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Overview

  • 12 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Persian (Farsi), Russian; learning French
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Life-time student
  • PhD student in bacteriology
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION
Finding out the underlying biochemistry of those one-eyed greenish aliens of Toy Story.

ABOUT ME
First I wanted to become a vet. I'd set my animal toys in a row! (I was 3);
then I wanted to become a Dinosaurologist; after a black|and|white book of dinosaurs from my dad! (I was 5);
then I wanted to wear white lab coat; after Jurassic Park (I was 10);
then I wanted to know what made the dinosaurs—it was DNA! -____- (I was 15);
then I wanted to know the Origin of Life (I was 22);
then I wanted to know if there could be an alternative to the known life in the Universe (I was 24);
then I began proposing models of extraterrestrial bioenergetics. (I was 31)
Now I feel better. (I am 36)

Four billion years ago a crime was committed;
the perpetrator has left us a crime scene;
the dots are being connected;
I am a caveman, and I shall hunt you down, Origin of Life.

PHILOSOPHY
We turn into what we think... so, think big and don't shy away... think very big

"Sage, teach me, I want to become you." disciple asked the Sage;
Sage replied: "Get out of my sight! I wanted to become god, and this is who I became! You want to become me(?!), you'll become no one."

I don't want people to tell me "sorry" in case they did something wrong to me, or to tell me "thank you" if I did something good for them; show your gratitude with your attitude.

Your quarks, leptons, and bosons were once at the core of a star; which then went supernova.

I wish people had never created God.
It's either an evolutionary flaw, so it's gonna get resolved in a couple of hundred million years, or it's because we encountered a celestial technological intelligence in a far past, but it left us with the promise of return; in latter case, I hope we'd encounter that sophisticated technology once again! and I hope they'll abduct me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I'll try to be as active as I can in CS. I even randomly start a conversation about CS with people who don't know about it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
So far I haven't been able to couch anyone, but found lot of good friends through surfing!

Interests

Movies, languages, thinking; enjoying my best friends' circle.

  • technology
  • movies
  • surfing
  • languages
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Don't be a tourist: don't watch trailers! -_______-

Movies:
- Sci-Fi: Prometheus, Oblivion, Abyss, District 9, Chappie, Ex Machina, I Am Legend, Jurassic Park, Sunshine, Europa Report, Edge of Tomorrow, Contact, The Expanse (series), Moon, Extinction, Annihilation, Island, Alien, Matrix, Splice

- Psycho-social: House of 9, Phone Booth, Killing Room, Oldboy

Martial Arts: Kiss of the Dragon, Wu xia (Dragon), Ip Man, The Raid: Redemption,

- Horror: [Rec](Spain), World War Z, Ruins, Descent, Ring (Japan), A Quiet Place, Cloverfield, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Bird Box

- Comedy: Death at a Funeral(UK), In Bruges, L'auberge Espagnole, Mensenges et Trahisons, 2 Days in Paris, Hors de prix, Meet the Parents, Running with Scissors, Bruno, Burn After Reading

- War: The Wall, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers (mini series), Generation Kill (mini series), Black Hawk Down

- Drama: Tully, English Patient, Le Scaphandre et le Papillon, There Will Be Blood, Speak, Gran Torino, Amelie, Silver Linings Playbook, Incendies, 3-IRON, Brick Lane, American Beauty, The Illusionist, Departures, Philomena, King's Speech, Polisse, Tigerland, Footnote, Maggie's Plan, Turtles Can Fly, Kukushka, You Were Never Really Here, The Florida Project, Lady Bird

- Action-Thriller-Suspense-Crime: Leon, The Bourne Identity, Enemy of the State, Shooter, Taken, Traitor, Departed, Inception, Ghost Dog, Run All Night, Get The Gringo, The Shallows, Lord of War, Grey, Fracture, True Detective, Miami Vice, Se7en, Body of Lies, Kraftidioten

- History: Mongol, Kingdom of Heaven, Dances with Wolves

- Animation: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Lilo and Stitch, Une Vie de Chat, Mary and Max, Rango, L'illusionniste, Les triplettes de Belleville, Wall E, Cowboy Bebop (series), Tokyo Godfathers, Wallace and Gromit, Princess Mononoke, Shark Tale, Ponyo, Idiots and Angels, Blame!, Halo Legends, The Animatrix, Dead Space: Downfall, Exaella

- Documentary: Abacus, Home (2009), Where to Invade Next, Hypernormalization, Afghanistan: The Great Game, Art of Germany, The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear,

Music:
depends on the mood =)...OK. Olafur Arnalds, Sleeping At Last, Moderat, Sofi Tukker, American Dollar, Vancouver Sleep Clinic, Hans Zimmer. I'll give you my playlist! %)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

To sit and enjoy someone's sayings, while just couple of minutes earlier, we were total strangers; literally, total strangers....

Teach, Learn, Share

I could never imagine a day the world become this tiny...

What I Can Share with Hosts

This is a cyclops + )

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, India, Iran, Poland, Russian Federation, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Iran, Poland, Russian Federation

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