CURRENT MISSION

make friends, travel, learn

ABOUT ME

I'm from the USA, currently residing in Istanbul and running a project for foreigners and English speakers in Turkey - http://www.yabangee.com.

PHILOSOPHY

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

Interests

Music (collecting vinyl records and going to shows)

Food

Drinking (coffee culture and pub culture)

Literature (Kafka and Faulkner probably win it all)

Walking (If it is within walking distance, why take a car?)

Futbol (There is no easier way to connect with people internationally)

• culture
• literature
• documentaries
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• running
• instructor
• walking
• drinking
• pub crawls
• traveling
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Bands: Explosions in the Sky, M83, Radiohead, The Lawrence Arms, Russian Circles, Immortal Technique, Osker, Beirut, Tracy Chapman, Vampire Weekend, Coheed & Cambria, Stars, Tiger Lou, Dead Prez, Bright Eyes, Arcade Fire, Against Me!, Beatles, Pink Floyd, the XX, Modest Mouse, Bon Iver, Brand New, The Cure, Daft Punk, Justice, The Weeknd, Das Racist, Muse, Postal Service, Queen, Regina Spektor, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Smashing Pumpkins, The Weakerthans, Public Enemy, Rhye, Earl Sweatshirt, Notorious B.I.G., Alt-J, The Black Keys, J. Cole, Kanye, Drake, Grimes, Caspian, God is an Astronaut, 65Daysofstatic, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Baroness, etc.

Books: The Stranger, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Shadow of the Wind, East of Eden, As I Lay Dying, The Fall, The Trial, Trainspotting, House of Leaves, The Kite Runner, Lolita, Slaughterhouse Five, On the Road, Homage to Catalonia, A Song of Ice & Fire series...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent some time in India, Bangladesh and Mexico working on documentaries to help raise awareness and funds for NGOs.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Turkey, United States