CURRENT MISSION

keep on moving

ABOUT ME

Hi :) My name is Nastya, but all of my friends and most of my relatieves call me Losik - in English it means "elk" or "moose". The why-story is not that interesting - the main piont is that I got used to it and most of the people around know me under this name :)

I've not been much abroad before, but recently I've started to travel a quite a lot due to the Irish dancing championships, that I try to attend from time to time, and to the enlargement of my leisure time after my graduation.

I think I'm a communicative person :) I enjoy meeting people of different countries and cultures particularly because the prosess and people themselves are all new to me. That's so cool when people understand you - in all meanings of this expression :) I assume that my English is upper-intermediate and I enjoy improving it.

PHILOSOPHY

that's a tough question. I think enjoying life is my philosophy :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I intend to be a good guest and when I find a proper flat to settle in I would be happy to host people from all over the world and share a bit of my life with them.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've got not a lot of actual cs experience (only once for now), but I've been living in the MSU dormitory for five years and I now exactly what it means to live and cooperate with a lot of people at once - so it won't be an issue :)

Interests

irish dance, music, travelling, biology, science, fireshow (poi spinning), elks

• dancing
• baking
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• biology
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: "Some like it hot", "4 rooms", "Pulp fiction", "Prestige", "Maverick", "The Thomas Crown Affair", "Au Bout Du Monde", Pixar short films, Armyanfilm short films, "Monsters, Inc.", "Corpse bride", "Ocean's eleven", House M.D., ER, "se7en", "500 days of Summer", "Nell", "The proof", "Once", "The Talented Mr. Ripley", "Good Will Hunting", "Good Morning, Vietnam", "Catch me if you can", "The King's speech", "Mulholland drive", "A single man", "Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus", "Love and death", "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * (* But Were Afraid to Ask)" and lots of russian films

Music (mix of styles): Animal Jazz, Melnitsa (the Mill), Coldplay, Tory Amos, Radiohead, Beatles (esp Across the Universe covers), Lacuna Coil, Aquarium & Boris Grebenshikov, Bob Dylan, Midnattsol, Lacrimosa, Irish folk music, Pomplamoose, Blackmore's Night.

Books: Russian classical literature (Nabokov, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Bunin, Tsvetaeva, Brodsky), Milorad Pavic, Umberto Eco, colourful science literature (with lots of pictures especially 8))

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I think that would be my first trip abroad - to Ireland in February, 2011.

Teach, Learn, Share

Practically I could teach one the basics of poispinning (firespinning), irish dancing (if it's interesting for smb :)), famous russian slang and baking russian pancakes ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation

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