ABOUT ME

Cat lady, Japanese culture enthusiast, technophile, gamer, recent yogi, science and art lover

PHILOSOPHY

I love observing, feeling, and learning about the world's beauty from various perspectives, finding the link between all things.

“We humans look rather different from a tree. Without a doubt we perceive the world differently than a tree does. But down deep, at the molecular heart of life, the trees and we are essentially identical.”
― Carl Sagan

“We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean "waves," the universe "peoples." Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.”
― Alan Watts

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting, soon-to-be surfing, and making friends across the globe!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted my first surfer earlier in June! :)

Interests

Culture, art, science, stories, cats, yoga, web design, technology

• cats
• arts
• culture
• design
• beauty
• yoga
• technology
• surfing
• art history
• history
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC
Radiohead, STRFKR, Nine Inch Nails, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Death Cab for Cutie, Nobuo Uematsu, Kid Cudi, Modest Mouse, Lady Gaga, Daft Punk, Of Monsters and Men, Lana Del Rey, The Strokes, Crystal Fighters

MOVIES
Amélie, Forrest Gump, Magnolia, Interview with the Vampire, Fight Club, Inception, Moulin Rouge, Black Swan, Blue Valentine, Romeo + Juliet, American Beauty, Melancholia, Donnie Darko

SHOWS
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Cosmos, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Attack on Titan, Game of Thrones, Arrested Development, Sherlock, Lost, House of Cards, Downton Abbey

BOOKS
The Book of Tea, The Unknown Craftsman, The Vampire Lestat, Blood and Gold, Blackwood Farm, The Vampire Chronicles, A Song of Ice and Fire, Candide

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

― Watched the sun rise on my favorite mountain in Bavaria
― Walked up a mountain path through a Buddhist graveyard while ravens cawed and bells tolled
― Experienced unforgettable and (for the lack of a better term) epic virtual moments in games with my significant other that were viscerally thrilling and filled with camaraderie [at what other point in human history has this been possible?]

Teach, Learn, Share

Web content management, HTML and CSS, IT troubleshooting, Japanese visual culture, art history

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Germany, Japan, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Japan, United States