Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I was very active a decade ago when I could go wherever I want whenever I want. I can't do that anymore, but wanted to check in again and see what the couchsurfing community is like these days.

Interests

My intellectual interests are mostly brains, continental philosophy, 20th century literature, film, and the intersection of humans and computers for my day job.

• literature
• politics
• cycling
• neuroscience

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Edward Limonov, Hunter S. Thompson, Samuel Beckett, Dostoevsky... Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit... Confederacy of Dunces...

Films: Tarkovsky, Lynch, Coen Bros... Recently: Guerin's In the City of Sylvia, Jarmusch's Ghost Dog, Godard's Pierrot le fou, and Von Trier's The Idiots... Even more recently: Certified Copy by Kiarostami

Music: The most important music to me over the last year or so has been Michael Gira's work as Swans and Angels of Light. Also Tindersticks, The Fall, and Arvo Part.

TV: Deadwood, The Wire, Nathan For You

Stuff like that.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Romania, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Spain, United States

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