CURRENT MISSION

slowing down

ABOUT ME

lived in some different places in the last years, mostly in Vienna and Berlin. I am open minded and considerate, love to laugh and I got a MA in comp lit in 2008. after that I kinda wanted to take a year off to travel, figure out some things and collect ideas for PhD applications.
just when I decided to focus on love theories for my PhD-thesis, praxis kicked in. life´s rich tapestry.
so I am still taking off time between working for the film festival in berlin, whenever I can I travel and do research... in the end it's probably my sabbatical split and consumed in quarters or something like this...

PHILOSOPHY

A big wish requires a strong will.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosted, was travel guide in vienna, send recommendations and information via email; met amazing people, when surfing on their couches in mexico!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

nice and interesting encounters. fun and entertainment, cultural exchange, but also real friendships. half of my former class is on couchsurfing and it´s amazing how we all use it in a different way, but still always manage to visit and meet each other.

Interests

literature, movies, newspapers and magazines, music, (contemporary) art, architecture, cultures, cultural studies, traveling, cooking, cafés, opera, swimming, yoga, photography

• arts
• literature
• architecture
• photography
• festivals
• cooking
• yoga
• movies
• traveling
• music
• opera
• surfing
• swimming
• cultural studies
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

movies!!! everything by Christoph Honoré and Susanne Bier, scandinavic cinema in general. Adam´s Apples!! new german cinema... specific films I liked a lot in the last months: Birds of America, Drei (Tom Tykwer), Last night, True Grit, The Social Network, The Kids Are Alright, Somewhere; Mio fratello e figlio unico, Dans Paris, Darkblue almost black, Once, My Blueberry Nights, Shine a light. movie classics: Last Tango In Paris, Teorema, Mamma Roma, Jules & Jim. Directors: Jarmuch, Benigni, Woody Allen, Michel Gondry, Zach Braff, Coppola (father & daughter)... Ambivalent about: Lars van Trier, Quentin Tarantino... and since Black Swan also about Darren Aronofsky.

music: Sigur Ros, Rachmaninov, Bach as well as Funny Van Dannen and Element Of Crime as well as The Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Interpol,... Maximilian Hecker, Elliott Smith, Beck, Air, Cat Power, Norah Jones, Radiohead, The National,...

books: intelligent and critical stuff by (relatively) young people (Faserland), wonderfully narrated stories (Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close), Seta (Alessandro Barricco), Bachmann, Broch, Canetti, etc... New: "Sh*t My Dad Says" by Justin Halpern - absolutely hilarious!!

everything by David Sedaris!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I finally found out that I might not have supernatural strengths.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach you how to make typical Austrian "Krautfleckerl" - and I would explain, what they are

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, United States

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