CURRENT MISSION

To take a motorcycle from Sierra Leone up to Spain.

ABOUT ME

My name is Nathan Palmisano. I'm currently teaching Language Arts in Pendembu, Kailahun District, Sierra Leone. I love West Africa a lot, and I hope to come back when my time teaching is finished

Although I love literature and traveling, I love my family and friends more. I'm not a religious person, but I will respect your faith as long as you respect those of others. Furthermore, I believe intolerance has destroyed more lives than any of the world's other problems. However, I believe the antidote is kindness; it's simple.

Nevertheless, I enjoy cheap wine more than expensive beer and fado more than flamenco. But, coffee is tantamount to breathing. I love the city, but I also love hiking and swimming in the ocean. I always crave a good conversation, but I also like loud musci. I don't know much about footballl, but I enjoy watching it and sometimes I enjoy playing it. And, I wish I could learn every language in the world, but I know that's impossible.

Ultimately, I believe that it's nearly impossible to completely describe one's self in only a couple words, so I'll leave this conversation for when I meet you by coincidence in your favorite cafe.

PHILOSOPHY

However, there's only one rule that I know of, babies - God damn it, you've got to be kind. - Kurt Vonnegut

Interests

Traveling, reading, talking, writing, languages, politics, philosophy, music, guitar, cycling, hiking, coffee, wine, movies, siestas, public transportation, food, ice skating, trying to surf, art, religion, and people.

• arts
• writing
• literature
• flamenco
• dining
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• swimming
• languages
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut, Faulkner, Hemingway, J.D. Salinger, Michael Ondaatje, Jack Kerouac, Joseph Conrad, Don Delillo, Herman Hesse, Albert Camus, Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett.

Music: I enjoy most everything, but during a long bus ride I'd be listening to Sigur Ros, Bob Marley, Julieta Venegas, Radiohead, M.I.A., Regina Spektor, Israel Kamakawiwocole, The Flaming Lips, Sparklehorse, of Montreal, Devendra Banhart, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Feist, The Kinks, Outkast, Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, Andrew Bird, The Beatles, Mos Def/Talib Kweli/Black Star/Reflection Eternal, Bebe, David Bowie, Supertramp, Talking Heads, The Doors, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, Neva Dinova, Pink Floyd, Simon & Garfunkel, Sting, The Strokes, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Velvet Underground, Wilco, and of course some Coimbra Fado with green wine.

Movies: The Coen Brothers, Wes Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, P.T. Anderson, Vanilla Sky, Apocalypse Now, The Departed, Casablanca, Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh), El secreto de sus ojos, Catch Me If You Can, The Elephant Man, Slumdog Millionaire, The Lives of Others, Superbad, Man on Fire, 3:10 to Yuma, American Psycho, Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Much Ado About Nothing, The Matrix Trilogy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw the Ninots burn during Las Fallas in Valencia.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Liberia, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Sierra Leone, Spain, United States

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