CURRENT MISSION

I want to be a Professional Musician and I'm getting there :)

ABOUT ME

Friends have said: "You're a nut" ; "You make me laugh"; "You're different - but in a good way"; "You're so weird"; "You look at things differently"; "You're such a hard worker" (I am). "You're awesome"; "You're beautiful" (they mean the INSIDE)

Me on Me: I love music. Favorite smells are Christmas oranges, Liquid Tide, Bounce and Never-been-worn rubber boots. I like CAPITALS and Italics when I'm typing. Favorite Word: SWIFT

PHILOSOPHY

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"
- Dr. Seuss

"When bad things happen to good people, they get even better"
- I don't know but it's a pretty smart thought don't cha think?

"I love him whose soul is lavish, who wanteth no thanks and doth not give back for he always bestoweth, and desireth not to keep for himself - I love him also who wanteth to surpass himself and is thereby destroyed" - Friedrich Nietzche (Thus spoke Zarathustra)

" I often dream, or scare myself into remembering the past. What would it be like to walk the slow, quiet street of that life that allowed me my true self; the inner tranquility of my mind to become reality for just a moment? To see the clock below, to trace the shredded moonlight along the wet cobblestones, to see the stars of city light from above and feel as if there were no greater existance. I turn aound and know that this cannot last. We are not born to bear so much content and quiet delight" - Whitney S

"Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others" - Ayn Rand

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had ONE couchsurfing experience. It was wonderful and I'm so thankful that it has been an absolutely positive beginning. I hope to pass that on!

Interests

Music, Music, Music; Words; Texture; Flavour; Emotion; Human Experience; Nature; Observation

I spend my time singing, thinking, reading. I enjoy running. I love movies. I write. I sew. I spend as much time as possible with my boyfriend and my cats. We work on renovating our home (old home; newly purchased. You could say we OWE a home). I teach (I'm a music teacher). I practice. I relax with a fine glass of red wine (preferably Malbec) and cook when I feel inspired to do so.

• cats
• singing
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• running
• movies
• reading
• music
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies I like: Too many to list. I love those movies which depict an authentic human experience

Music: Everything. I'm never NOT listening to music.

Books: Too many to list. We have a decent, eclectic library at the house.

Authors (a list to be continued later but started now):

Kurt Vonnegut
Rudyard Kipling
Charlotte Bronte
L.M. Montgomery
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tennyson
D.H. Lawerence
Jane Austen
John Irving
Ian McEwan
William Shakespeare

(More to come I can't think of anymore)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1. Seeing the Eiffel Tower (Paris) for the first time (Most Recent!)
2. Waking up in Czesky Krumlov (Czech Republic). I had never smelled air so fresh and crisp. Never have since.

3. I'll have to keep thinking about it - there are MANY more......

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, France, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany