CURRENT MISSION

exploring more and more and more.

ABOUT ME

Well, it's always hard to write about yourself without being pompous. :) So, I'm outgoing, a bit geeky, big traveler. I love the hustle and bustle, I couldn't possibly live in a village (however, I love beautiful landscapes). I love languages, I'm interested in writing. And of course, there's the film... the wonderful film! I'm really just a cinephile. :) I love to communicate; there's nothing like a great conversation. I'm a proud liberal, that's important. I can hardly bear injustice toward any 'minority' (Gosh, hate this word). More details in 3D. ;)

PHILOSOPHY

'One day about a month ago, I really hit bottom. Ya know I just felt that in a Godless universe I didn't wanna go on living. Now I happen to own this rifle, which I loaded believe it or not, and pressed it to my forehead. And I remember thinking, I'm gonna kill myself. Then I thought, what if I'm wrong, what if there is a God. I mean, after all nobody really knows that. Then I thought no, ya know maybe is not good enough, I want certainty or nothing. And I remember very clearly, the clock was ticking, and I was sitting there frozen with the gun to my head, debating whether to shoot. All of a sudden the gun went off. I had been so tense my finger squeezed the trigger inadvertantly. But I was perspiring so much the gun had slid off my forehead and missed me. Suddenly neighbors were pounding on the door, and I dunno the whole scene was just pandemonium. I ran to the door, I didn't know what to say. I was embarrassed and confused and my mind was racing a mile a minute. And I just knew one thing I had to get out of that house, I had to just get out in the fresh air and clear my head. I remember very clearly I walked the streets, I walked and I walked I didn't know what was going through my mind, it all seemed so violent and unreal to me. I wandered for a long time on the Upper West Side, it must have been hours. My feet hurt, my head was pounding, and I had to sit down I went into a movie house. I didn't know what was playing or anything I just needed a moment to gather my thoughts and be logical and put the world back into rational perspective. And I went upstairs to the balcony, and I sat down, and the movie was a film that I'd seen many times in my life since I was a kid, and I always loved it. I'm watching these people up on the screen and I started getting hooked on the film. I started to feel, how can you even think of killing yourself, I mean isn't it so stupid. Look at all the people up there on the screen, they're real funny, and what if the worst is true. What if there is no God and you only go around once and that's it. Well, ya know, don't you wanna be part of the experience? You know, what the hell it's not all a drag. And I'm thinking to myself, Jeez, I should stop ruining my life searching for answers I'm never gonna get, and just enjoy it while it lasts. And after who knows, I mean maybe there is something, nobody really knows. I know maybe is a very slim reed to hang your whole life on, but that's the best we have. And then I started to sit back, and I actually began to enjoy myself. '

Interests

Traveling, Parties, Reading, Writing, Scriptwriting, Film, Cooking (authentic Italian food is my specialty), Learning (as long as it's something I'm interested in), Languages, Meeting new people, US History & Culture, US Literature, Wanderlust, Intellectual conversations, Judaism (although I'm not practicing), Jewish history & culture, Urban Studies.
I collect books, tees and ties.

• culture
• writing
• books
• literature
• dining
• italian food
• cooking
• partying
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

'Ya kiddin me? I'm Queens Boulevard!'
Seriously, it's impossible to list all my favorites, so let's see a few, probably, the best one's.
Quentin Tarantino, Woody Allen, Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock.

Minimal, Klezmer, Debussy, Indie Pop, Jazz, Musicals, The Beatles.

Bret Easton Ellis, Truman Capote, Allen Ginsberg, Miklós Vámos, György Spiró, Susan Sontag.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Katz's pastrami
roast beef sandwich in my favorite deli (32nd Street)
H&H Bagels
Homemade pasta of a little casa on the Toscan countryside
(Hi, I'm Marton & I'm a food addict... Hi, Marton!)

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH
-Hungarian language
-enjoying life
-films
-books
LEARN
-your language
-your culture

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary