CURRENT MISSION

Discover the world, eat, and drink (not all necessarily in that order)

ABOUT ME

Born in Canada to Polish parents, I lived and travelled to many places in the world since I was young, and have been doing it ever since. I am global, open, according to my friends laid-back, rather easy-going, thoughtful of others, a tad bit sarcastic, live for making absurd comments and Monty Python references, and (so I am told) agreeable to be around. I moved to the Netherlands for my studies 4 years ago and have lived here ever since.

PHILOSOPHY

The Real is not equivalent to the reality experienced by subjects as a meaningfully ordered totality. The Real names points within the ontological fabric, knitted by the hegemonic systems of representation and reproduction, that nevertheless resist full inscription into its terms and that may as such attempt to generate sites of active political resistance. Box, toaster, aluminum, maple syrup... no I take that one back. I'm gonna hold onto that one.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couchsurfed at bit but mostly, I've had several couchsurfers stay at my place in Canada and the Netherlands.

Interests

Literature, Politics, Philosophy particularly political philosophy, Oenology, Music, food, gardening, Good Beer, and learning about different countries and cultures.

• literature
• beer
• running
• drinking
• politics
• music
• boxing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Radiohead, R.E.M., Blur, Hey Rosetta!, Beirut, The Bloody Beetroots, k-os, Arcade Fire, Karkwa, Artic Monkeys, The Flaming Lips, Malajube, Grizzly Bear, Leonard Cohen, Muse, My Bloody Valentine, Neutral Milk Hotel, The New Pornographers, Phoenix, The Pixies, The Strokes, White Lies, Death from Above 1979, Gorillaz, Daft Punk.
Films: The Big Lebowski, In Bruges, Monsieur Lazhar, Monty Python's Life of Brian and The Holy Grail, 4 Lions, Hot Fuzz, Shawn of the Dead, Fargo, Office Space, Seven Psychopaths, The Pervert's Guide to Cinema/Ideology, Goodbye Lenin, Fight Club, The Pianist, Pan's Labyrinth, The Motorcycle Diaries, RocknRolla, Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Godfather,Bowling for Columbine, The Trotsky, Apocalypse Now, Le Havre, Trainspotting, American Psycho, Anything by Tarantino.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Gone to the bottom of Mt. Pele
Experienced and seen many absurd Dutch bicycle accidents
Run over by Eric Clapton's children on bicycles

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you colourful vulgarities from both Polish and Canadian French

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Dominica, Germany, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Dominican Republic, Martinique, Netherlands, Poland, Saint Lucia, United States