CURRENT MISSION

To be my own hero.

ABOUT ME

[I wrote this description of me close to fifteen years ago when I first joined CS. It now sounds a bit silly but I cannot seem to erase it. So you’ll have to see for yourself if I’ve changed since then. If anything, CS has helped me grow, develop my relationship to the world in a way that I’m proud of: trust above all and all will be well. All did go well, in the end, whatever the situation I got myself into. Thanks for that, for all the fish, and thanks for what’s to come. You guys make this world so much better and so much sexier.]

The world is violet. But nice to meet you. Really. Let's have a small walk together ? And uhm. Have you seen my keys ?

After spending my teen years reading mountains of books I finally decided to become my own hero. And I have my own morality.

Some people say I'm voracious. Believe them. In every meaning of the word.

Some say I carry a sort of melancholy. If it's true, then it's a positive one. No sadness, just a lot of good memories in my head. And a gift for smelling happiness when it's in the air.

PHILOSOPHY

Epicureanism, with small touches of Hans Jonas and carrots.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

"He that gives should never remember, he that receives should never forget."

Interests

Reading. Writing. Eating. Drinking. Photographing. Trains. Highways. Tea. 42. Volleyball. Cooking. Cats. Chocolate. (But don't cook them together without putting some water in it, otherwise they'll burn.)

• cats
• writing
• books
• cooking
• chocolate
• drinking
• reading
• volleyball
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : I always change my mind about what I like to listen at. But some musics do have a very special meaning to me, like Peter Hammill or Bob Dylan. And some music keep playing, no matter how long I've been listening to it, like the Beatles, Jacques Brel or Serge Gainsbourg. Books : D.H. Lawrence, Pablo Neruda, Marguerite Duras, Blaise Cendrars, Jean Rouaud, Alexandre Jardin, Nathalie Sarraute, Claude Simon, Oscar Wilde, Jacqueline Harpman, Milan Kundera, Alberto Moravia, Stefan Zweig Movies : Almodovar, Wong Kar Wai, Bergman, Fellini, Lars von Trier, Truffaut, Buñuel, Malle, Godard, Lelouche and French crap. Series: 1864, Ängelby, Band of Brothers, Better Call Saul, Blackadder, Black Sails, Boardwalk Empire, Borgen, Breaking Bad, Broadchurch, Carnivale, Deadwood, Downton Abbey, Firefly, Flesh and Bone, Friday Night Lights, Halt and Catch Fire, Hannibal, House of Cards, Hung, Jekyll, Life, Life on Mars, Luck, Mad Men, Masters of Sex, Midnight Diner, Mildred Pierce, Miranda, Misfits, Mozart in the Jungle, Olive Kitteridge, Orphan Black, Oz, Parks and Recreation, Please Like Me, Rita, Rome, Sense8, Six Feet Under, Skam, Sons of Anarchy, That 70’s show, The Borgias, The Bridge, The Corner, The Good Wife, The Honourable Woman, The IT Crowd, The Killing, The Knick, The L Word, The Leftovers, The Newsroom, The Persuaders, The Shield, The Sopranos, The Thick of it, The Wire, Top of the Lake, Torchwood, Treme, Twin Peaks, Utopia, Black Mirror, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Call the Midwife, Doctor Who, Fargo, GoT, Homeland, Luther, Orphan Black, Scrubs, Shameless, Sherlock, Suits, The Big Bang Theory, This is England, True Detective, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Vikings

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crossing all of Moscow in 25 minutes to catch the transsiberian train.
Crossing the Argentina-Chile border by foot through the Andes cordillera.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Italy

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