CURRENT MISSION

find the perfect pair of glasses, but I don't need glasses

ABOUT ME

I am finishing my phd in anthropology with a US university, and affiliated with a research institute here in Germany. It's really just an excuse to travel a lot and learn languages. (I am a big nerd on the inside.) So, I have lived a lot of places doing research and studying. I love meeting smart/silly/artistic/dorky people near and far.

PHILOSOPHY

Against all nationalist and other discriminatory politics.

Что привело меня на Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have surfed, hosted, and met up with some swell people at CS events. This has been at my homes in Philadelphia, Bishkek, and Istanbul.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A lot both surfing and hosting, since before CS existed.

Интересы

-Urban exploration (from full-on spelunking of abandoned tunnels to just walks around the city)
-Playing music (poorly)
-Dinosaur comics (www.qwantz.com)
-Aikido
-Aesthetics

• cooking
• politics
• comics
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• spelunking
• surfing
• anthropology
• languages
• urban exploration

Музыка, кино и книги

Music - indie/electro, classical, 30s and 40s jazz

Books - academic (anthro and social theory). classic novels. contemporary things that make me think of time/consciousness in new ways.

Movies - things that surprise me.
Guy Madden
Krystof Kieslowski
Francois Truffaut
many, many more

Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)

Foz do Iguazu in Brazil, on the border with Argentina and Paraguay. Breath-taking.

It's a huge waterfall with multiple areas where the water comes down... hiking all around, rainbows everywhere b/c of the mist.

Учу, учусь, делюсь опытом и информацией

I love helping people out with languages. I enjoy explaining grammar.

Also cooking together is fun.

Где я побывал(-а)

Azerbaijan, France, Georgia, India, Italy, Madagascar, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Где я жил(-а)

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, France, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, United States

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