CURRENT MISSION

to meet people and be met. to make connections. to learn. to teach. to sleep on your couch and to share my own.

ABOUT ME

Right now I'm working a lot at Cafe Racer; as a bartender I enjoy meeting all sorts of different people that come to this establishment. I also love to cook, and am able to expand upon this passion while running the kitchen there. Other hobbies I enjoy typical of the 20something Seattlelite include playing in two rock n roll bands, reading, photography, yoga, cribbage, and hanging out with my boyfriend and cat.

PHILOSOPHY

Uhhhhhhhhh...... I love learning from people. I've found that I can enjoy the company of people who are the exact opposite of me in every way, if I get to know them enough. I'm always surprised. I share the view that we are all and all is one and all that stuff, so I try to treat people and view people accordingly.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have always been passionate about building and strengthening community. In college I majored in Community, Environment & Planning which revolved around the idea; the major was entirely student run and governed. I couldn't begin to count the number of times the word 'community' was spoken, read or written about. After and during college I became part of a music community and would (and still) host 'family' dinners for every friend and acquaintance that wanted to come. Now I work in a bar that exists solely because of the strong community that surrounds and believes in it. I want to participate in the CS project because it would further add to my love for uniting people and places and becoming more a 'global citizen'.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None! Yet. But I've heard great things and I may be coming to a couch near you in the future!

Interests

music, word books, comic books, eating, cooking, walking, photographing, snowboarding, card playing, people watching, traveling, volunteering, cats, creating, learning

• cats
• books
• photography
• environment
• cooking
• yoga
• running
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• snowboarding
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

music: tom waits, the replacements, otis redding, fugazi, the beatles, t. rex, television, charles mingus, juana molina, talkdemonic, curtis mayfield, the hold steady, the pixies, prince, the velvet underground, mississippi john hurt
movies: waking life, groundhogs day, waynes world, persepolis, pulp fiction, pan's labrynth, rushmore, the big lebowski, three amigos, one flew over the cuckoos nest, big
books: the people of paper, suttree, tree of smoke, lord of the barnyard, dune, the master&margarita, the illuminatus trilogy, promethia, watchmen, persepolis, a canticle for leibowitz,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've lived three months in India. Every breath, step, and sight was absolutely amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a pretty positive and easy going person. I like to counter people who take their lives too seriously.

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