CURRENT MISSION

finding more people

ABOUT ME

I like attention, conversation, delicious food, being alone when I need it, and people. I've had to travel since I was a kid, and I'd say that the experience that defined me most was and is trying to balance the cultures of two countries, Russia and the US. I'm one of those heavily introspective types. One of my favorite things is meeting people who just like to talk, and for whom the communication is truly focused on the ideas discussed, not on the interpersonal situation. I feel like that's quite rare, although something might be wrong with my perspective.

PHILOSOPHY

I am always wrong. I have a habit of forgetting it though.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've just recently started hosting people.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Once in Ukraine and twice in Korea.

Interests

languages, books, teaching, people, culture, and most of everything that people can tell me about.

Music, Movies, and Books

these things change a lot, so I'm hesitant in making a list. What probably will not change is: a picture of dorian gray, a hundred years of solitude, the hornblower series (haven't reread that in ages, i hope i still love it), for whom the bell tolls. some of bergman's movies, the Rock, Russian movies like Ne Gorui, Ostrov, Beloye Solntse Pustyni. Devendra Banhart, tom waits, sometimes people tchaikovsky or mozart, the offspring, sometimes people like Vysotskii, Okudzhava, DDT, Kino.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

it's been amazing from point 0 to this very second.

Teach, Learn, Share

Stuff, I guess.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Russian lessons, delicious thai food near my place, lots of hiking trails to explore in the neighborhood.