CURRENT MISSION

Basic enlightenment

ABOUT ME

I am half-French half-American, hopefully the best halves of each. Just another searcher, for wisdom and beauty and ecstatic laughter-- you know, basic stuff. I would like to think I am kind and considerate and very sensitive to things like taking good care of someone's couch if they let me borrow it.

PHILOSOPHY

Ha ha ha, well, it seems that beyond the plane of self-consciousness there is a oneness which is actually inherent in all things, and I would like to maintain contact with that higher level of being more often. I also enjoy riding my bicycle and generally not bothering anybody, even possibly amusing other people with my antics, and lending a hand when appropriate.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hope I can become a good couchsurfing citizen once I have a couch of my own.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet! But I hear many great things. I am glad I can finally try it myself.

Interests

Literature, art, philosophy, anthropology, biking, swimming, hiking, drinking coffee, making up lists of names of imaginary rappers that sound like other famous people (ex. Kris Kross Kristoferson, Doogie Hammer M.C.)

• arts
• literature
• beauty
• coffee
• drinking
• cycling
• hiking
• swimming
• anthropology
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I am trying to watch more old movies, especially French ones. In books I read widely and eclectically, but I love modern poetry from America and France. Herman Melville and Walt Whitman are my totems. Music is always interesting if it has soul.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Fleeing from Benghazi, Libya when it was being attacked by Qadaffi tanks and then seeing the French planes come in and blow them up.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have been to a lot of crazy, war-torn areas of the world so that has given me a pretty relaxed attitude about most things, which I hope I can impart. I am good with languages and computers.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, China, Iraq, Libya, Mexico, Peru, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, United States