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Overview

  • 62 references 53 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish; learning French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Persian (Farsi), Swahili
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Professional procrastinator
  • Illiterate
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Tabula Rasa.

ABOUT ME

I am a walking contradiction. I am argumentative, annoying, passionate, loyal, and the best friend you will ever have.

I am not open minded, relaxed or other general adjectives often used in couchsurfing descriptions.

*IMPORTANT NOTE*
--IAfter being abroad for such a long time, I am finally able to host. READ THE MY HOME SECTION, GODDAMNIT---
You may see that my reply percentage is low. That's because I don't bother replying to generic, lame ass requests. So, no, it's not that I don't read my requests its just that if you don't have time to invest in your requests, I don't have time to reply to you. At all. HOWEVER, i do understand when you have no concrete plans and are winging the shit out of life so, its not like i am obtuse.
*END OF IMPORTANT NOTE*

I love music and I love cinema. I am very easily pleased: give me a shower and clean underwear and you've got me. I love food and brocolli is great. Also, mushrooms. AND AVOCADO.

I love meeting people, especially the ones who don't take themselves too seriously and can keep up with my humor. I love cooking- If you stay at my place, you will be fed deliciousness. If you host me, i will cook for you. Don't believe me? Look at my references.

I am a massive geopolitics geek and I am always reading something related to the subject. The older I get, the more radical I become. I am a supporter of the Palestinian people, forever and ever. You cannot change my mind. Israel is an apartheid state and, no. Criticizing Israel is not equivalent to anti-semitism, and it never will be.
I really identify with what some call "anarchoprimitivism". I dislike the military as an institution and I do everything in my power to stop people from joining. I have succeeded thrice :D

I love people who are trying to understand this complex world of ours. I enjoy a hot heated argument but i will never make you uncomfortable or be aggressive. I don't like pacifism, since it implies compliance. And compliance is the death of the spirit
Black lives matter.
Housing is not a commodity, it is a human right.
Abortion is a right, not a luxury. It is basic healthcare.
Speciesm is fascism.
Inverse racism doesn't exist.
Cultural appropriation is not a fantasy, nor an exaggeration.
Intersectionalism may just be the answer.
Neocolonialism is a thing and you should be aware of it, especially as a traveler.

PHILOSOPHY

If you think you are too small to make a difference you have never spent the night with a mosquito.

Authority is pointless.

I think we are all one, coming from the same place. And when we die, we will come back to where we came from. Kinda like what Bill Hicks describes.
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P.s. I hate hippies :)

P.S. 2 after 8 years... I still hate hippies :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

"I make couchsurfers happy" words from a Couchsurfer, not mine. Read the references, yo!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have met my soulmates through CS, and there is no other way it could've happened. I don't think there anything else to say. This thing changed my life.

Interests

Films, drinking, art, music, geopolitics, learning languages, travel, reading, laughing. WINE. Some of my heroes are Amanda E. Rogers. After her,
Trent Reznor, Bill Hicks, Lewis Black, George Carlin, Noam Chomsky, Richard Linklater, Robert Motherwell, James Nachtwey, Derrick Jensen, Eduardo Galeano, Mark Twain, Jon Stewart, Sofia Coppola, Kurt Vonnegut and the Coen Brothers.

I like most kinds of music. I think every genre has something to offer.

  • arts
  • books
  • dining
  • wine
  • cheese
  • beer
  • running
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • geopolitics
  • languages
  • techno

Music, Movies, and Books

lastfm: http://www.last.fm/user/Chaosvortex

My ultimate favourite band is Nine Inch Nails.
All the new stuff is crap, though.

Skinny Puppy, Object, Boris Brejcha, The Dresden Dolls, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Suicide Commando, Assemblage 23, Rotting Christ, Einsturzende Neubauten, And One, Adriatique, Solomun, Recondite, Gardens of God, Depeche Mode, Antony and The Johnsons, VNV Nation, Leonard Cohen, Xiu Xiu, Oliver Huntemann, Icon of Coil, 65daysofstatic, God is an Astronaut, Mogwai, O€œlafur Arnalds, Mind Against, Mono, Diary of Dreams, Aphex Twin, Kollektiv Turmstrasse, Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra, Iron Maiden, Rotersand, N'to, Dismantled, KMFDM and lots more.

Books: Anything by Eduardo Galeano, Noam Chomsky, Daniel Quinn, Derrick Jensen, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Fisk, Juan Rulfo and Kurt Vonnegut.

Movies: Waking Life, Das Cabinet der Dr. Caligari, Princesas, Lost in Translation, A Scanner Darkly, Dr. Strangelove, Kurosawa, Won Kar Wai, Tarantino, Wiene, Linklater, Kevin Smith, Leigh, Miike, Haneke and the Coen Brothers hold a very special place in my heart.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Having friends who will be there for me when I need them and when I don't.

Losing everything and feeling nothing but freedom.

Teach, Learn, Share

Travel only with thy equals or thy betters. If there are none, travel alone.
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You should be able to leave your house with nothing but clothes on your back and feel like you left nothing behind :)
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Honesty is always good: Palestine yes yes and yes. Period.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Macedonia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Albania, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Germany, Iran, Kenya, Mexico

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