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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
make friends, travel, learn
ABOUT ME
I'm from the USA, currently residing in Istanbul and running a project for foreigners and English speakers in Turkey - http://www.yabangee.com.
PHILOSOPHY
If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.
Interests
Music (collecting vinyl records and going to shows)
Food
Drinking (coffee culture and pub culture)
Literature
Walking (If it is within walking distance, why take a car?)
Futbol (There is no easier way to connect with people internationally)
- culture
- literature
- documentaries
- dining
- cooking
- coffee
- running
- instructor
- walking
- drinking
- pub crawls
- traveling
- music
Music, Movies, and Books
Bands: Explosions in the Sky, M83, Radiohead, The Lawrence Arms, Russian Circles, Immortal Technique, Osker, Beirut, Tracy Chapman, Vampire Weekend, Coheed & Cambria, Stars, Tiger Lou, Dead Prez, Bright Eyes, Arcade Fire, Against Me!, Beatles, Pink Floyd, the XX, Modest Mouse, Bon Iver, Brand New, The Cure, Daft Punk, Justice, The Weeknd, Das Racist, Muse, Postal Service, Queen, Regina Spektor, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Smashing Pumpkins, The Weakerthans, Public Enemy, Rhye, Earl Sweatshirt, Notorious B.I.G., Alt-J, The Black Keys, J. Cole, Kanye, Drake, Grimes, Caspian, God is an Astronaut, 65Daysofstatic, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Baroness, etc.
Books: The Stranger, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Shadow of the Wind, East of Eden, As I Lay Dying, The Fall, The Trial, Trainspotting, House of Leaves, The Kite Runner, Lolita, Slaughterhouse Five, On the Road, Homage to Catalonia, A Song of Ice & Fire series...
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Spent some time in India, Bangladesh and Mexico working on documentaries to help raise awareness and funds for NGOs.
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
Countries I’ve Lived In
Egypt, Turkey, United States