CURRENT MISSION

to finish my novel, open my bed and breakfast and cure canine halitosis

ABOUT ME

i am a cultural chameleon... i like many things and many people... i have a lot of interests and so i work hard to know as much as i can. mostly i enjoy learning and growing. i don't fit neatly into any boxes, mostly because i am claustrophobic.

I spend a lot of time thinking about
the books i am writing :: power :: politics :: personalities :: examining my attachment to things and stuff :: music :: the state of things :: new patterns to try with two stix :: a new world order :: the organizations that i volunteer for and how to give more while keeping life in balance :: things that go bump in the night :: my cat's emotional overeating and how to get him to drop from 22 lbs to perhaps 18

six things i *cannot* do without
:: universal love :: my journal :: music :: the sun :: good people to share my life with :: a pet of some sort ::

six things i can *always* do without
:: judgmental people :: liars :: fear :: shrimp :: STDs :: guilt ::

The most private thing I’m willing to admit to you right now:
i listen to tango music while grocery shopping it makes walking up and down the aisles more fun for me and for those watching me twirl between the frozen food doors

I’m really good at
untangling snarls of yarn and the related metaphors of doing this in real life :: making people laugh :: dancing :: showing up for my friends :: crossword puzzles :: meditation :: singing in the car or in the shower :: spontaneous rituals :: being a tour guide :: knowing about unseen and unknown places ::

PHILOSOPHY

Don't blame the lettuce - from Thich Nhat Han

What it means to me:
don't blame anyone when things inevitably go off course. Look for the ways we can grow and learn. When lettuce doesn't grow we don't yell at it and call it names, like "Stupid lettuce!" We go investigate why it isn't growing. So it is with people too, learn how to cultivate the best lettuce, the best and most authentic friendships you want. Don't yell at people or blame them look at how you can participate differently and be more present.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I go to local couchsurfing events and hang around couchsurfers (especially if they're in dolores park!)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

friends with folks who host a lot and are pretty active - they got me involved and have to say these are some of the finest and best people i've ever met. also beginning to host people (now that my roommate is on board!)

Interessen

people, writing, dancing, exercising, walking, cooking, talking, traveling, food, wine, culture, movies.... anything that connects us and makes us tick...

• pets
• cats
• culture
• writing
• books
• singing
• dancing
• tango
• dining
• cooking
• breakfast
• wine
• exercise
• meditation
• walking
• shopping
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• puzzles
• music
• tourism
• volunteering

Musik, Filme und Bücher

books:: the enchantress of florence, kissing the limitless, [[art & lies]], stealing buddha's dinner, yarn, personal demon, day of the jackal, the passion, the bean trees, eva luna, crooked cucumber, oranges are not the only fruit, if the buddha dated, american gods, neverwhere, guards guards, stardust, chocolate fever, speaking freely, cows, pigs, wars & witches, reacding national geographic, oryx & crake, urban aboriginals, spiral dance, hacking matter, confederacy of dunces

movies:: wings of desire, year of living dangerously, go fish, imagine me & you, but i'm a cheerleader, the sweet hereafter, before the rain, beyond the clouds, the belly of an architect, drowning by numbers, sirens, eye of the beholder, howl's moving castle, love and sex, the last emperor, the red violin, twice upon a yesterday, triplets of bellville, double life of veronique, night of the iguana, ulee's gold, the beguiled, buena vista social club, better than chocolate, until the end of the world, microcosmos, the pillow book

music:: abney park, uh huh her, olive, nick cave, frou frou, marc almond, old blues from the 20's and 30's, violent femmes, smiths, fields of nephilim, dead can dance, mudhoney, X, Social Distortion, cole porter, wendy colonna, wilco, peter gabriel, gershwin, linkin park, belly dancing music, drumming, jai uttal chants, belly, gavin friday, rachmaninoff (yes i like the romantic period forgive me for enjoying the schmaltz), really just about anything with a crunchy punk center is good with me

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

climbed a glacier in Norway

sunrise and breakfast atop Masada

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, British

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Netherlands, United States

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