CURRENT MISSION

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ABOUT ME

I was born in Vienna in the mid-seventies, grew up there and moved to Austin in the mid-nineties, where I live to date. I'm mostly dangerous.

PHILOSOPHY

Alles wird gut.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

If you're looking for a place to crash in Austin that is reasonably central (about 20 minutes from the center of town on foot) then I may be able to help out.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

After surfing a Philadelphian couch in the spring of 2009, I hosted about a couple of dozen surfers for the remainder of the year here in Austin. 2010 I took a break from hosting, as one of my surfers ended up living with me as a roommate until early 2011. Now I'm turning my second bedroom into a guest room and am opening my doors to surfers once again.

Interests

Thinking, music, sushi, cinema, net, politics, and the laws of thermodynamics.

• walking
• politics
• movies
• music
• surfing
• snorkeling
• skiing
• track and field

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: NoMeansNo, Fugazi, Big Black, The Cardigans, Dismemberment Plan, Future of the Left, Bat For Lashes, The Bad Plus, Jesu, Crystal Castles, Die! Die! Die!, The Presets, Tom Waits, Randy Newman, Kylie Minogue, John Coltrane, Dub Trio, Kettcar, Daft Punk, Amon Amarth, The Knife, Lemon Jelly, Made out of Babies, Les Savy Fav, The Whip, Ladyhawke, M83, Nachtmystium, Parralox, Hellsongs and many, many more.

Movies: City of Lost Children, Down By Law, Do The Right Thing, 2001, Run Lola Run, Indien, Lost in Translation, Crash (by Cronenberg), Amelie, Moulin Rouge, Roger Dodger, Donnie Darko, Requiem for a Dream, Fight Club, Wisconsin Death Trip, Hands on a Hard Body, Freeway, Irreversible, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Misfits, Begotten, Snakes, Creature Comforts, Revanche.

Books: "Eden" by Stanislaw Lem, "Dreams of Leaving" by Rupert Thomson, "Gödel, Escher, Bach" by Douglas Hoftstadter, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell, "The Wind-up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami, "The Russian Debutante's Handbook" by Gary Shteyngart.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Highlights include a handful of skiing and snorkeling moments, walking a 3-day track on New Zealand's South Island with friends, going anyplace that offered new smells, sounds or sights as well as thinking thoughts that made me happy. Disregarding instructions is a recurring favorite as well.

Teach, Learn, Share

Be nimble but not elusive.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, United States

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