CURRENT MISSION

Carpe Diem, keep open minded

ABOUT ME

I'm a mature fellow and I doesn't want to let my brain grow jellylike, so I do my best to keep lively and active.
My membername - Degolarson - is composed after Pierre DEsproges, Luis reGO, and Gary LARSON, who are my best-loved humorists, as well as Andy Capp and many others.

PHILOSOPHY

First, "Carpe Diem" which means "harvest the best of every day". It doesn't mean having fun out of everything but accept life as it is, with its joys and sad times.
Second, keeping a sense of humor, trying to make fun out of the ordinary little miseries
I've been deeply influenced by my readings of CG Jung and Taoist philosophers. Some others are Paul Veyne, Michel Foucauld, Nietzsche, Deleuze.. in the serious field. I consider Pierre Desproges as a major philosopher-humorist, like Luis Rego, as they make us laugh about human miseries and take the mick out of people who find themselves superior. Derision is the best weapon to fight solemness and overpride

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'll see that later, when more experienced

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I first heard of couchsurfing by my son Etienne Gernez who lives in Oslo. I stayed at his place in Oslo during my holidays in July 2008 and met some other couchsurfers, all of them so funny, interesting characters. I found the idea so great that I decided to register and meet some people in France or abroad.

Interests

All that is funny, mainly puns and nonsense
Meeting people
Sea-walking, Sailing, trekking, camping
Dancing swing and blues styles (balboa)
Ecological matters, organic farming / breeding
Learning English
Dialects of Normandy and North of France (Ch'ti)
Cooking (when I feel like)

• dogs
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• walking
• socializing
• music
• blues
• camping
• sailing
• dialects
• philosophy
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Rock'n roll, jazz, swing, a few classical tunes
Adventure and sailing-related books (Amundsen, Nansen, Peter Blake, Tabarly , Moitessier, Henry de Monfreid..)
Novels, short stories and plays : Oscar Wilde, Shakespeare, DH Laurence,A. Huxley, Philip K Dick, Roald Dahl, André Brink,Nadine Gordimer, Steinbeck, Walter Mosley, Chester Himes, Dashiell Hammet..

Movies : I'm not very keen in great movies, I prefer weird or funny ones such as Tampopo, De Helaasheid Den Dingen or P'tit Quinquin

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Music made out of city alarm horns http://www.mecanique-vivante.com/

I saw a distinguished lady buying organic 100% vegetarian food to her carnivorous Doberman Pinscher dog . Poor beast ! what about his libido ?

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach : Sailing skills
Learn : English

What I Can Share with Hosts

Since my flat is very tiny it's difficult to accept guests, yet I'm able to show some interesting parts of my town or/and district such as Landing Beaches , Suisse Normande, Pays d'Auge etc. Since I'm a yachtman I can share some sailing skills as well

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

France

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