One of my favorite Japanese proverbs goes something like, "A frog in a well knows nothing of the great ocean."

This is why I enjoy traveling and meeting new people. My curiosity for the great ocean is immense. This is why I have decided to start using CS. In the next couple of years I plan to travel the world. Before I do that, I'd like to help out other people with the same open-mindedness. You can say I'm a believer in karma. You get what you give.

In my free time I enjoy a good cup of coffee and a good novel. (See below a list of my favorite books.) I am always looking for something new to read. Let me know if you have any suggestions.

I also like extreme sports like skateboarding, snowboarding, and I have recently got into indoor rock climbing. Whenever I have free time in the evening, I enjoy going to one of my three favorite art museums (MFA, ICA, Isabella Gardner) and contemplating the meaning of life. There are others. If you enjoy looking at art I'd be more than happy to recommend a few others.

I enjoy going to see a good film or catch a live music performance. Boston has good variety of music venues where you can usually catch something decent on almost any night of the week. I recently saw this band from Canada called July Talk (rock) and they blew me away. A favorite recent film has been La La Land with Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. If you haven't seen it yet, I would recommend it.

I am currently living into a two bedroom apartment in Brighton. I have one roommate. We are both recent university graduates who work full time. We have a fairly big living room with a futon couch large enough for two. The only thing is he has 3 ferrets. Their cage is also in the living room. So if you're allergic to animal fur or don't like the smell of ferrets I'd advise you not requesting to stay.

You are welcome to use anything in the living room, kitchen and bathroom as long as you're respectful. We are both fairly clean people and we expect you to clean up after yourself. You can use our refrigerator if needed. We enjoy our privacy just as I'm sure you enjoy yours. For that reason both of our rooms will be off limits during your stay. If you have any other questions feel free to ask. Thank you.

I currently work quite a bit so I will be limited to the days of the week I will be able to host. . However if you're really in a need to crash for a night or two, I'll do my best to help out. I apologize for taking a long time to respond to requests in advance.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The past three years I have repeatedly crashed on other people's couches whenever I traveled to the West Coast (San Francisco, Portland, Seattle). Some were my friends, others were people I met while traveling, who became friends.

In the next couple of years I plan on traveling even more extensively. On my list of countries to visit are: Iceland, Japan, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, France, and long list of Eastern European countries. Before I do that, I wanted to host as many people from all over as possible so that I can have a chance to learn something new from them about traveling and part of the world that they are from. I believe that one can learn many important lessons when one travels and keeps and open-minded attitude.

Interests

• wine
• philosophy
• exploring
• art museums
• vinyl records
• coffee shops
• reading novels

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite books:
-A Happy Death by Albert Camus
-American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
-The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
-Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
-Breakfast for Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
-Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran
-Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
-Choke by Chuck
-Daily Afflictions
-The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
-Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
-The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
-The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
-Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
-The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
-Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
-Notes from the Underground - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
-On the Road by Jack Kerouac
-Sex, Drugs, and Coca Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
-Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
-Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
-Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
-Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
-Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse
-The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
-Women by Charles Bukowski

Currently Reading:
-Laughable Loves by Milan Kundera
-Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs

A Few Favorite Films:
-American Beauty
-Eyes Wide Shut
-The Shinning
-Another Earth
-The Sound of My Voice
-iOrigins
-Closer
-Blue Velvet
-Vanilla Sky
-A.I. Artificial Intelligence
-Donnie Darko
-The Virgin Suicides
-Interview with the Vampire

More Recent:
-Arrival
-Interstellar
-Prometheus
-Star Trek Into Darkness
-Ex Machina

TVShows:
-Freaks and Geeks
-Black Mirror
-Stranger Things
-West World

And any film by Wes Anderson.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This past summer my friend and I took a 3 month long road trip from the East Coast to the West Coast and up into Canada. We ended up quitting our jobs halfway through our road trip and found work along the way to finance the rest of our trip.

Teach, Learn, Share

What's your favorite quote, book, or movie?
What's your favorite recipe? I like to learn to cook new things.
Teach me some German, French, or Japanese and I will teach you some Russian.

Let's share a bottle of wine or drink some beer and have a good conversation.
I am an enthusiast of wine and craft beer.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I also have wifi at my apartment and a tv in the living (which I rarely watch, but you are more than welcome to turn it on.)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Russian Federation, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ukraine, United States