CURRENT MISSION

Being tolerant, fun, amazed, balanced, take part in creative project, not yell at my housemates when the shower drain is blocked.

PHILOSOPHY

I'm a big fan of Albert Camus' work and I agree with him on the fact that life is absurd so there is so no point questionning why we live or why we are here. We must make the most of the time we have.
I believe it's important to acknowledge your emotions and use them, the way dancers do.
I feel pretty strongly about politics and ridiculous acts of violence, unfair situations, condescension or racism. I am a pretty passionate person. It's good to be and it's good that not everybody is like me!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't had any couchsurfing experiences so far. I have heard a lot from numerous friends who have in very different countries and it's all positive!

Interests

Not in that particular order: Cinema, books, wine, politics, travel, newly discovered passion: scuba diving, horse riding, cooking and eating with friends, inter cultural relationships, coffee, coffee and more coffee, British slang, playing the guitar (at least trying to), live music, spontaneous live events (such as secret cinema).

• books
• cooking
• chocolate
• wine
• coffee
• yoga
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• live music
• guitar
• scuba diving

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies

La Haine (Hate) - Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt) - The Fountain - Some like it hot - The Party - North by Northwest - Anche libero va bene - Once - Sideways - Je vais bien ne t'en fais pas - 36 Quai des orfevres - The big chill - 25th hour - Au revoir les enfants - There will be blood
More recently in two different categories: Inception and 500 days of Summer

Music
Everything, espcially live!
Some of the many bands or artist I like: Radiohead, Miles Davis, Dave Matthews Band, Camille, Cali, Al Green, Otis Redding, Bill Withers, Air, The Chemical Brothers, The Whitest boy alive, The White Stripes, The Who, The Velvet Underground, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Gorillaz, Interpol, Jeff Buckley, Just Jack, La Maison Tellier, M, Noir Desir, Oasis, The Rolling stones.... check out the new band Eyes On Film, they are great!

Books
L'ecume des jours (Froth on the daydream) - Boris Vian
All of Albert Camus
The corrections - Jonathan Franzen
This book will save your life - A. M. Homes
I read a lot and don't favor a lot of books, especially since I switch from English to French all the time, evolving in so many different styles. The only ones I can quote from or refer to at any given time are Camus' (do we discern an obsession here?)

Teach, Learn, Share

I have a killer chocolate cake recipe I will happily share with my hosts.
I can teach some basic words of French or Chinese

I'd love to learn basic yoga or a few words in any language.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, China, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Morocco, Réunion, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United Kingdom, United States