I AM CURRENTLY IN BERLIN. CS won't let me change my location for some reason.

I’m a journalist that mostly covers Eastern Europe and the Balkans. I write about politics, society and culture. I also have a MA degree in Art History, where for my thesis I wrote about Czech cinema. I'd say I'm a fun and down to earth person. My main goal in life is to be open and sincere, and to have a well-directed set of ethics.

PHILOSOPHY

Find humor in everything, don't think you're better than anyone, and remember that everyone and everything is a chance to explore.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Meeting up with individuals who are traveling in the area, couch surfing myself, being open to anyone and anything!

Interests

People, stories, tea, sustainability, books, second hand items, gyroscopes, eastern european avant garde and surrealism, russian artifacts, stars, nature, swimming, drawing, writing, art, culture, the unknown

• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• ethics
• traveling
• drawing
• coding
• music
• surfing
• swimming
• history
• journalism
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

books: faulkner, flannery o'connor, richard brautigan, zamyatin, emma goldman
music: french ye-ye, gritty blues, new wave, no wave, riot grrrl, lo-fi
movies: love stories, french new wave, czech new wave, Emir Kusturica, dumb comedies and some blockbusters

Teach, Learn, Share

stuff i studied and got away with writing papers on in college:

Straightedge hardcore punk from Washington, DC.
The lower east side village art scene in NYC from 1975-90
Jewish iconography and anti-semitism in the middle ages to the renaissance
Music history
French Language
UFO's and Cult Religions in LA
Art Brut/Outsider Art

Other skills:
How to make books
How to journalism
How to weld
How to use a camera
How to build stuff out of wood (and metal)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Germany, Serbia, United Kingdom, United States

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