CURRENT MISSION

Moving slowly, learning languages

ABOUT ME

I´m studying for my PhD in German literature at Indiana University in the USA. I love that they let me read books for a living, and explain German grammar to students. It´s a dream job, and I also get to travel during the summer.

I'll be spending 2011-2012 in Berlin,taking classes and getting ready to work on my dissertation.

I'm very laid back, very relaxed, and always eager to experience something new.

PHILOSOPHY

I think that the death of hospitality traditions is one of the greatest threats to the modern world. This is a way to keep that from happening -- when you are willing to place your complete trust in a stranger, you prove for a moment that we are capable of the most beautiful things.

Interests

I love reading and writing and talking about books -- anything German or Icelandic especially; I am perhaps too big a fan of soccer, especially the German Bundesliga; I play tennis for fun (but poorly) and also enjoy long-distance running.

• writing
• books
• literature
• running
• reading
• traveling
• billiards
• soccer
• tennis
• swimming
• languages
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books by Halldor Laxness, Knut Hamsun, Thomas Mann, Leo Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Borges, James Joyce, Cormac McCarthy, and others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming in a steamy thermal pool on the beach watching the sunset over the freezing ocean in Iceland.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States

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