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Overview

  • 4 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Being useless as a grad student in CS (computer science, ...
  • The best education is travel.
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To challenge and be challenged

ABOUT ME

I am a pretty laid back guy who is insatiably curious about most everything. My interests span from math and science to theater and modern dance. I love to travel and hope to do a lot more of it, the weirder the place the better. Its really hard to faze me.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is for the living. Fear, self-doubt, and self-pity are the most destructive forces out there. If you don't leave your comfort zone often, you are not doing it right.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am just getting started. I live in a dorm now, so can't really host. But, if you contact me I'll do my best to get you a couch in the area.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have mostly just hung out with CS people at gatherings, went camping with them, and hung out with surfers at my friend's house.

Interests

I love skiing, camping, reading, and arguing about politics. I am also into seeing performance and visual arts, discussing philosophy, and bullshitting about life. I'll try almost anything once (or twice).

  • arts
  • literature
  • theater
  • performing arts
  • dancing
  • politics
  • reading
  • traveling
  • kayaking
  • camping
  • skiing
  • mathematics
  • science
  • visual arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - Master and Margarita, 1984, Cryptonomicon, Of Love and Other Demons, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Tom Sawyer.

Movies - 400 Blows, Pi, Clerks, 8 1/2, and I have a strange fondness for the Karate Kid.

Music- Rock: Zepplin, Beach Boys, Beatles, Pink Floyd
Jazz: Coltraine, Mingus
Prog Rock: Gryphon, Love
Classical: Chopin, Shostakovich, Bach, Mozart, Bethoven, Piazzola.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visiting Angkor Wat. Jumping out of a plane in Hawaii. Seeing the Panama Canal. Kayaking next to seals in Newfoundland.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can - and do- teach about computers, math, programming, and the philosophy of science. I would like to learn more about philosophy and literature.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Estonia, France, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Luxembourg, Panama, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, Russian Federation, United States

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