CURRENT MISSION

lgbtq istanbul! :)

ABOUT ME

I'm in Turkey for the summer, making an ethnographic film about LGBT refugees. In case you happen to be interested in my project or know someone who might be, send me a message! I'm always looking for collaborators ;)

About me...
I like to pretend I'm a connoisseur of things that don't really matter like coffee and wine. Film is my profession, music is a close second.

I'm more comfortable listening than talking. But I don't always act in accordance with that.

My favorite game is word association, especially when high.

PHILOSOPHY

If you want to do something, and it's not going to hurt you or anyone else, and it won't get you into big trouble, do it. Little trouble can be fun.

Genius is an immense capacity for taking trouble.

Great achievement and great love involve great risk.

Also just writing this sentence to include the word gay so people searching for that will find me ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far a few surfs and a few CS meetings and a lot of wonderful people.

Interests

tavla/backgammon (new!), cinema, mountaineering/camping/hiking/nature, american musical theater, indie beer, great wine, coffee, and making music, (preferably all combined, ideally with some green as well...), electro, scent, alternative healing, and most of all empathy.

• writing
• theater
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• partying
• movies
• music
• hiking
• camping
• mountaineering

Music, Movies, and Books

Images------------
haneke, van sant, baumbach, von trier, kaufman, aronofsky, cuaron, solontz, schnabel, gaspar noe, michael cuesta, walter salles, larry clark...

Words----------
Carl Rogers, Augusten Burroughs, Gandhi, Ayn Rand (with apologies), Patricia Nell Warren,

Sounds------------
the hush sound, sia, fools gold, phillip glass, steve reich, wir sind helden, paul kalkbrenner, air france, imogen heap, portishead, bright eyes, radiohead, alanis morrissette, sigur ros, the impressionists, death cab, postal service, ellen allien, dvorjak, paul kalbrenner, ellen allien, and yeah, gaga too

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

---48 of the united states of the USA, found the best dessert after 5 months of searching
---mountaineered through remote chilean wilderness for 4 months
---brain surgery (well okay that was done to me...)
---parties in berlin...

Teach, Learn, Share

comfort is the enemy of success. don't know if i'm qualified to teach you anything, but at the very least you can beat me at tavla.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Peru, Switzerland, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Germany, United States

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