CURRENT MISSION

Get to know as many Europeans cities and cultures during my stay, until August 2013 :)

ABOUT ME

I like to think that i'm pretty easy to get to know, past the initial barriers and sometimes awkwardness that we experience when meeting someon for the first time. It's really hard to get me angry or upset about anything, you'd have to try really hard to piss me off.
I'm a big nerd, mostly about music and videogames, but I can do movies aswell, I like storing Tb of useless information just in case it comes to use on a conversation later, so I can probably spill some of it for you or you can maybe help me expanding my library :)
Overall, I'd say I'm pretty knowledgeable, I just have to work on being a little less messy, be it around the house or schedule-wise :P

PHILOSOPHY

I guess not taking anything too seriously might be my trademark, for good or for bad.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting people in my small student room, meeting fellow CSers who live in Paris and hopefully surfing some couches sometime soon :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted some nice people and met some others so far, I'm yet to surf someone's couch, could be yours!

Interests

I can spend hours speaking about videogames, so be careful not to get me started. But I guess I'd realize how bored you are after a couple of minutes, I can keep it under control, mostly.
Since arriving in Europe, I've been trying to get to know the most cities I can, since I'll be staying here for a limited amount of time. I've grown to really love doing some sightseeing and going out to get to know the local food and nightlife, aswell as some cool people around :)
Music is another big passion of mine, I try to keep an open mind about all genres and I'm always willing to try new stuff. I love going to concerts and I'm really enjoying the whole Paris scene, so many of my favorite artists are coming for a concert here sooner or later, I love it!

• culture
• concerts
• dining
• walking
• nightlife
• movies
• music
• surfing
• languages
• sightseeing

Music, Movies, and Books

Okay, trying to keep it simple and concise!
BOOKS/COMICS

Authors: Franz Kafka, George Orwell, Douglas Adams, Nick Hornby, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Machado de Assis, Luis Fernando Verissimo.

All-time favorites: 1984, Cien Anos de Soledad, The Metamorphosis.

Recently read: Yahtzee's Croshaw's Mogworld, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Joseph Heller's Catch 22, Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

Reading Now: Émile Zola's L'Assommoir

Comics: Maus, Scott Pilgrim, Watchmen, Kick-ass, Umbrella Academy and anything by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba.

MOVIES
Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Charlie Chaplin, Park Chan-wook, Quentin Tarantino, Edgar Wright, Jorge Furtado, David Fincher, Wes Anderson, Daren Aronofsky
Anything Monty Python
Big Bill Murray fan aswell

Favorite Movies: Snatch, RAN, Oldboy, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Dr. Strangelove, Cidade de Deus, Ilha das Flores, Drive, Zombieland, The Messenger, Warrior, Spider-man 2, Avengers, X-men First Class.

VIDEOGAMES
Recently acquired a PS3, but I was doing most of my gaming on my PC up to now.
Favorite older ones: Suikoden 2, Metal Gear Solid 3, Crash Team Racing, Crash Bandicoot 3, Grandia, Legend of Legaia, Threads of Fate, Final Fantasy IX, Beyond Good and Evil, Shadow of the Colossus, Acecombat 4 and 5, Prince of Persia Sands of time trilogy.
Playing now: Team Fortress 2 Super Monday Night Combat, Uncharted 3.
Favorites this gen: Portal 1 and 2, Mass Effect trilogy, TF2, Assassin's Creed 1 and 2, Bastion, Limbo, Fallout 3, inFamous, Uncharted Trilogy, The Walking Dead, Spec Ops: The Line

MUSIC:
I'll have to think of a simpler way to do this one, for now, take a look at my last.fm profile:
www.lastfm.com/user/gshgsh

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hum, this is kinda hard... I'll think mostly of recent events I guess
The one that came straight to my mind is when my airplane taking me to Paris took off and I saw my beloved hometown Porto Alegre escaping in the distance. I've been loving my time here, but it's impossible not to miss such an integral part of my life, it's good that I got to visit it not too long ago, I needed that!
While in Paris, I had the chance to watch a concert by Steven Wilson, the leader of my favorite band, Porcupine Tree. It was very very very good, and I was kind of nervous to actually see him live. You can watch as many youtube videos or DVDs as you want, nothing comes close to actually seing one of your idols live and witnessing just how good he really is and how your admiration was justified all along. Yeah, the concert was that good!
An older memory would be the first time I saw New York. I got to know it in 2006 and it was my first really long plane trip. It was quite an introduction to the whole concept of metropolies and I'll never forget those hours of walking around Manhattan, I was really in awe.

Teach, Learn, Share

Well I could help you practicing any of the languages I speak, for sure!
I also play the keyboard, but since I don't have one in my room right now, I might be a bit rusty.
I also enjoy explaining a bit of my state's culture and how we got the reputation for wanting to be separated from the rest of Brazil ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, France

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