I dance, I hike, I bake, I would probably follow Louis CK off a cliff, and I don't leave the bathroom a mess.
I studied Anthropology and remain an academic at heart. I like exploring what influences "the human condition." I work hard at home on things I love, but when I travel, that's the only time I stop asking myself "what am I doing with my life?"

I hope to someday evolve into a charming lady who tends an array of alpacas in the Redwood forest, with a hookah lounge treehouse serving as my summer residence, and a gentlemen accordionist accompanying my simple daily routines of watering sunflowers and playing Calvinball. It's important to have dreams.

PHILOSOPHY

"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order." -John Burroughs
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Ian Maclaren
"Chop water, carry wood" -Zen saying
"Go then. There are other worlds than these" -Stephen King.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

I was graciously hosted by many fine people up and down Germany and across Switzerland in the summer of 2008 and again in the spring of 2010. I also lived in Egypt for 9 months and had an open door to a lot of weary Americans and Egyptians.
I attend couch surfing events in San Francisco when I can.

I really do believe it's not just about "a free place to crash," (although who are we kidding, that's great), but about the opportunity to throw away your Lonely Planet and actually have a local invite you into their worldview.

Intereses

SciFi (and Sci and Fi), physics, indigenous belief systems (esp. related to nature), backpacking, history, product design, penguins, baking, alternative medicine, gardening, having the beach make everything better, solving problems with fire, blowing my money on good cheese, smoking hookah, dancing in public and whatever else is probably similar to, but doesn't make me sound totally like, a manic pixie dream girl.

• design
• dancing
• cooking
• cheese
• baking
• gardening
• traveling
• hiking
• backpacking
• surfing
• anthropology
• history
• medicine
• physics
• beaches
• mountains

Música, películas y libros

I have a jar of dirt, I aim to misbehave, and everything is super-green.

(If you didn't understand any of that, it's code for "I'm a huge f*cking nerd.")

I've recently been on a huge dub step kick, and everyone tells me only teenage boys go on "dub step kicks." However, when I was a teenage girl, hanging out with teenage boys, we didn't have dub step yet, so I have to get my fix now.

Algo increíble que he hecho

Climbed the Zugspitze, the Sierra Nevadas, and most of Mt. Shasta.
God is in the mountains.
I was in Tahrir in 2011.

Enseña, aprende, comparte

I'm a semi-professional bellydancer...free lessons if you want!
I also have a budding organic e-cig juice company, so if you vape, let me know and I'll bring you a bottle of some tasty stuff!

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

Besides my charming personality?
Nah, but for real I'll cook or bake you something awesome. And if you vape, I will totally hook you up with some gourmet juice.

Países que he visitado

Austria, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Spain, Switzerland

Países en los que he vivido

United States

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