I'm American, more specifically a New Yorker (although I currently am attending school in Washington, DC) I am a very talkative person, and really have lots of opinions on a lot of topics, especially if we talk about current events or movies. I attend American University where I am specializing in International Relations and Russian Area Studies, and in my High School I majored in theatre and film. I love to travel, and to meet new people. I am an animated person, and frequently find myself receiving bemused looks from passerbys who've only heard snippets of my often odd conversations with my friends. I also have a very dark sense of humor, and absolutely love British comedies. Overall, I feel like I am an open, funny person, and I want to see as much of the world as I can!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To travel and to meet people from all over the world!

Interests

International Relations/Current Events
Russian Language
Films
Art
Vintage Clothes

• arts
• clothing
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• area studies
• international relations
• russia
• central asia

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory"
Vittorio De Seca's "Bicycle Thief"
Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List"
Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story"
Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction"
Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining"
Fritz Lang's "Scarlet Street"
Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas"
Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo"

Music:
The Red Army Choir
Black Sabbath
Igor Stravinsky
Marlene Dietrich
Ludwig van Beethoven
Dmitri Shostakovich
The Crystals
The Shangri-Las
Frank Sinatra
Marty Robbins
Nancy Sinatra
Hideo Murata
Electric Light Orchestra

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Went to the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Russian Federation, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Kazakhstan, United States