London is just the last place I had an apartment; I have no home address but it won't let me put that!

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I'm wandering without seeking anything in particular, doing some sort of romantic existentialist thing. If you see a world full of wonder too, maybe we'll get along.

I like to think about stretching shapes, because I think it's beautiful. People usually ask me what my sort of math can be used for, and I usually give examples, but I've always thought it's the wrong question, sort of like asking a poet what his/her poems will be used for.

This trajectory has taken me US -> Brazil -> Canada -> UK so far in university positions, but currently I have none and think I will travel some, possibly indefinitely.

I'm an amateur composer too. I studied Mandarin in school and on my own for a long time, but have gradually lost fluency over the years. Much longer ago, I spoke some Bahasa Indonesia.

I have left-wing (anarchist-leaning) politics.

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

I like meeting and talking to people. Every once in a while I get to explore a new place but wind up spending a lot of the time alone. I'm really tired of that and would like to meet people wherever I go.
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Gosto de conhecer pessoas e falar com elas. Ocasionalmente eu consigo visitar e explorar um lugar novo mas gastar a maioria do tempo sozinho. Eu fiquei cansado a fazer isto e preferiria conhecer pessoas em qualquer lugar para onde eu for.

Centres d'intérêt

Music
Math
Movies
Books
Snowboarding
Rock climbing
Languages
Politics
History
TV

• books
• vegetarian
• vegan
• politics
• movies
• tv
• socializing
• music
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• history
• languages
• mathematics

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Music:
Nirvana
Soundgarden
The Muses Rapt
Ryo Kawasaki
Skinny Puppy
Sigh
Emperor
Chopin
Metallica
Public Enemy
Hallucinogen
Beethoven
Schoenberg
Opeth
Death
Agalloch
Gorguts
Therion
Sisters of Mercy
Fields of the Nephilim
Masayoshi Takanaka
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Anathema
Arcturus
Blut Aus Nord
Roland Rahsaan Kirk
Cynic
Peggy Lee
Pallbearer
Ahab
The Fall of Every Season

There's some diversity, but it's mostly just rock, metal, classical, jazz, funk, and trance

TV:
I used to watch a lot of TV and one day I'll fill in this section

Movies and books:
Same here. Some recent books I read were The Power Broker, The Sumerians (Kramer), and Snow Crash.

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

I've been arrested for peacefully protesting (private health insurance, in the US).

I've written a (math) book and some music.

I don't honestly think I've ever done anything *incredible*.

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

I want to learn what life is like where I go and what people think about. I've spent a lot of time studying various things (with varying levels of success), and am happy to talk about any of them and share anything I know with a host. This doesn't mean I am necessarily able to teach anything well, but it's not lack of trying.

Politics and mathematics are obvious things I have strong opinions about, but I also think about television and philosophy and linguistics and archaeology and other things like a normal person.

Ce que j'aimerais partager avec mes hôtes

Posso compartilhar o meu conhecimento de inglês ou lavar a louça. (Eu estou disposto cozinhar também mas sou sem habilidade.)

Pays que j'ai visités

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, French Guiana, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Indonesia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Spain, Suriname, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom, United States