Thoughts in time and out of season, The Hitchhiker stood by the side of the road and leveled his thumb In the calm calculus of reason.

ABOUT ME

(Profile is a little outdated, will update soon. To give you an Idea, I'm almost 29 sooo)

Hi, I'm Jan, my friends call me Jaaq :) I'm 24 years old and just finished my studies in Multimedia & Communications Technology this year. I did a 4 month internship in Prague at the Centre for Art & New Technologies, and during my stay I hosted over fifty CS'ers from over 15 countries! I love to travel. Last summer I went to Budapest (sziget festival); Venice, Morocco, and a bike trip to France.

PHILOSOPHY

Atheism, Hedonism. I believe that the beauty of life lies in conversation and the people around you.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I only hosted people so far when I was in Prague. I'm sad that it's already over but also excited that I can start surfing myself in the near future :) Currently I can host up to two people in my house in Gent.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

about 50 or 60 people stayed at my place during 4 months in Prague !

Interests

loads of Music, photography, (Web)design, Motion graphics, Festivals, Summer vacations, Winter vacations (skiing for 15 years now), Meeting new&interesting people, going out for a drink, going out for more than one drink, life in general !

I used to run a pretty succesful T-shirt-store but copyrights&lack of time put a stop to that :) (www.mistertshirt.net)

• arts
• design
• photography
• beauty
• festivals
• running
• drinking
• technology
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• surfing
• skiing
• communications

Music, Movies, and Books

books: Life of Pi, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Fooled by Randomness, The shining, l'Ombre du vent, Pihkal, The Elegant Universe, Blink. (I very much enjoy fiction & non fiction alike).

Here's what I've been listening to the last year:
I'm into electronic, dubstep, ambient, experimental and idm, including:
The Flashbulb, Burial, Clubroot, Nosaj Thing, Phaeleh, Robert Rich, Shpongle, Lady Gaga, Flying Lotus, Lustmord, The xx, Venetian Snares, Aphex Twin, The Doors, Songs: Ohia, Distance, Atrium Carceri, Desiderii Marginis, Eminem, Memmaker, Sickboy, Wisp, Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soldiers of Jah Army, Hellfish & Producer, Immanu El, Funki Porcini, Jay Munly, Hellfish, Bluetech, Xploding Plastix, Bloc Party, Sash!, Celtic Cross, Jack Johnson, Axis of Evil, Ronald Jenkees, Kylie Minogue, Patrick Wolf, Ruts DC vs. Mad Professor, Jennifer Lopez, State of Mind, Acidwolf, iVardensphere, blink-182, Lilium, Orbital, Puzzleweasel, Adele, Cardopusher.

Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/grasmaaier

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I did a bike trip from Belgium to Denmark, Two winters ago and met the most random and amazing people.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to make an origamni balloon that you can blow up, made of paper.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Tunisia, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany

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