CURRENT MISSION

Change

ABOUT ME

People say I am hard to figure out. I'm not sure there is anything so complicated. I am a very curious person who enjoys new experiences, likes to see people empowered, and I am not afraid of strangers. I am an absurdist who believes that life is change. I embrace that rather than any one fixed identity.

PHILOSOPHY

The main things preventing passionate, intelligent, and competent people from achieving their dreams are fear and apathy.

Never take anything you say to seriously.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Happy to host people. Happy to occupy couches. Eager to meet new friends.

Interests

Physics, Maths, Hiking, Biking, Climbing, Skiing, Kayaking, Music, Go, Food, Literature, fire spinning, bad movies, D&D, comics, absurdism, drinking, dreaming, duct tape, transhumanism, sustainability, ending the emphasis on quarterly profits, enforced corporate social responsibility, culture jamming, messing with people's minds...

• culture
• literature
• dining
• vegetarian
• drinking
• comics
• movies
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• skiing
• rock climbing
• mathematics
• physics

Music, Movies, and Books

That is a very long list. Copied from Facebook:

Movies: Station Agent, Cool Hand Luke, Dog Day Afternoon, Being John Malkovich, Brazil, Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie, American Astronaut, Avenging Angel, 12 Monkeys, Army of Darkness, Cabaret, Dark Star, Down By Law, Ghost Dog, Dr. Strangelove, Harold and Maude, Triplets of Belleville, Gattaca, Leon (The Professional), Lost Highway, Kagemusha, Black Orpheus, Six String Samurai, The Seventh Seal, Magnificent Seven, Se7en, Soldier, Aguirre, The Red Violin, Eternal Sunshine, Lost in Translation, Tombstone, Dead Man, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Josie Wales

Music: http://www.last.fm/user/steppensquirrle

Books: Razor's Edge, Genius and The Goddess, Manufacturing Consent, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Through the Looking Glass, Star Thrower, Demian, Steppenwolf, Burmese Days, Choke, The Tin Drum, The Flounder, My Father's Dragon, Time Must Have a Stop, La Bas, A Canticle For Lebowitz, Childhood's End, Heart of Darkness, The Deptford Trilogy, Gulliver's Travels, 100 Years of Solitude, Breakfast of Champions, Candide, Necessary Illusions, A Year and a Day (Giant Squid), Sirens of Titan...

TV: Black Mirror, Sherlock, M*A*S*H, Twin Peaks, Fawlty Towers, South Park, Sealab 2021, SCTV, Eerie Indiana, The Prisoner, Twilight Zone, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Office, Game of Thrones...NPR, BBC...

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a gravitational astrophysicist, a burner, a pescetarian, an absurdist, and a firespinner. I have a lot to share.

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Spain, United States

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