Hi everyone ! =)

My name is Anthony, a friendly french folk looking for a better world.
Optimist, and even more Utopist, I want to believe in the good part of Humanity.
I wish for a simple life while sharing knowledges and good memories.
Trying to be helpful to anyone as much as I can, I can't imagine myself living in any other way but surrounded by people, in group.
Above all, I found pleasure and real satisfaction in creation: Holding something useful in my hand that I crafted, gather elements to solve something, cook stuff for the crowd or even bring feelings to someone just by sharing some drawings or pictures... That's why I think I have an arty mind. Especially, I would love to become an oil-painter.

I allready know that there is plenty of gals and lads out there to share some sweet memories, learn things from and team-up with on a portion of our respective lives. =)

...Can't wait to see what the wind is bringing next, to keep on writing that big story-book of mine. ^^

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PHILOSOPHY
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"Always look on the bright side of life"
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"Remember that: Whatever you do... Don't be another brick in the wall."
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If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream and not make dreams your master;
If you can think and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings...nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And... Which is more... You'll be a Man, my son!

_Rudyard Kipling
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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

'Cause it's all about to share, to help, to learn, to discover... Almost TOO GOOD to be true. ;)

Interests

Learn ; Create ; Music ; Play ; Paint ; Draw ; Share ; Cinema ; Stare at stars in the night sky near a fire... =)

• writing
• books
• concerts
• cooking
• recipes
• wine
• running
• movies
• painting
• drawing
• magic
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

-Movies:

Welcome to Gattaca / Fear and laughing in Las Vegas / My blueberry nights / Vicky-Christina Barcelona / The King's speech / Lost in translation / Lord of war / Clockwork Orange / Shutter Island / Leaving Las Vegas / Dancer in the Dark / A Space Odyssey / Death Proof / The Truman show / Close encounters / Back to the future / Moonrise Kingdom / Princess Mononoke / H2G2 / Zeitgest: Moving forward / Collapse / ...And so on, and so forth !

-Music:

Ghinzu / Jack White / Muse / Bjork / Pink Floyd / Justice / Daft Punk / Rhesus / PJ Harvey / Paul Kalkbrenner / Wax Tailor / Boiz noize / Yuksek / Arctic Monkeys / The Last Shadow Puppets / Miles Kane / The Raconteurs / The Kills / The Beatles / Franz Ferdinand / The Dead Weather / Interpol / Crystal Fighters / Alex Turner / Girls in Hawaii / Gorillaz / Massive Attack / The Xx / Para One / Simian Mobile Disco / 2Many Dj's / The Rapture / Sunday Drivers / Die Antwoord / Norah Jones / Chopin / Screaming Jay Hawkins / The Eagles / America / Boris Vian / Birdy Nam Nam / Cults / Highlight Tribe / Guillemots / Glass Candy / Charlie Winston / Cake / Bonobo / Archive / Moriarty / Mr Oizo / Sting / Supertramp / Lou Reed / The Do / Arcade Fire / Chemical Brothers / Gossip / Black Keys / Vitalic / Tunng / Yeah yeah yeahs / Nancy Sinatra / Band of Skulls / Nada Surf / Mumford & Sons / Brendan Benson / Pete Doherty / Seraphin / Sophia / Stardust / Radiohead / Regina Spektor / Placebo / Kings of Leon / Kavinsky / Jefferson Airplane / Ez3kiel / Chuck Berry / Creedance clearwater revival / The Asteroid galaxy tour / ...And so on, and so forth !

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Left everything behind to meet up with a girlfriend on the other side of the world
- Helped in the rescue of a guy stuck by the tide in the ocean.
- Seen Daft Punk in concert... TWICE ! ^^ ♫♪
- Seen a Kiwi-Bird in the wild. =)
- Swam amongst bio-luminescent plancton while I was drunk... Without being aware of what it was. xD

Teach, Learn, Share

I can give you some tips to keep your computer in a good health ! :p
I would like to speak a better English !
I would like to learn anything and everything ! =)
I may show you how to draw, how to paint...
I can share one magic trick with cards... ;)
I'm also able to show you my special recipes: Stuffed tomatoes, Apple and curry chiken, Roasted beef with red-wine sauce and mushrooms... :p
I might teach you how to craft paper-boats...
And so on, and so forth... =)

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, New Zealand