ABOUT ME

AGRESSIVE PREFACE:
First, what I DON'T do:
1) I believe that couchsurfing IS NOT A DATING site. Don't contact me for this reason. I am not interested, and this strongly annoyes me.
2) I don't reply to messages if people just want to use my place as a "free hotel" not giving me any idea of who they are, and not bothering to read my profile.

THE NICE PART:
I grew up in Sevastopol, Crimea, studied Linguistics in Nizhny Novgorod, then worked in Sevastopol, Moscow, Sainte Pete, and Svetogorsk. Then I studied some business and nursing in Helsinki... and at the moment I study video game graphics. I am not a fan of video games, but I love animation.
I also am working as a cleaner and sometimes help a music concert series plus whatever...)))

I listen to a lot of audiobooks at work... and a to lot of nice music.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting/surfing

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Interests

I like art in all forms. Music, literature, visual arts.
I am not so fond of movies.... but I love old classics and weird movies.

I am also interested in translation, culture, logic, industrial landscapes, nature, and mysteries...

In addition to this, I like cooking, but I do it only when I am in the mood for it.

I love intellectual, weird conversations!!!!

• arts
• humanities
• books
• literature
• performing arts
• street art
• contemporary art
• movies
• music
• surfing
• animation
• art history
• business
• visual arts
• funk
• sci-fi
• pink floyd
• david lynch
• rene laloux

Music, Movies, and Books

I generally do not like to watch movies, but there are some that I like a lot:
- Cria Cuervos (Carlos Saura)
- White bird marked black ("Белая птица с черной отметиной")
- Muriel's wedding
- Courier by Karen Shakhnazarov
- Orpheus (Cocteau)
- White Oleander
- psychedelic Soviet animation!!!!! not only psychedelic, but I do believe that the Soviet animation in the 70s and 80s was maybe the world´s best....
- Les Maitres du Tems (a beautiful cartoon by Rene Laloux) - this is my favourite piece of animation. I recommend this to all!
- Elle by Paul Verhoeven
- Gone with the Wind
- Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks
- Aki Kaurismaki
- Mio my Mio
- Blow Up (Antonioni)
- Broderna Ljonhjarta
- Le Passager de la pluie
- Repulsion (Polansky)
- Play Misty for me me
- Pooti Tang (its a very funny comedy)
- Persona (Bergman)
- My American Uncle
- a lot of old Soviet comedies

Music:
- classical music
- Kaija Saariaho
- world music and folk music
- medieval music
- rock from the 60s, 70s, a little bit from the 80s
- I love funk music from the 70s!
- Pink Floyd
- Good electronic music (anything good from Armin van Buuren to Jonn Serrie)
- a lot of other music
- Notre Dame de Paris musical and Evita
- "drone" music

Books:
- Astrid Lindgren
- Sei Senagon
- Notre Dam de Paris
- Death of a Hero
- Snuff by Pelevin
- mythology
- Theodor Dresier
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The Catcher in the Rye
- Haruki Murakami
- Freud, Jung, Camille Paglia etc

Teach, Learn, Share

- I can teach some Russian and English (I guess I can teach some Russian more or less professionally)
- Maybe I can help you in some other ways?
- I hope my company could be interesting too
- I can share delirious stuff with you if you are willing