CURRENT MISSION

Istanbul-Lubeck, Germany by Bicycle

ABOUT ME

I like lots of things.

I do my best to maintain a minimalist lifestyle, and fight off the inevitable clutter and complication of having "stuff".

I replenish my energy by meditating, exercising, reading, and having some solo adventures.

I like to meet new people, as each person has something to teach us, about the world, or about ourselves.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is short; eat dessert first.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Once upon a time, I was a host by proxy via Necip Akman. Now I'm traveling, and attempting to surf for the first time.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Over the last several months I have been living in a CouchSurfing flat, and have been wonderfully lucky to meet scores of people from around the world.

I love listening to stories of adventure, jokes, and nuggets of wisdom from travelers of all walks of life.

I love the CouchSurfing experience, because even while hosting, I can share in some of the excitement and novelty of travel.

Interests

Astronomy, Running, Books, Music, Movies, Learning, Looking at Stuff, Eating, Dreams, Rock Climbing, Bicycles, Trees, and everything else.

• books
• exercise
• running
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• rock climbing
• astronomy

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: All Nabokovs, 100 Years of Solitude, Don Quixote, Zorba the Greek, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Moby Dick, Absurdistan, Super Sad True Love Story, Portnoy's Complaint, As I Lay Dying, The Sun Also Rises, Steppenwolf, Anna Karenina, L'etranger, La Chute, Le Dictateur et le Hamac, A Visit from the Goon Squad, Slaughter House Five, The Sirens of Titan, Cat's Cradle, Breakfast of Champions, The Chronicles of Narnia series, Out of the Silent Planet, Perilandria, and many many more.

Music: Sublime, Gorillaz, Joanna Newsom, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Jack White, Dan Auerbach, Alexander Ebert, The Velvet Underground, The Police, The Kills, M, Serge Gainsbourg, Bob Dylan, The Fugees, Eels, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and everything else.

Movies: Tarantino, Gondry, Lynch, Kubrick, so many more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once ran from Asia to Europe. It only took a few minutes.

Teach, Learn, Share

Check out RSA's RSAnimate series: http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/

If I meet you I'd love to teach you all about stars, planets, galaxies, black holes, and everything you ever wanted to know about space!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, United States