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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Meet people of different worlds and mindsets. To have an intelligent and smart life.
ABOUT ME
Easy going and opinionated. Impatient and kind. Very curious and very intelligent. Easy to get along with and fan of Kafka, Mevlana, The The, The Stranglers, The Clash, Radiohead, 3 Mustaphas 3. Often read of Robert Hughes (Australia), one of the best thinkers of our time.
PHILOSOPHY
Live and let live. Don't bullshit.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Bold and Bald.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Very good in Turkey. I am new to this although I have had people staying with us all the time.
Interests
Good writing on any subject, especially political theory and anthropology. Reading, watching documentaries, learning about yourself and others. Being a parent to two wonderful and sometimes difficult boys.
Best Music: The The, Radiohead, Jovanotti, Kazik Staszewski,Beck, Molotov.
- writing
- documentaries
- reading
- socializing
- music
- anthropology
Music, Movies, and Books
Feelings (I guess I should be on my own couch). Life is at times completely and utterly absurd.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Foz do Iquacu, Bolivian skies, 日本の田舎,東京、Grand Canyon and Yucatan(Mexico),Berlin, suing over 60 companies that cheat people for consumer fraud and winning many cases, always fighting a good fight.
Teach, Learn, Share
People who suffered in life have a very interesting perspective on things with wisdom. But sometimes they are also warped by their own experiences and afflictions.