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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
to be at once shrewd and open
ABOUT ME
Probably a bit shy; why do I feel I should apologise for that?! I like to think that I'm a quiet non-conformist.
PHILOSOPHY
The best thing about being human is our ability to change.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I made a donation!
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
To date I have been hosted once, and it was a wonderful suprise to discover what an enjoyable and worthwhile experience couch-surfing can be
Interests
Music (when it's valued for it's own sake)
Art & Architecture
Design (when it's not a consumer commodity)
Bicycles
Cats
Political economy
History
Hair
Theatre
- cats
- arts
- architecture
- design
- music
- guitar
- surfing
- history
Music, Movies, and Books
La Strada - Felini
The Battle of Algiers
Russian Ark
Brave New World - Huxley
The Idiot - Dostoyevsky
Bob Dylan
Alice Coltrane
Johnny Cash
Einsturzende Neubauten (some)
John Lennon (I guess)
Stravinsky
Teach, Learn, Share
I know a bit about playing the guitar, and can do all those things on computers that contemporary architects often do!
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain
Countries I’ve Lived In
Australia, New Zealand