CURRENT MISSION

To make connections with cool new people!

ABOUT ME

Native-born Chicagoan living outside Los Angeles, who LOVES:

* Environmental studies and political science
* Short stories, prose poetry, and crossword puzzles
* Beautiful views
* Recycling, thrift shopping, riding trains, and day hikes
* Mexican, Italian, and Mediterranean food

and COULD DO WITHOUT:

* Highways, deforestation, and climate change deniers
* Raced and gendered micro-aggressions
* Career-related schmoozing
* Boring days spent in the house watching Netflix

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in the power of positive thinking, even though it's often an uphill battle to stay that way.

"No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come."

Hope springs eternal :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

For now, I'm most interested in meeting new people at Couchsurfing events! After graduation, I'd love to Couchsurf my way around the country, and once I get my own place, anything goes :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet!

Interests

I'm open to anything fun, as long as it doesn't involve deforestation, micro-aggressions, or schmoozing (see above).

• arts
• poetry
• dining
• drinking
• pub crawls
• shopping
• thrifting
• puzzles
• hiking
• environmental studies
• political science
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

* Old-school hip hop, classic rock, funky remixes of commonplace stuff
* Fitzgerald and Kerouac
* Orson Scott Card's Ender books!
* Suits, White Collar, Graceland, anything USA basically
* Friends, How I Met Your Mother, and Entourage

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've left South Africa on foot, climbed up a mountain pass, and emerged at the top to enter Lesotho, and then had drinks at the official Highest Pub in Africa. The view was unbelievable.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a little bit about a lot of things, mostly vague and ephemeral and systemic and critical things, just like a liberal arts student should.

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Botswana, Canada, Dominican Republic, Germany, Lesotho, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, South Africa, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa, United States