CURRENT MISSION

To re-read "Crime and Punishment"

ABOUT ME

I am originally from the frozen land of Russia - a country of nuclear bombs, ballerinas and long long lines. I've lived in America for almost 10 years now, which does prove that I'm capable of commitment. When people ask me why I moved to the States, I rarely know how to answer: to answer honestly, I would have to go all the way back to 1981 - when I was purged from my mother's womb into a cold, brightly-lit world filled with hospital smell.

To give you the short version, I was born into a traditional atheist Russian-Greek family, but what they lacked in religion they made up for with good old-fashioned bourgeois morality. This is the part where I discover my rebellious nature and a taste for adventure and chaos. Quickly and irrevocably I become the black sheep of the clan and decide to flee to the States - a paragon of freedom, or so it seemed in 2001, pre-September period. And so began my journey from the humble beginnings of a little Russian girl in Russia to the heights of the American lower middle class...ahh...those were the days...

About me: I like Russian literature, French cinema and Arabic music. I hate raisins, tumors and neo-cons. Last year I went to my "historic motherland" - Greece - and discovered the cosmic bliss of small Greek tavernas. I still get nauseous from the smell of ouzo. I doubt everything. If we ever have a conversation and you start to wonder whether I'm being sarcastic, you're wise to be suspicious. I love a good argument but I also love to just goof off and laugh at the stupidest things. I like oxygen, water and shelter. I collect images of broken things. I'm a good listener. And I'm a travel opportunist - that's why I'm on this site.

PHILOSOPHY

everything is transitory

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Minimally

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

overall positive

Interests

travel, photography, writing, myths, cinema, art, esoteric teachings, cosmos, SETI, philosophy, self-analysis, green living, mental illness, ancient civilizations, DNA, symbols, 11:11

• arts
• writing
• literature
• photography
• beer
• meditation
• movies
• traveling
• music
• atheism
• languages
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Bach, G Tartini, Queen, Beatles, M Jackson, DeVotchKa, The Adicts, F Apple, I Arie, Blondie, Aerosmith, The Clash, RHCP, a lot of reggae...

Movies: Clockwork Orange,Naked Gun, Stargate,La jetée, Fateless, Dead Man Walking, Crying Game, Harold and Maude, Killing Words, Silence of the lambs, Dancer in the Dark, 12 Angry Men, K-Pax, The Red Balloon...

Books: Steppenwolf, Siddhartha (Hesse), The Little Prince (Exupery), Karamazoff Brothers (Dostoevsky), Master and Margarita (Bulgakov), Catcher In The Rye (Sallinger), Brave New World (Huxley), The Collector (Fowles), Bel Ami (Maupassant), The Madman (Jibran)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I can't choose just one thing. Seeing the works of great artists like Michelangelo, da Vinchi, Botticelli, Caravaggio, Van Gogh and others. Lakota sweat lodge. Snow in Venice.

visited 9 states (4%)Create your own visited map of The World

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Russian and English languages and meditation techniques. And my most valuable skill - opening a beer bottle with a lighter

Countries I’ve Visited

Estonia, Greece, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States

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