CURRENT MISSION

to appreciate the experiences life has to offer. to live in the moment.

ABOUT ME

Hello, I'm Heather. I moved here in August 2008 for graduate school and have decided to stay! I love exploring Southern California and beyond, and making new friends :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting surfers on occasion, and going CS events in OC and LA, meeting awesome souls every time

Interests

live music, dancing, karma, theme parties, poetry readings, bonfires, roller figure skating, peace, sumo wrestling, libraries, artwalk, flowers, trees, thrift stores, sunlight, gastropubs, reading (isn't literacy one of the greatest gifts we have??), road trips, light shows, candy stores, crosswords, green, art, NPR, lakes, the beach, optical illusions, scrabble, the wonderful world of psychology, leftist, window shopping, disney on ice, wine, history, painting, learning Spanish, the performing arts, the concordance book feature on amazon.com, spencer tunick photography, good people and good music..

• arts
• books
• poetry
• performing arts
• photography
• dancing
• wine
• partying
• shopping
• thrifting
• flowers
• reading
• painting
• magic
• music
• live music
• wrestling
• history
• psychology
• road trips
• beaches
• lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

music:
*gomez*, muse, white stripes, spoon, paolo nutini, battles, of montreal, rocco deluca & the burden, cat empire, bjork, beck, the killers, amy winehouse, CSS, tv on the radio, the fratellis, ben harper, the velvet underground, decemberists, badly drawn boy, coldplay, the new pornographers, scissors for lefty, talking heads, the fray, regina spektor, weezer, the band, cold war kids, euphoria, jimmy buffett, psapp, the wood brothers, ben folds, mike doughty, bob dylan, the beatles, explosions in the sky, gnarls barkley, brett dennen, feist, bright eyes, beck, john butler trio, eliot morris, kara's flowers, the hold steady, jack johnson, oar, sufjan stevens, whitest boy alive, apples in stereo, donovan frankenreitter, phish, jamie cullum, matt costa, the beautiful girls, widepread panic, local bands... there is good in every type of music!

books:
everything by John Irving (esp Garp), The Time Traveler's Wife, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tao Te Ching, Doors of Perception, Factory Made, Can't Find My Way Home, Adverbs, Prep, Zen & the art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Suitors, A Little Princess, pop-psych books, coffee table books, Where's Waldo?, closet dictionary reader

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I backpacked solo thru Europe for two months last summer, traveled (as a nanny) up and down the east coast for a month, drove cross-country along I-10 twice, also have gone to some amazing music fests around the U.S.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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