AVAILABILITY

Depends. Hit me!

CURRENT MISSION

To get better and help people getting better.

ABOUT ME

I am often smily and trying to have fun.

I enjoy sports. Almost all kinds of sports, especially in the Nature (hiking of course, and I do some climbing these days, plus I rode my bike 20km a day for few years), team sports (often soccer), and also just throw-catch a frisbee or a foot ball, etc.

I'm fond of poker, board games, and I also like to play chess.

I'm more than interested in music with a focus on the 1967-1975 period, I also watch a lot of (too much ?) series and some good movies. See below! I also play guitar a bit.

I'd be kind of lying if I did not mention that I like to have some beers with my friends. :)

Well, that's a start! ^^

PHILOSOPHY

Thu shalt not be an asshole. (from the Bible?!)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Mostly as a host and now as a guest!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Well, I often sleep on friends' couch and even more often have guests. For example, six friends (coming from 600km) and I slept in my former apartment which was about 30m² :) I also started to couchsurf through Couchsurfing in 2013.

I've been hosting maybe 50 times without being a guest since I often travel to friends' (no need) or 3+ guys (hard to find). It's always nice to travel while staying in the city I was living in (Grenoble).

I've been a guest several times in South East Asia.

Interests

Interesting people, interesting music, sciences, sports ... hmmm, well the list could be a bit too long.

• theater
• cooking
• drinking
• movies
• board games
• chess
• team sports
• poker
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• sports
• rock climbing
• soccer
• mathematics
• nature

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm pretty open minded, though I care for the quality but not much the genre.

Music :
Mostly late 60s and early 70s.
- Psychedelic : The Doors, Love, etc.
- Progressive Rock : Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Rush, Wishbone Ash, Caravan, Yes, etc.
- Hard Rock / Heavy Metal (it wasn't really differentiated at the time) : Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc.
- Soul / Funk : Otis Redding, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, etc.
- Jazz Fusion : Al Di Meola, Jaco Pastorius, Jean-Luc Ponty, etc.
- Folk : Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield, etc.
- Pop : The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, etc.
- Glam : David Bowie, T Rex, etc.
I also love Iron Maiden, Guns N Roses, Tool, Metallica, Radiohead (beginning), Air, Porcupine Tree, The Black Keys ...
I'm less into Hip Hop or Electro.
I like few french artists : Serge Gainsbourg, William Sheller, Noir Désir.

Movies :
Some of my favorite movies :
- Mommy (by Xavier Dolan, with Antoine Olivier Pilon - he's not my cousin ^^)
- Mammuth (by Delépine & Kervern, with Gérard Depardieu)
- Un air de famille (by Cédric Klapish, adapted from the play by Agnès Jaoui & Jean-Pierre Bacri and also starring them)
- La Vie très privée de Monsieur Sim (by Michel Leclerc, with Jean-Pierre Bacri)
- Neuf mois fermes (by Albert Dupontel)
- Se souvenir des belles choses (with Bernard Campan and Isabelle Carré)
Also most movies by
Coen Brothers, Ken Loach, Christopher Nolan, Michel Gondry, Martin Scorcese, David Lynch, Roman Polanski, David Fincher, Quentin Tarantino, etc.
and/or with
Christian Bale, Kate Winslet, Jack Nicholson, Edward Norton, Leonardo Di Caprio, Jodie Foster, Benoit Poelvoorde etc.

Series (my favourites) :
Thriller/Drama : Breaking Bad, Mr Robot, Black Mirror, Peaky Blinders, Homeland, etc.
Comedy : How not to live your life. Great british show, you should watch it ! ;)
Animation : Rick and Morty

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was born ! This was so unlikely... ;)

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm interested in many different things without being an expert.
I think that a colourful person can make a supposedly boring topic interesting. So, really, I can learn and share almost everything.

I can't "teach" a lot of things as I think differently for many subjects, so I'm more into sharing.
I'm used to share how to play board games, card games, frisbee, maths and especially probabilities (for example for poker), cook unnamed dishes.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My real name :) It's Clément Pilon.
Also a meal, a drink, a board game, a sport, a movie, a point of view.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mauritius, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, France