CURRENT MISSION

Rest less

ABOUT ME

Among other things, I'm a: curious explorer, recorder of details and complexities, avid listener and talker, guilty television watcher, perpetual questioner (and occasional answerer), Scorpio-Libra cusp(er), especially good sleeper, wavering believer in the mystical and supernatural, sometimes distracted reader, fortunate eater and cooker, dedicated bicycle rider, meticulous zine-maker, forever a writer and observer.

Right now, I am an an educator of angsty teenagers in Madrid, which is sometimes awesome and sometimes not.

PHILOSOPHY

do things that scare me, listen to stories, keep learning always

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

surf/host/hang wherever I am

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couchsurfed lots in Italy & Spain while traveling there; I also stayed at some great places on my two month bike tour too. Here's to hoping that there are lots more comfy couches and cool people coming along in my future!

I MET MY ROOMMATE BECAUSE SHE COUCH-SURFED WITH US. Couch-surfing is a magical thing that brings individuals into my life permanently and temporarily

Interests

spacing out, chillin, drinkin some tea, reading a good book, cAlI, writing weird things, geography games, good stories, exploring + getting lost, crafting crazy crafts, walking in parks, soup, bicycling, ZINES, da beach

• writing
• books
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• wine
• walking
• drinking
• crafts
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• surfing
• teaching
• geography
• languages
• beaches
• parks
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

PUNK, cool all female bandz like slutever and grass widow, bands my friends are in, kate bush, the smiths, cocteau twins, the melvins, diana ross, talking heads, brian eno, MORRISSEY<3

Movies: Stranger than Paradise, Underground, Suburbia, Boogie Nights, Full Metal Jacket, The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Manhattan, Paris Texas, Down by Law, Slacker, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Mulholland Drive, Party Girl, probably whatever I just watched + enjoyed

Books: Joan Didion, Frank O'Hara, Zadie Smith, David Foster Wallace, Lyn Hejinian, William Faulkner, Henry Miller, Lydia Davis, Eileen Myles, Samuel Delaney, Rebecca Solnit, Ursula LeGuin, Roberto Bolaño
I read a lot, reading is one of my favorite things to do, and would truly enjoy any book recommendations!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

life

but really, once I biked ~100 miles in a day and ended up face-to-face with America (and Canada's) most splendid body of water, LAKE SUPERIOR

Last summer I walked the Camino del Norte from Irun to Santiago...who knew that walking over 500 miles could be so easy and yet enormously difficult?? But hanging out with the sea + forest + mountains all summer while gathering blisters and attempting ~3 languages and drinking all the sidra+wine and chatting with fellow peregrinos, what a time! It's something I'd love to do once more someday

In general I find it amazing when I/others do something that seems impossible and go on to tell a magnificent tale of the adventure, I'm trying to make that happen more and more often

Teach, Learn, Share

I can read your tarot cards
Play you ukulele ditties
Cook you food out of only things in your fridge
Teach you some handy Russian phrases
Bring you one of my zines!!!!

Teach me anything! Tell me stories, share amazing recipes, recommend books, do whatever you do.

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Australia, Austria, Canada, Cook Islands, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, Spain, United States

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