CURRENT MISSION

to snog the light fantastic in the undergrowth of rovaniemi

ABOUT ME

I am very polite around aggressive dogs.
I prefer reading ebooks to paper based equivalents and buying paper based equivalents to ebooks.
It is always fun to make a Finn smile.
Internets are serious business.
Online freedom of expression and anonymity might be slighty artsy fartsy but they are equally serious business.
Snowball fights are always welcome.
Profile summaries can generally go smack a dodgy dwarf on the arse and throw themselves into a big hole.
Finland =

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i have been interacting with people online from around the world since i was a wide eyed ten year old boy living in technologically and socially disconnected central pakistan who happened to chance upon tools such as usenet, gopher, IRC, the late and lamented hotmail/yahoo chatrooms, mailing lists, HP, Tolkien, Enid Blyton, Terry Pratchett fansites/messageboards and discovered a, well, a whole new world, as the cliche goes. since then i have met scores of people some of whom are among my best friends presently. connecting with people while traveling around is half the fun of doing it in the first place and couchsurfing is essentially a tool to enable that. i have known of couchsurfing for at least 5/6 years but it's only now that i am able to host people. hence, decided to join. and that sounds way too much like writing a covering letter. oh well. :D

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

the best ones involved a lot of walking, talking and socialising.

Interests

traveling. exploring libraries and universities. soaking up urban experiences. walking (preferably in suitably wild areas)

and the usual stuff.

• dogs
• writing
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:

Anne of Green Gables - The Silmarillion - Norwegian Wood - Huckleberry Finn - Tigana - Mission of Gravity - Hyperion - Requiem for a Dream - Wuthering Heights - Borderliners - The Runner - The Light Ages - Circle of Friends - A Feast For Crows - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Consider Phlebas The Shadow of The Wind - Ghostwritten - China Mountain Zhang - The Left Hand of Darkness - The Dispossessed - Tom Jones - Dracula - The Monk - All The Pretty Horses - Boys & Girls Together - Fahrenheit 451 - We - Animal Farm - Orbital Resonance - Pavane - Confessions of a Crap Artist - Moonheart

and many many more. =) it would be lovely to explore second hand bookstores and libraries with likeminded people.
Music:

pink floyd belle and sebastian magnetic man wu tang clan olavi virta
the jam the clash the sex pistols the who the rolling stones the beatles the kinks the doors the jimmy hendrix experience animals the specials the stone roses the buzzcocks eric clapton led zepplin queen the velvet underground and nick drake too

lotsa others. sharing is caring. =)
Films:

Cruel Intentions - Casablanca - Se7en - Legends of the Fall - Taxi Driver - The Departed - The Prestige - Mystic River - Shawshanks Redemption - American Pie - Amelie - Gone in 60 Seconds - 2046 - City of God - Paris Je T'Aime - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Science of Sleep - Lilja 4-ever - Smala Susie - Mushkil - Jalla Jalla - Taxi Driver - Ninas Mal - Sex and Lucia - Closer - Lovers of the Arctic Circle - Slumdog Millionare

and several others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

it's impossible to pick a couple. i'd reckon every time i consciously think about all the little things that make me happy i get a bit awestruck simply because of the ability to fulfill the desire to indulge in them.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Latvia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom