CURRENT MISSION

keep on moving - physically, mentally and spiritually

ABOUT ME

a bit too busy, at times a bit too lazy or burnt out (evaluations differ on that matter), pretty curious about most things, too bored by some other things and usually pretty patient (I like to believe). I'm a Capoeirista/Angoleiro, and also a vegetarian, don't drink alk, don't smoke - and yes, I'm very fine with that ;) (who ever said you can't enjoy yourself without?)

PHILOSOPHY

Алкогол убийца мечты!
(Alcohol is the killer of the dream.)

I Am That I Am

Nem todo que reluiz é ouro, nem todo que balança cai.
(Not everything that glitters is gold, not everything that staggers falls.)

Μπορείς να ονειρευτείς, μα προσγειώσου ομαλά!
(You can dream, but land softly!)

Everything in moderation, even moderation.

Interests

the human condition and mind, linguistics, infinite diversity in infinite combinations, capoeira angola, cycling, computer stuff, DIY, mutual help, the people's history, discovering bits about the local history of places I visit, the Eastern Mediterranean up to the Black Sea, the construction of identity (and the curious rise of the significance of a national component in it during the rather short reign of political nationalism) and, indeed, Star Trek

• diy
• capoeira
• vegetarian
• drinking
• knitting
• guitar
• cycling
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

as for music FFC, Nikos Papazoglou, Sadahzinia, active member, Peter Tosh, Culture, Slime, Minor Threat, dead prez, 2pac, Chaoze One, KINO/Viktor Zoy, Olga Arefyeva, Sergey Babkin, Jenz Steiner, The Pogues, The Incredible Herrengedeck, Woody Guthrie, Thanasis Papakonstantinou, Johnny Cash, generally Hip-Hop, Reggae, Hardcore, Punk, Folk/Country... and some more ;)

reading, e.g., Kurt Tucholsky, Lev Tolstoj, Petr Kropotkin, Erich Mühsam, George Orwell, Percy Bysshe Shelley, another one of my favourites is Momo by Michael Ende. I generally read mostly non-fiction these days.

as for movies, Malcolm X is massively impressive one (of course, the book is even stronger), Rain Man, Chaplin's A King in New York, Being There, La Haine, The Breakfast Club, Sergej Bodrov's Prisoner of the Mountains...
I adore Charlie Chaplin and Patrick Stewart and I enjoy much of Woody Allen's work (haven't seen all of it though).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Thessaloniki from above

Teach, Learn, Share

I always find something to learn. Some more concrete interests are riding a unicycle, Portuguese, Amharic, Arabic, Basque, maybe knitting some time. I'd also like to know how to play the guitar, the baglamas (and larger variants) and the balalaika. Of course, there's also always more to learn from and about Capoeira.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Can teach something about Capoeira Angola, crocheting, can help in setting up nice operating systems, i.e. linuX ;)
I can also share some language skills and what I know about linguistics. I find discussions about the notion of nation and nationalism engaging.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Greece, Russian Federation