CURRENT MISSION

An identity devoid of mirrors

ABOUT ME

I seek a different validation of self from each new person I meet so I won't know who I am until we do.

I like to imagine myself pretty easy-going though

PHILOSOPHY

Father Zossima taught me this: with knowledge comes understanding and with understanding comes capacity for love. This is how I hope to become exponentially ever happier...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I do my best to be a friend to any and all.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Instant friendship and generosity from trustworthy and wonderful people; a constant coming and going of unique individuals and endless learning.

Interests

Sharing music by a variety of different means. Dancing amongst the trees. Mountains, kindred spirits, climbing, cycling, hitchhiking. Ethical consumption and animal welfare. Entheogens and altered consciousness. Books, chess. Provocation. Self-sufficiency. Finding ways to subvert the twisted world of money money money.

• books
• dancing
• chess
• music
• cycling
• rock climbing
• hitchhiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I love the movies Dogville and Manderlay, Fargo and One Hour Photo, the books Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, Crime and Punishment, The Posessed and especially The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky, Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis Bernieres, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore by Murakami, anything by Slavoj Zizek, George Orwell or Tom Sharpe. There are many more... I love to listen to John Frusciante, Gareth Liddiard, The Drones, Franz Liszt, David Bowie, Death in Vegas, Joy Division, QOTSA, Orange Goblin, Depeche Mode, The Police, Primal Scream, Nine Inch Nails, Joni Mitchell, Captain Beefheart, Joan Armatrading, Rage Against the Machine, Editors, Tesseract, Sikth, pre-2003 Infected Mushroom, Chris Liberator, Mobile Dogwash, Fat Freddy's Drop... this list could go on forever.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have propped different ladders up against the infernal wall and peeked at what lay beyond...

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm happy to teach anybody anything I know and accept no gift with more gratitude than that of knowledge.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Laos, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United Kingdom

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