CURRENT MISSION

To see the world! Yay!

ABOUT ME

I am a mostly introverted person, with a few interests that are super important to me: photography and cinema. I'm also very VERY interested in cats. I love sleep, observing people, quality beers, walking around, bike rides, thinking about the past, looking out of my window, cooking delicious food, long trips on a bus/train with the right music in my headphones, adventurous food shopping, globes, getting things in the mail, growing my own food, coincidences, dried flowers, etc.

PHILOSOPHY

LIFE IS SHORT, LIVE IT UP

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By providing nice, big couches.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've only had positive CS experiences (both hosting and surfing). The people I stayed with were super nice and interesting and hosting is like passive traveling, and I love it!

Interests

Photography, obscure films, quality beers, cooking, growing my own food, cats, techno, etc.

• cats
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• walking
• shopping
• flowers
• movies
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• surfing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

FILMS // Possession, Fantastic Planet, The Lost Highway, The Mirror, Satantango, Cria Cuervos, The Color of Pomegranates, Breaking the Waves, Cries and Whispers, Vagabond, Late August Early September, Twilight of the Ice Nymphs, La Jetee, The Fisher King, Jeanne Dielman, Spirit of the Beehive, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, Daisies, Sweet Movie, Radio Days, The Holy Mountain, Claire's Knee, Trouble Every Day, Celine and Julie Go Boating, etc.

Music // Cat Power. Radiohead. Boards of Canada. Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Massive attack. Joanna Newsom. CocoRosie. Aphex Twin. Blonde Redhead. Deerhoof. Hope Sandoval. Autechre. Brian Eno. Broadcast. Portishead. Tricky. The XX. Plastikman. Ricardo Villalobos. Derrick May.

Books // Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, Joseph Brodsky, William Carlos Williams, Auden, Hermann Hesse, Kerouac, Milan Kundera, Boris Vian, Daniil Kharms, Dostoyevsky, books on film and photography, camera manuals!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have moved from Russia to the US at age 18.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach someone how to load film in a camera and how to cook HERRING UNDER THE COAT. I'd like to learn some languages (I already know English and Russian) and see new faces. yay!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States

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