humble and calm yet sometimes loud and active, friendly and polite yet sometimes cynical and sarcastic, certainly open-minded yet sometimes quite old-fashioned.

couldn't ever imagine my life without all the music i hold dear.
"old songs stay to the end" /mogwai/

PHILOSOPHY

quiet people have the loudest minds.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

because getting to know new people is the most interesting part of travelling.

Interests

music, movies, theatre, sports.

• movies
• traveling
• music
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

music: *low *pearl jam *bon iver *arcade fire *andrew bird *shearwater *richard hawley *cocorosie *lamb *mogwai *fridge *elbow *mum *future islands* *the doors *jon brion *dirty projectors *iron & wine *bjork *chris bathgate *early day miners *beirut *sufjan stevens *the sea and cake *wild beasts *silver mt zion *the national *james blake *four tet *mono *cat power *explosions in the sky *sondre lerche *thomas dybdahl *sigur ros *barzin *the black keys *beck *her name is calla *ben howard *foreign fields *chet faker *low roar / etc.

movies: *eternal sunshine of the spotless mind *punch drunk love *the dark knight *happiness *children of men *500 days of summer *the diving bell and the butterfly *solaris *matrix *edward scissorhands *science of sleep *donnie darko *groundhog day *shaun of the dead *the big lebowski *blue valentine *fargo *raising arizona *this is spinal tap *withnail and i /etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hitchiked france and spain for a few months.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Latvia