I an an exiled member of the San Francisco anarchist community, became a teacher out of necessity after leaving the US in 2001. Now I have an actual teaching career, with a lecturer position at a university. My friends would tell you that I have a great sense of humor and am really engaging; I can tell you that I think subverting the dominant paradigm is the key to healthy living, i love meeting new people and learning about nearly everything, but i don't have much patience (=close to zero) for mindless chatter about shopping malls and other capitalist drone activities. If you put the right substance in my hand and play some good music, i can dance til the sun comes up... after being in landlocked countries for so many years, i am loving being in Istanbul and just seeing the sea, hearing the sea gulls when i wake up, puts a smile on my face every day.
I joined expat.com on 17 January 2014.
teaching teachers and youth in the southern highlands
almost everything!!
hard to find shoes/sandals large enough for my european-sized feet
Teaching, debate coach, volunteered with Mongolian National Rivers Movement
fascinating musical styles, awesome landscapes and fauna, traditional culture, amazing place for photography
climate, food, blind expansion of consumerism
teaching
learned a lot about oil and gas exploitation, great Georgian food, some great progressive people
what is there to like about living in a dictatorship?
University teaching, support of resistance activities against foreign occupation
spirit and resilience of people, beautiful countryside, great hospitality and the best olive oil in the world
the continued Israeli military presence!
Teaching, festival work, learning Hungarian, lots of swimming and bathing
Critical Mass bicycle revolution, great music scene, fantastic cuisine, great parks and fascinating history
filching of foreigners whenever possible, including by employers