I was in film and TV business as screenwriter and producer in Russia for 10 years. Now moved to Europe and running an antiques biz.

You won't tell that I'm an open person at first, but wait a bit in a conversation, you'll see)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Interested in making new contacts and enrich my and fellow couchsurfers' picture of life.

Interests

-animation and screenwriting. I also like story editing as story consultant, that's my hobby and profession . So I guess it's easy to understand that I'm interested in human nature and psychology.

-Russian avant-garde painting

-mnemonics and I'm trying to combine it with my main hobby - poker playing.

-mid-distance running

-lucid dreaming - I really do practice them

-playing jazz tunes on trumpet

-neurobiology and neuroplasticity

-Buddhism. I'm a part of Tibetian Ripa family line Nyingma sangha

-jRPGS - but that's for freaks only )

• books
• running
• tv
• traveling
• poker
• jazz
• trumpet
• buddhist
• animation
• business
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

I like good nice genre films, HBO and AMC TV series. I like animation a lot - especially ones produced by Pixar, Aardman and Ghibli.

I like books on culture and psychology like Jung, Fromm, Rank, Bakhtin, Losev etc. I love Russian poetry and if you're interested I can recite dozens of Russian poems for you ))

Music - Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Queen and Pink Floyd. I like jazz a lot - cool jazz, bop, swing, big band, scat singing.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I had an argument with my friend on how much time does it take to travel from my home to his. I lost. I had to eat my necktie. I've scissored it, fried with an egg and some vegetables and ate it.

And yes, it was as distasteful as it sounds.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you are interested, I'm ready to share any experience I have in my interests!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm new on CS and I'm not sure what to write here. Can teach you mnemonics though )

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Tunisia, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Lithuania, Russian Federation