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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
BE HAPPY, HOPPY and HIPPIE-))
ABOUT ME
30-ich French-ich girl-ich in Paris-ich. Socially militant, keen cyclist. Happy to live and to laugh and to smile. And lastly, character : easy-going-easy in general-)
PHILOSOPHY
I am thriving for happiness for all.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
By keeping posted, and keeping uptodate. And I'm reading and participating to mails in cyclists groups, critical masses group-)
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Co-hosted twice when in London and once in my flat in Paris - then few times undirectly through coachsurfers staying in the squatt where I currently live..always great stuff-)
Interests
DANCING TO GOOD MUSIC! Funk (James Brown the king, Curtis Mayfield), reggae (well Bob for sure, but many others, junior marvin, dennis bovell, jah youth etc), dub (the dub syndicate, agustu pablo, lee scrath perry), soul/jazz (Nina Simone), world music (Ali Farka Toure, Cedric Brooks and the Ligt of Saba), deep house,jackin house, trance, woman singer-song writers (Bev Lee Harling, Catpower), French singer-song writers (Jacques Brel, Boris Vian, Francoise Hardy), electro-chill out, etc.
Interested in politics, the system we live in, how to make it better...
Interested in Africa (for their music and their laugh), South America (for their faith in 'socialism'/'community-ism')
I like reading, and good films..(see movies, music books section)
- culture
- books
- dancing
- politics
- movies
- reading
- music
- jazz
- world music
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: see interests section
Movies: Brazil and other Terry Gilliam (Baron of Munchausen), Belleville Rendez-vous, Audiard, Emir Kusturica, Requiem for a Dream, Dirty Pretty Things, shots of Antonioni
Books: Shorts of Umberto Eco, Kafka, Henry Miller, comics (Tank Girl, Grant Morrison), Nabokov
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Seen the mango tree changing amazingly rapidly between dry and rain season in Mali. Seen amazing people everywhere.
Teach, Learn, Share
I know about French and English culture..I know how to pour the best pint of real ale..I know a bit about marketing and promotional activities (online and offline). I'm learning how to live..wouldn't mind a little help on learning more-)
Countries I’ve Visited
Greece, Mali, Turkey
Countries I’ve Lived In
France, United Kingdom