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Overview

  • I'm an English assistant in Paris for the moment.
  • I have a useless bachelor's degree from a hippie college ...
  • From Lots of places, USA
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To stay alive and well in Europe

ABOUT ME

I am an American Francophile with pale skin, fake red hair, and artsy tendancies.

PHILOSOPHY

Never put a sock in a toaster.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm hoping to make friends in Europe! Is that contributing? UPDATE: I have been attending CouchSurfing events in the Paris area.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Brand new! Fresh off the scene! Never before seen!

Interests

Theater, movies, books, photography, French, feminism, politics

  • books
  • theater
  • photography
  • womens rights
  • politics
  • movies
  • camping

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : Ryan Adams, Wilco, Louise Attaque, Regina Spektor, the Replacements, Noir Desir, Georges Brassens, Agnes Bihl, Ray LaMontagne, The Hold Steady, Damien Rice, Counting Crows, Stevie Wonder, Mike Doughty, Bruce Springsteen, Mademoiselle K, Pink Martini, Langhorne Slim, Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis, Rufus Wainwright

Movies : A Streetcar Named Desire, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Heavenly Creatures, High Fidelity, Monty Python, Mel Brooks

Books : Lolita, The Sun Also Rises, Henderson the Rain King, Dracula, Crime and Punishment, A Moveable Feast, La Cantatrice Chauve, the Collected Works of Shakespeare, anything and everything Tennessee Williams or Albert Camus, poetry by Arthur Rimbaud, Robert Desnos and W.H. Auden.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived in Guantanamo Bay before there was a terrorist camp there.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help you improve your English and possibly your French. I can probably show you how to take better pictures. I can tell you all about the American government, because I worked for them.

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