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Overview

  • 4 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • I used to be a consultant for about 5 years, and hopefull...
  • computer science
  • From Leuven, Belgium
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

My mission, that's a good one... I would say finding my place in the world due to it having become larger, and finding a way to contribute to a sustainable future for all living creatures.

ABOUT ME

I'm a very passionate person, and can easily get enthousiastic/interested in yet another hobby for which I just don't have the time! I would be very happy if someone could invent a machine that allowed there to be 72 hours in a day.

I'm easily touched by any kind of beauty, which has inspired me to learn how to play guitar & drums, and has put me on an incredible musical journey. This passion for aesthetics has also left me vulnerable for injustice, and I've had a sort of ethical wake-up call 2 years ago when I saw Earthlings, and became vegan the very same day. Since then, I've quit my job as a consultant and am going to try to contribute to a better world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met my first couchsurfer recently, and now I'm hooked on the concept.

Interests

guitar, drums, progressive metal, programming, tasteful video games, fiddling with computers, anonymous, sports climbing, reading up on world history, veganism, ethics, anime, movies with depth.... pretty much anything peculiar really

  • beauty
  • ethics
  • vegan
  • anime
  • movies
  • video games
  • reading
  • guitar
  • drums
  • sports
  • rock climbing
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

Wow, so many...

Movies: Earthlings, Koyaanisqatsi, Inception, Princess Mononoke, Monty Python, Paprika, Goodfellas, Lord of the Rings, Hero, Gandhi, Amadeus, Hero, Indiana Jones, Wall-E, Toy Story, and many many more

Music: Liquid Tension Experiment, Dream Theater, Opeth, Tool, Joe Satriani, The Mars Volta, Unexpect, Indukti, Mastodon, Philip Glass, Spiral Architect, Andy McKee, Circus Maximus, Disillusion, Shining, Karnivool, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Meshuggah, Pink Floyd, Planet X, Sigur Ros, System of a Down, Dark Suns, Kelly Jones, Mike Portnoy, Jordan Rudess, John Petrucci, Mikael Akerfeldt,...

Books: Order of the Stick, Gunnerkrigg Court, Pillars of the Earth, The Dark Tower, Memory Sorrow & Thorn, Gerald's Game, Harry Potter, Discworld, Otherland, Insomnia, Hopes & Prospects, The Shock Doctrine, Pol Pot: A political biography

Games: System Shock 2, Grim Fandango, Braid, Zelda, Tomb Raider, Super Mario, Mega Man, Thief, Kula World, Diablo, StarCraft, WarCraft, Sonic, Final Fantasy, Silent Hill, F.E.A.R., Knights of the Old Republic, Amnesia, Half-Life, Mirror's Edge, Fallout 3, Bioskock, Serious Sam, Jamestown, Just Cause 2, Portal, VVVVVV ...

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, Egypt, France, Italy, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium

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