CURRENT MISSION

Amsterdam / Paris / USA

ABOUT ME

I'm a guitar plus literature plus cinema kid. I am Russian by nationality and Lithuanian by citizenship, and I honestly love the fact that I can indulge in both of these cultures. I write short stories and essays in Lithuanian but my dream is to become a filmmaker one day. Apart from all this I enjoy a bit of crazy fun now and then.

PHILOSOPHY

For every bit of fun, do at least one useful and purposeful thing. Your actions shouldn't contradict what you say.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I think that CS is an amazing initiative. I always recommend it to friends who love travelling and meeting new people. Unfortunately, I cannot host neither in Vilnius as I live with my family nor in Brighton as I live in a shared flat. But I am always up for doing a little tour of the city, or having a drink, or simply a conversation.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have so far couchsurfed only once - in Prague, but it was a great experience and I got hooked. I also intended to go to New York City with my friend last year, but we eventually had to cancel the trip, even though we had already found a host. I also know some people involved in CS and I think that on the whole the CS community is amazing.

Interests

Cinema, music, literature, art, culture, languages, history, discussions about classical art vs modern art vs postmodern/contemporary art, etc etc etc.

• arts
• culture
• literature
• contemporary art
• modern art
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Films - 'Memento', Tarkovsky, radical Godard, Bela Tarr, Jim Jarmusch, Michael Haneke, Michel Gondry, Cedric Klapisch, Tarantino, Coen brothers, Gus Van Sant, 'Biutiful', 'Waltz with Bashir', French New Wave, Italian Neorealism, Romanian New Wave, Lithuanian directors such as Sharunas Bartas and Kristijonas Vildziunas, Russian contemporary directors such as Alexei German, jr and Ivan Vyrypayev.

Books by J. D. Salinger, J. Kerouac, F. Kafka, I. Calvino, R. Barthes, M. Bulgakov, some more Russians, some Lithuanians.

Music - 'Deftones', 'Incubus', 'Muse', 'The Mars Volta', 'Tool', 'Pink Floyd', Keith Jarrett, 'Team Sleep', 'Dream Theater', 'Karnivool', 'Nirvana', 'The Dillinger Escape Plan', 'Norma Jean', 'June of 44', post-rock, hard-core, jazz (bebop especially), etc etc etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It's not that amazing but I had my short story published on the first page of an influential Lithuanian literary magazine.