CURRENT MISSION

No mission whatsoever!
Just desires.
Making the most of everything, anything. Doing the utmost to travel and share things through travelling - with people. The more, the merrier. Etcetera and so on!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because that's the best, cheapest, most interesting, most enjoyable way of traveling - that's why.

Interests

I'm interested in multiple things, including the most mundane little things you could possibly imagine and think of.

So this is the part where I talk about me right?
Here it goes:

I'm not materialistic, pessimistic, earnest, success-seeker, etc.
Not a wannabe, a dreamer; I don't think I'm a mainstream romance person.

I don't believe in any dichotomies (like for instance that of elite vs masses), in the existence of a higher culture, race or civilization
There are too many complex reasons which go beyond our simplistic understanding and deterministic logics, besides nothing is permanent or static.

A revolution?

I am an art person, a film lover, an easygoing guy.

I belong to the water.
I'd be biking everywhere I go.

I'm very receptive to photography and appreciate books, whether literary or philosophical - but if you keep those "keys to success" and how-to kind of books away from me, that would be great.

I'm not the most outgoing person on earth, but I do enjoy going out from time to time, and when I do I'm game for everything, we could spend the night/day out doing anything.

I'm not really a loner, but I do appreciate having time (and space) for myself. I could actually enjoy being reclusive, it makes me think better, be creative - it helps me with my writings - and take a small distance from overwhelming reality(ies).

I'm definitely not a snob, but I do take likings to fine arts, cultures, stylistics, etc. So I might seem/sound snobby when it comes to music, cinema, architecture, cuisine, etc. which is false.

I'm hardly a people person, but I love meeting new folks, talking to perfect strangers, hanging out with new buddies and old friends.
People are fine, I just can't meet so many at once, don't feel comfortable being with so many on the same occasion.

Two things I like (and enjoy reflecting upon) most:

*Humour: jokes, private jokes, sharp wit, diverse forms of witticisms and so on are most welcome. Through humour we know best one another.

*Difference: we're different, we're not identical -thankfully- but we're equal. You don't just accept difference, that's utter bullshit, who are we to accept and accept not? One rather starts by understanding what being different - BEING OTHER - means, then tries to appreciate it because the Other -necessarily a different person to whatever extent- can actually bring many things to one's incomplete self, they can complete oneself for that matter.

By no means, a resume or a bio, just words that could help introducing myself (and how to introduce oneself is an interesting topic per se)

NB: I could use your reference - written in your own language would be even better, because English references are "too mainstream"

• arts
• culture
• humanities
• books
• architecture
• photography
• cooking
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
rock (alternative, indie, post, many varieties)
folk (indie music)
electro (minimal techno, oriental bass)
rap (kind of)
trip hop (some bands)
world music (meaning ethnic music)
instrumental (I think I'm open to all instruments, ok all except one: the organ)
classical music, etc.
(SC likes and playlists : https://soundcloud.com/selim-bm)

Films:
Art films mainly (i have so many names of film directors, but too lazy to mention half of them; besides, if you happen to meet me you're bound to hear about my cinema likes and like-nots.) and not so much into Hollywood and Hollywood like cinema, with few, very few exceptions
(IMDB watchlist : http://www.imdb.com/user/ur28218239/watchlist)

Books:
LIT: Faulkner, Plath, Woolf, Dos Passos, Cortazar, Nabokov, Dostoevsky, Darwish, Hallaj, Rumi, and many others.
PHIL: Nietzsche, Derrida, Sartre, Levinas, Deleuze, Marx, Zizek, Chomsky, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once changed my life,
where I was going,
long story...

but I'm definitely liking this new path.

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach only my students. Loving this job.

I learn from and share things with everyone, except obnoxious/patronizing people whom I tend to avoid conversing with, from the very start.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Myself, to start with :)

Drinks, meals, I can cook.
Oh, yeah, a spare bed to sleep in, because that would be of great use for a guest.
Many things depending on how we actually get along.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Tunisia