CURRENT MISSION

Language ambassador to the children of la France (teaching english in Orleans)

ABOUT ME

"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes."-- Walt Whitman

PHILOSOPHY

"Je me revolte, donc je suis"-- Albert Camus

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just joined and I am trying to find my place in the system!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet, but many a friend had a positive experience.

Interests

debauchery, soccer, baking, piracy, aaaaand soccer!

• dancing
• cooking
• baking
• soccer

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty, CCR, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Jeff Back, Van Morrison, Raidohead, Sublime, NIN, Everclear, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Garbage, Louis Prima, Mac Dre and Bay rap in general, Zaho, Tété, Yelle, Manu Chao, Gogol Bordello, Flogging Molly

Movies: Cutthroat Island, Boondock Saints, Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Blade (I and III), The Godfather (I and II), The Princess Bride, Everything Is Illuminated, the Underworld movies, Domino

Books: In the House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, Into Thin Air and Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Emma by Jane Austin, Silence on the Mountain by Daniel Wilkinson, Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning, The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Davis, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, and all the Eloise books

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once participated in a belly dance-off with a gay Turkish man in a hookah bar in Istanbul. Life is strange like that.

Teach, Learn, Share

All things WWII and a wealth of random historical knowledge. Also, lots of cooking tips!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, India, Israel, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States