist, musician, and free spirit.

I love my family and friends, and I dig music. I own a company called Midnight Publishing, and I provide editing and writing skills to businesses, students and authors and travel writers. I also do restaurant and hotel reviews, write a music column, a food/cooking column, and love to laugh and party.

I'm very outgoing with a smile that is probably too big! I have a cat named Whisky, and two fish named Fish Sticks and Sushi. I appreciate, art, dark beer, wine tastings, and a nice glass of scotch.

I love being in nature, whether it is in the mountains or on the ocean, and I love to cook, read and write.

PHILOSOPHY

everything happens for a reason & think little of what others think of you

Stuie: God, all this work keeping people from having sex, now i know how the Catholic church feels!

Share with people who are in need. Practice Hospitality. Romans 12:12-13

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
- Ernest Hemingway

Et Finalement...

"Some may never live, but the crazy never die." -Hunter S Thompson

"I always tell the girls, never take it seriously. If you never take it seriously, you never get hurt. You never get hurt, you always have fun. And if you ever get lonely, you just go to the record store and visit your friends."
-Penny Lane, Almost Famous

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I currently don't have a couch to lend, but can meet you when you come in town for coffee, or even cook you a meal.

Interests

MUSIC, good times with friends and family, soccer and hockey, writing, photography and painting, working on my novel, whiskey & Guinness, surfing, traveling, laughing at people, flip cup anyone??, the Peace Corps, tattoos, art, sculpture, Dali, sociology, psychology, the beach,

Traveling with my best friend, because she's the coolest person I know :) Kimmy kattt!!!1

  • pets
  • cats
  • fish
  • arts
  • culture
  • writing
  • books
  • photography
  • tattoos
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • salsa dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • wine
  • beer
  • coffee
  • picnic
  • wine tasting
  • vegetarian
  • partying
  • clubbing
  • gardening
  • traveling
  • painting
  • music
  • live music
  • outdoor activities
  • fishing
  • hiking
  • camping
  • hunting
  • surfing
  • skydiving
  • soccer
  • hockey
  • psychology
  • sociology
  • beaches
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

My home is a library.

I love comedies, action flicks, and horror movies.

As a music, writer, I love all music!
311, Sublime, AC/DC, Bob Marley, Pantera, Avenged Sevenfold, the Beatles, the Allman Brothers, the Beach Boys, the Black Keys, Underoath, Black Light Burns, Pepper, The Bled, Slipknot, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bone Thugs, Bruce Springsteen, 36 Crazy Fists, Deftones, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Queen, Rob Zombie, Rolling Stones, The Roots, Steve Miller Band, Rage Against The Machine, Led Soilwork, Cypress Hill, Damien Rice, The Mars Volta, stuckmode, Janis Jopline, Jack Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, Sevendust, Hell Yeah, The Decemberists, The Doors, Down, Damage Plan, Mozart & Bach, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog, Korn, Incubus, Glassjaw, Metallica, Poison the Well, Tom Petty, Muddy Waters, Ray Charles, Twista, The Temptations, Chuck Berry, Flyleaf, Mudvayne, Kill Switch Engage, Jimmy Buffet, Kings of Leon, Lam of God, Ludacris, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marilyn Manson, 2Pac, Oasis, Ozzy, Peter Frampton, The Used, Van Halen, G. Love, Frank Sinatra, Guns and Roses, Gym Class Heroes, Head Automatica, In This Moment, and some classical, jazz and a lot more metal

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed ancient temples in Cambodia. Took shots of Cobra snake blood in Vietnam. Climbed through the Vietnam War Cu Chi tunnels three stories underground. Went deep sea fishing in Mexico. Went to some of the greatest art festivals throughout California and Arizona. Did a weekend of wine tasting through Napa Valley. Hung out with wild monkeys in Cambodia. Skydive. Canyon Jumping in Switzerland. Picnic under the Eiffel Tower at midnight in the snow. Skipped Across Abbey Road. Watched a Building Blow Up in Vegas. Twirled and Sang "The Hills Are Alive" in Austria. Sat in Monet's Garden. Had pet ducks, manatees and worms (HA! long story!). Filmed a badet when I was blacked out in Florence. Persuaded my best friend the vegetarian to eat sausage in a German Braus Haus. Floated a 101 stories above Taipei in the clouds.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can show all the best things Arizona has to offer, from live music venues, to underground salsa dancing clubs; to the tastiest restaurants and most historic old west bars, and the best outdoor areas for hiking and camping.

I want to know about any different culture, whether you're from Iceland, Australia, South America or South Africa.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Saint Lucia, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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