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.

Interessen

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

Musik, Filme und Bücher

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...

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

Spent some time in India, Bangladesh and Mexico working on documentaries to help raise awareness and funds for NGOs.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

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

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Egypt, Turkey, United States