CURRENT MISSION

To chill out!

ABOUT ME

M.Soc.Sc. (Practical Philosophy), MA (English), musician (guitar, drums, vocals, songwriting etc.), translator, couchsurfer, small-town cyclist, long-distance driver, lacto-ovo vegetarian, occasional smoker, small-business owner, general adventurer.

PHILOSOPHY

Don't be a dick, unless it helps.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Trying to help out other people to the best of my ability.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed in the US on and off for a month in the summer of 2013. Have hosted quite many people in Finland and also surfed in Europe quite a bit. So far, everything CS-related has been great!

I'm really low-maintenance, but I also like to hang out with my hosts and their friends.

Interests

Traveling, writing, music, gigs, tasty beer and veggie food, computers, meeting new people!

Music, Movies, and Books

1950s-2000s rock, some old punk stuff (The Stooges, Clash, Television, Wire, Buzzcocks) new wave (Blondie, Talking Heads), jazz (Miles, Ellington, Coltrane), folk, electronic (Amon Tobin & other Ninja Tune artists), obscure underground and experimental Finnish rap.

Books: Henry Miller, The Beats, autobiographies, some philosophy, as it was my minor at the university. Wrote my Master's thesis in English on Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club and my Master's thesis in Philosophy on left-populism.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Drove over 5000kms in Europe without a spare tire. Spent nearly 5 weeks traveling alone in the US in the summer of 2013 and met so many cool people along the way! I take pride in the fact that I have already visited quite a few countries, but there is always room for more.

Teach, Learn, Share

Will do the dishes and clean up after me! I hope you will too.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Travel tips, Finnish language lessons etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Åland Islands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, United Kingdom