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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Latvian, Russian; learning German
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Co-owner and bartender at bar Chomsky in Riga
  • Economics, Philosophy, Punks & Hippies
  • From Riga
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To live a brave and authentic life

ABOUT ME

I have a good heart and bad character. I hate uncontrolled capitalism because it allows evil people taking over the world. I prefer pseudo to overintellectuals. Philistine and narrow-minded people suck. I like music from the sixties. If I were a millionaire I would still hitch-hike. There might not be a general progress present in the history of mankind but that does not stop us from trying and dreaming. I believe in a better and purer world even though I'm quite skeptical of it ever happening. Leading a brave and authentic life is my mission.

PHILOSOPHY

I would describe myself as agnostic. Any philosophical, religious or moral standpoint we take is anyway just a belief which we usually choose on the grounds of its aesthetics. So, on the grounds of beauty, i choose to believe that the existence has some metaphysical purpose and that this purpose might be about the progress towards dropping our egos and uniting all as one.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Unfortunately i haven't hosted anyone via CS, i was, however, an active host in Hospitality Club a few years ago. Currently i have a newborn daughter at home, when she grows up a little bit, my door will be open to all surfers again.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Always the best experience

Interests

I'm the happiest when on the road not knowing where I would spend the night.

  • beauty
  • wine
  • partying
  • clubbing
  • music
  • hiking
  • history
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

music:
King Crimson, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Jefferson Airplane, Bonaparte, Comus, Silver Apples, Dzeltenie Pastnieki, Grails, John Frusciante, Moldy Peaches, Tommy Jay, Simon Finn, Skip Spence, The Incredible String Band, The Velvet Underground, Vincent Gallo, tUnE yArDs, Tindersticks, Tom Waits, Twilight Nuages, Tony Caro & John

movies:
too many to mention, please see my facebook profile

books:
One Hundred Years of Solitude & Moscow Petushki by Venedikt Yerofeyev

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Jumping out of an airplane once (i mean parachuting :-)
Spending night in the back of a truck in Basque mountains with an expensive bottle of wine from petrol station.
Illegal techno party in Berlin.

And of course..the birth of my daughter!

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Latvia

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