CURRENT MISSION

To make connections with the world, small and big

ABOUT ME

I am a poet and artist at heart. I love to create and to write. I also love photography and making short films. If I could choose any profession in the world, it would be to make art, films, and to sing. I cannot be inside very much because the outdoors and nature make me so much happier. You can do and see so many beautiful things in this world, even without money. I love the world and want to travel because it opens up my mind and I see other worlds besides the tiny microcosm in which I was raised and grew up. I am very ticklish and a happy person who is also random at times. I enjoy life and I value good, honest, and loving friends. I am sensitive and very caring. I love to talk about film and books and I love meeting new people!

PHILOSOPHY

I live to love others and to feel passion and connectedness.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I donate and also work to tell others about this awesome project!!!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I just joined :)

Interests

I also like anime, skiing, dancing, reading, Seattle, Stanley Kubrick, good art museums, philosophy, flying, writing, tryin to play guitar, picnics, NYC, ultimate frisbee, trampolines, roller coasters, bowling, French New Wave, California, impressionism, fireworks, rowing/canoeing, sculpture, baking, Canada, drawing, intaglio relief, theatre design, musicals, biology, golf, swimming, hiking, swinging, hookah, concerts, having deep conversations with awesome people till mid morning hours, horses, traveling, volunteering, and FOOD--especially mashed potatoes, NUTELLA, paella, chipotle, QUESO! cheescake, Chicago pizza (pizza in general), Ben&Jerry's ice cream, oatmeal squares, cake, cracklin' oat bran, cheese popcorn, honey nut clusters, capn' crunch (okay, cereal in general!), cheeto puffs, great grains, any breakfast food really, hot brownie with cold vanilla ice cream, reese's pieces and popcorn, mac n' cheese, tomato soup with grilled cheese... :)Obviously, I like food!

• horses
• arts
• writing
• books
• poetry
• singing
• design
• impressionism
• photography
• concerts
• dancing
• dining
• breakfast
• cheese
• baking
• fast food
• flying
• anime
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• canoeing
• skiing
• swimming
• golf
• bowling
• rowing
• biology
• psychology
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

It was lovely MUSIC that came to my aid... beth orton, Daft Punk, nick drake, radiohead, rocky votalato, andrew bird, sufjan stevens, imogen heap, le tigre, matt pond pa, the postal service, jon brion, death cab for cutie, stars, spoon, coldplay, submarines, mae, pink floyd, the album leaf, sigur ros, mogwai, something corporate, thursday, broken social scene, queen, american analog set, the gorillaz, R.E.M., neutral milk hotel, decemberists, elliot smith, jurassic 5, U2, beck, blackalicious, saves the day, the smiths, the moody blues, slightly stoopid, keller williams, simon and garfunkel, of montreal, the cure, the mars volta, eagle eye cherry, green day, the fiery furnaces, third eye blind, the doors, the clash, rooney, jewel, alanis morisette, sarah lee guthrie, interpol, eisley, counting crows, jeff buckley, goo goo dolls, the get up kids, teitur, the walkmen, frou frou, foo fighters, velvet underground, sarah mclachlan, smashing pumpkins, ryan adams, joni mitchell, stevie nicks, janis joplin, judy garland, sinatra, james taylor, oasis, yeah yeah yeahs, muse, air, killers, pedro the lion, minus the bear, okkervil river, JEW, weezer, the shins, Ratatat, string cheese incident, polyphonic spree, iron & wine, rilo kiley, unicorns, bob marley, pink floyd, Bob Dylan, Wilco, clapyourhandssayyeah, deftones, doors, outkast, nirvana, cursive, the arcade fire, led zeppelin, johnny cash, bright eyes, sixpence none the richer, 70s, 80s, Ella Fitz, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Beatles..

Favorite TV Shows:
Gilmore Girls, What Not to Wear, Seinfeld, Colbert Report, Family Guy, Naruto, Aqua Teen, Firefly, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Boy Meets World (FEENY!), Law and Order, Daily Show, Conan O' Brien, Felicity, Buffy, Friends, Sex and the City (yes, I admit it), South Park, Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers...

Favorite Movies:
do the right thing, the science of sleep, little miss sunshine, marie antoinette, harold & maude, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the illusionist, i heart huckabees, the royal tenenbaums, annie hall, garden state, boondock saints, hedwig and the angry inch, howl's moving castle, the breakfast club, trainspotting, fight club (the book is better), american beauty, pretty in pink, office space, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, the nightmare before christmas, gladiator, braveheart, the graduate, ferris bueller's day off, me you and everyone we know, good will hunting, Indiana Jones (my fav is the one with Connery), hocus pocus, girl with the pearl earring, edward scissor hands, goodfellas, dead poet's society, rudy, the life aquatic, lost in translation, big fish, the wizard of oz (when i was a kid i WAS dorothy), donnie darko, hook, the good the bad and the ugly, cold mountain, jurassic park, anything by alfred hitchcock or starring jim carrey, ever after, charlie and the chocolate factory (the original!), easy rider, sense and sensibility, anne of green gables (all of them), a few good men, the last of the mohicans, the Chronic--WHAT?--cles of Narnia! pulp fiction, vanilla sky, independence day, wedding crashers, back to the future, the usual suspects, a clockwork orange, closer, the 400 blows, life as a house, empire records, Nausicaa, motorcycle diaries, saved, in america, bridget jones's diary, high fidelity, reservoir dogs, kill bill, thank you for smoking

Favorite Books:
jane eyre, everything that rises must converge, a portrait of the artist as a young man, interpreter of maladies, girl interrupted, the giver, nine stories, the green mile, goodnight moon, harry potter, a clockwork orange, the scarlett letter, wuthering heights, a wrinkle in time, the fountainhead, invisible monsters, white oleander, brave new world, hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy, hamlet, chronicles of narnia, of mice and men, harry potter, america: the daily show, neverwhere, girl with the pearl earring, the master and margarita, farenheit 451, anything by emily dickinson, anything by Flannery O'Connor, thoreau, emerson, margaret atwood, whitman, tolstoy, Poe, Hemingway's short stories, Thom Gunn, dostoevsky, palahniuk & vonnegut, time of the doves....everything.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have seen the Dali Lama and he is amazing.
I have also made a short film of which I am very proud of and I have won a few photography contests.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could share knowledge of the English and Spanish language, of music and poetry and writing, and probably teach you a lot about psychology and Freud and film and the Catholic Church's doctrine...haha.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States