Looking for friends in Tampere

Hi there,

I'm an American, living in Tampere, and finding it quite difficult. I've been in Finland for nearly 3 months and have little to show for it.

I was a writer/producer/director in Hollywood for nearly 10 years but came here to stay with my fiancee.

I have not found it easy to relate to many Finns or foreigners here. The Finns don't say anything of their true feelings, and the foreigners seem to be a bit overbearing.

I like people that both share what they're feeling and are able to listen. I have yet to find many people here that communicate in this way.

I have quite a bit of strange specific interests and enjoy others that do as well. I listen to a lot of metal and am starting an experimental metal record label. Additionally, I'm writing a feature film and have many other projects, based out of the USA. I especially like highly creative people.

But I'm not looking to do any creative work here, just find some friends to hang out with, chat, play some boardgames/videogames, talk about the problems of the world or problems in one's life and figure out how to solve them. Sense of humor is a huge bonus.

I've got a load of world experiences from hitchhiking dangerous parts of the Middle East to CouchSurfing islands off the coast Africa to camping amongst glaciers in Greenland.

I am able to have basic conversational skills in about 15 languages.

Just some of my interests... write me if you think we may get along.