[UPDATE: My wife and I are currently in South Korea for the year! I can't accept guests at this time! Will be back later once we've move back home.]

CURRENT MISSION

Soyez réaliste, demandez l'impossible!

ABOUT ME

My name is Logan. I'm from Oregon, a state which has been proven to be the most wonderful in the United States.

I work in communications and would love to open up my own shop one day.

I'm a leftist, in the Zizekian/David Harvey mold. I love to discuss life, politics, history, psychology.

I love photography. It has become much more than a hobby, it's something I would love to make part of my profession.

I love Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. There is much to be learned on the mats, I feel honored to be on a path of growth through this amazing art.

Finally, I'm a pretty voracious reader. I typically take in non-fiction, but lately I've been reading some Russian authors and enjoying myself.

PHILOSOPHY

Connecting with people is the most important thing we do.

Essentially, my philosophy derives from the the slogan of May, 1968 "Soyez réaliste, demandez l'impossible," or "Be realistic, demand the impossible."

We find ourselves in a crisis. I believe that we need to start developing the right questions to ask, so that we can equip ourselves to find the way out.

Finally, I'm also a strong proponent of the famous quote from Rav Hillel, "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn."

Go and learn, indeed!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I now host and will surf again in the future!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed in Brazil and I am now hosting in Portland!

Interests

Jiu Jitsu, Marxism, Reading, Movies, Music, Guitar, Photography, Soccer, Anything German, French, Social Justice, International Relations, Iran, Judaism, Writing...

• arts
• writing
• photography
• shopping
• politics
• movies
• reading
• music
• guitar
• soccer
• jiu jitsu
• communications
• history
• international relations
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Indie, Hip Hop, Jazz, Folk, Bluegrass

Books:
Currently....
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer
Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer
Violence - Slavoj Zizek
Limits to Capital - David Harvey
Das Kapital - Karl Marx
The Parallax View - Slavoj Zizek
Brothers Karamazov - Dostoyevsky

Movies:

Amelie, The Illusionist, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Knocked Up, Garden State, Life Aquatic, I Heart Huckabees, Knocked Up, Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, Lost In Translation, Out of Sight, Monty Python, Traffic, High Fidelity, Half Nelson, Good Will Hunting, Zelig, V is for Vendetta, Pan's Labyrinth, The Science of Sleep, Was Nutz die Liebe in Gendanken, Das Leben der Anderen, Lammbock, Goodbye Lenin!, Annie Hall, and the list goes on and on....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Too many to choose from!

Teach, Learn, Share

Soyez réaliste, demandez l'impossible

Go out and make it a reality in some small or large way.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, France, Israel, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy, South Korea, United States

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