I'm a tireless public activist, trying to stand up for what's right - be it trade-union struggles or fixing up my apartment building's dilapidated common areas.

But, well, now the above is no longer entirely true. These days I'm more like a forced-retirement public activist, trying to find his place in the world - and paying the prices of sacrifices made in the cause of justice.

For over a decade, I was also a Technion man. That was my second home, in which I knew almost many a nook and cranny, physically and politically. It was also a workplace; a field of battle; and a bubble. Now I'm leaving my alma mater, hopefully somewhat wiser than the way I arrived.

Did I mention I'm an Anarcho-Syndicalist, and an opponent of the Israeli regime? Yeah, I guess that's kind of important to say too.

I'm just about done with my Ph.D. in Theoretical Computer Science. What am I going to do next? Over the past several years I've came to feel I want to do something else for a living. Something more directly worth-while socially; something I could feel a sense of togetherness, of community in progress and struggle.

Will I be able to find something like that? From the looks of it, no. Although I have several ideas about where I could be headed next (academic research on unions, labor lawyering...) I feel I'm going to be landing in some high-tech job to make ends meet.

I'm also sort-of-the-head of the tenant committee in my apartment building in Hadar neighborhood. Over the past two years I've converted this:
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into this:
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into this:
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There are a few other "also"s I've been involved in, do ask me about them.

All sorts of stuff:

- Thinking things through
- Talking things through
- Getting people's computers to work
- Tinkering with things around my apartment
- Writing really nasty sarcastic criticism of stuff that nobody bothers to read
- Trying to grasp the deeper implications of things... and sometimes even succeeding.

Not so good in letting people into my life and keeping them there, unfortunately.

My tendency to politically-dramatize social situations in my close environment (think: the epic saga of intra-faculty power struggles). And my being a good listener and discussion partner.

What people _don't_ usually notice about me until a bit later is that, while I'm nice and polite, and usually pretty forthcoming,
I actually tend not to let people into my 'personal space' emotionally. And this has probably cost me at least one relationship in the past.

From Science Fiction and Fantasy literature (Le-Guin, Lord Dunsany, Zelazny to name a few) to radical history and thought (Rocker, Chomsky, Knabb, Bichler & Nitzan, Trotsky, Zinn and others). I also enjoy Japanese animation and Manga (when I can spare the time).

My taste in movies is also eclectic, and I'm probably the only person I know who likes both Chocolat and Karaketer on one hand and Conan the Barbarian on the other. Also, you can never go wrong with nice radical filmmakers like Costa Gavras or Ken Loach.

As for food, I try to support the local establishments near where I live, so you'll find me eating Sabi7 or soup at Falafel Luna at least once a week.

- Radical activism and thought (I am an Anarchist, after all)
- Having challenging projects and struggles to pursue
- The sense of being part of a group, a class, an organization
- Sticking my nose where people (with power) think it doesn't belong

And I'm keeping the rest open for now. Hopefully some luck with OkCupid can fill the void one of these days.

- You like the idea of being with someone who's (doing his best to be) struggling for what's right.
- You're someone I would respect.
- You're willing to accept someone taking small steps into a serious committed relationship.