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ABOUT ME

My name is Cat, I'm studying for a phd in computational biology.

PHILOSOPHY

Maybe it is this comic: http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/11/life-is-picture-but-you-live-in-pixel.html

(paraphrased, live in the moment! except I don't quite totally believe that).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have surfed a bit and I have hosted a bit.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfing is great because it opens up the entire world, hosting is great because you can experience new friends and cultures without having to go anywhere.

Interests

I like reading and I like music. I like staying up super late if there's exciting things going on, and going to bed early if there isn't. I think I'm happiest outdoors and I like mountains and the sea. I like big parties and small parties and conversations.

I don't like TV and I don't like trying to talk to new people when I am drunk.

• cats
• dancing
• cooking
• partying
• gardening
• reading
• tv
• coding
• music
• drums
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• biology
• physics
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

From the last year: gold panda, aphex twin, amon tobin, four tet, beirut, tame impala, fuck buttons, arcade fire, the magnetic fields, death in vegas, the national, portishead, modeselektor, the antlers, the orb, daughter, catatonia, sharon van etten, dark dark dark, tim hecker, the gaslamp killer, dan deacon, neutral milk hotel, kerekes band. (Electronicy, instrumental, or with meaningful words. last.fm/user/kralia)

I think these music videos are amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI2WPCS12xA&feature=relmfu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBS4Gi1y_nc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGA-WcFe3oo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHiqPG0526U

Books - david foster wallace, margaret atwood, zadie smith, alice munro, aldous huxley, hunter s thompson, david foster wallace again, george orwell

Movies: I am bad at movies because I am bad at watching things, but here is a list anyway: blue is the warmest colour, adaptation, being john malkovich, the skin i live in, amelie, donnie darko

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This has been blank for too long. I'm gonna go with something trashy because I haven't been to any deserts yet and my achievements are geeky and lame.

Dancing to heavy drum and bass on a sofa in a flat in Edinburgh at around 11am. Then going out of the door to the garden, and sitting on the wet grass.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can show you how to code badly in Python and how to make sourdough bread. I did a degree in physics so I can talk to you about that.

I can do back and shoulder massage and also teach you the basics, although it may be kinda difficult with no third person.

I want to learn cooking and music! Come and teach me how to cook something interesting and teach me how to use my bongo drums and outdated 80s synthy keyboard (i own them but i am pretty clueless)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom