CURRENT MISSION

Spending six months in China. Make friends in Shenzhen, learn Mandarin, go bowling.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm living in a dorm in a pretty small town, so not a whole lot of surfers coming through, but as soon as I get my own place I'd love to participate more. I getting ready to spend six months in China, so I'm hoping I can do some surfing there and maybe participate in some other events.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far Awesome!I couch surfed in New York City this fall and it was incredible. One of the most positive and uplifting experiences of my life. Seriously.

Interests

Viola, Music, Literature, Dogs, friends, movies, art, sweaters, gardening, construction work, camping, lakes, The Great Sand Dunes, writing, reading, Frisbee, racket ball, abandoned houses, factories, developmental economics, micro-grants, charity work, China, libraries, girls, photography, pigs, lamas, travel, sewing, crafts, cooking, cookies, cake, cherry pie, climbing trees, swimming, chemistry, philosophy, Jeanette Winterson, public speaking, nights out, stars, quite, noise, pizza

• dogs
• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• literature
• photography
• cooking
• crafts
• gardening
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• music
• camping
• surfing
• rock climbing
• swimming
• bowling
• chemistry
• economics
• lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Passion, Neutral Milk Hotel, Herold and Maud, How We Are Hungry, Sufjan Stevens, Kill Bill, Three Cups of tea, The Corporation, Frightened Rabbit, Iron and Wine, Andrew Bird, My Brightest Diamond, Loser, Love Medicine, The Things they Carried, As I Lay Dying, The Girl with Curious Hair, White Noise, Beloved, Like Water for Chocolate, A Heart Breaking Work of Staggering Genius, Guster, The Graduate, Virgina Woolf,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Slept on the great sand dunes, Venice, Walked the Great Wall of China, Traveled thousands of miles in China by Train

Teach, Learn, Share

Music theory, how to sew on a button, how to make creatures out of wool roving, how dye your hair with coolaid, how to close read a poem or novel, how to whistle, how to make spaghetti sauce from scratch, how to speak in public, how to cook chili form scratch, English, American culture, How to play Western Yunnan Mahjong.

I'd like to learn how to juggle, how to improvise something musical. I'm still learning how to speak Mandarin Chinese, but it's getting lots better.

Countries I’ve Visited

Italy

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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