I quite enjoy to walk around places, talk with fellow members of my species and I also write things down sometimes. I know, I know... it sounds very basic, but I think there's more to it if you think about it. What if you walked a bit more than you do? What if you talked more with people that you otherwise wouldn't? What if you wrote down things that you usually find to be too [insert adjective here] to write? You might ask, yeah, sure, but why write this in your 'about me' section? Well, these are sorta meta-phisico-political principles that guide me when I wake up some days so it is about me in the end as well. But, wait a minute... doesn't all about me sections say something about you as well? You might have noticed by now that I like asking questions.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I can't say that I have any particular reason, but why not?
While I can offer hosting only for special occasions at the moment, showing around is something I quite enjoy, especially if you're interested in places even the locals are not fully aware of. I had this project where I walked kinda a lot of miles (~500) around the city of Riga hanging out with the vagabonds, doing random stuff and trying to picture the whole thing together. I found out that it's actually not really possible as it's always changing, but the process was cool and I like to include others in trips like this. There is always some plant, used toilet paper or a beautiful dress being dried around the corner.

Interests

It is very easy to get me interested in something. A bit too easy actually. Jeez, I have no idea how to give enough space to all my interests. Good luck trying to tell me that a thing is not worth my interest. Wouldn't that be interesting?

• reading
• hiking
• urban exploration
• geocaching
• artsy stuff
• informal economy

Music, Movies, and Books

I invest a lot of time in finding new artists whose works to explore and happily take recommendations, you can find me on Goodreads, last.fm and Letterboxd. Here are some lists of 5:
5 singer-songwriters: Andrew Bird; Tom Waits; Chelsea Wolfe; Bill Callahan; Matt Elliott
5 bands: Gogol Bordello, Thee Oh Sees, Deerhoof, Swans, Guitar Wolf
5 directors: Akira Kurosawa; Satyajit Ray; Ingmar Bergman; Kim Ki-duk; Emir Kusturica
5 fiction authors: Franz Kafka, Charles Bukowski; Anaïs Nin; Knut Hamsun; Italo Calvino
5 non-fiction authors: Oliver Sacks, Tim Ingold, Michel Foucault, Franz Fanon, Rebecca Solnit

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once on the first of January I decided that it's a good idea to try reading 100 books in 100 days. Well, and then I did it and lost my mind. It's highly not recommended, but it might have been worth it if I think back. It might have as well not, but there was something amazing in the process if I understand the word correctly.

Teach, Learn, Share

That's what she said.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm ok with sharing beverages. I am also ok with eating from one plate if you don't have too many. Sharing foodstuff I think is quite universally accepted, people do it even in restaurants. Sharing some other objects I think need to be discussed specifically, but I think I'm quite ok with sharing most of the stuff that I carry. Sharing economy should be more discussed, no? Oh, sharing moments is nice. There's also the thing that I work in education and sharing some things verbally is a bit of my job. I prefer to share learning experiences instead of just dropping all kinds of "knowledge" things on people, but that's not that easy to do.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Latvia, Tajikistan