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  • Fluent in French; learning English, Italian, Latin, Spanish
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Student, amator acrobat and junggler
  • Bac Economique et Social
  • From Genève
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Beeing happy, graduate, and progress in acrobatic skills

ABOUT ME

I have kind of two seperated life. The one at the university where I study French Litterature and Philosophy, and the other one in a circus school where I train as much as I want (or can, it depends on my motivation). If you mix it with the time I spend with my friends and with my familly, you have a good picture of what is my life.
I have the dream to work as an artist (in circus mainly but other areas like cinema attracts me two). But I'm not sure to be able to live from my art(that is to say to be a good artist finally), and I would enjoy as well to discover every kind of work. If I could, in my life, work in agriculture and then as a teacher, and then as a bu driver, and then as a writer or anything, I would be glad too. As you can imagine after what I just said, I'm very curious and interested in everything.

I always put myself in question, to know which is the best road to take. I try to give the best in every thing I do (that is to say mainly university and circus) but I also want to enjoy every second of my life so, sometimes, I have difficulty to know if I must sacrifice some pleasure for training or studying when I'm bored of it.

I'm also fascinated (maybe because I'm often in front of it) by our own human limits, I'm especially talking about our body and about our fear. I have to face the fear to try some moonkick, or backflip or others, and even if I love acrobatics, I'm not searching the most dangerous thing to do. But I find it very exciting at a certain level.

PHILOSOPHY

I love the Rhonda Byrne's book "The Secret". For those who have no ideas of what this book is talking about, it makes the assumption (I should say the affirmation, but there is no proof at all of what is advanced here actually) that all that happens to us, happens because wa thaught about it. Absolutly everything.

At the time, I don't blieve that if I'm thinking that I'll meet Zelda tomorrow, then I will. So I don't think this rule completly true. But I think it is true enough to change our life. Just try to think positive, to get the best of your life every time. The difficulty is to think about the good things because sometimes we really think wa want something when in fact we don't (we want something else that would be given indirectly by our present desire but we don't desire the first thin in itself, I'm thinking of that kind of situation). Well my thoughts follows this rule in a sense.

Otherwise, even if I study ethics, I try to be as nice as I can with everyone (I mean I'm not following ONE ethic system in particular, I'm still thinking about it and looking for the best moral system, but I must admit that I attracted by Hedonism). And to do so I just evitate to talk with the people I don't like (or can't stand). I help and support my friends and my familly as much as I can. The respect of the other is crucial to me.

Also, I believe almost everything is intersting, we just have to look at it the right way.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I didn't participate that much at the time...

Interests

Music: I play mainly the guitar (electric and acoustic)I also sing, play the bass, and a little piano. I try to compose some songs, and to write some lyrics but I find it very hard to appreciate what I write. I love to jam, one of the most magic thing on earth is to play something not prepared with someone you just met, playing during two hours without even knowing his name.Sport: I'm in a circus school, I love every kind of acrobatics (tricking, gymnastic, Capoira and so on). I practice rergularly trampoline, handstands and floor exercises. I would love to involve my skateboarding level, but as a matter of time, i don't for the moment.I practice snowboard too.Cinema: I wanna see everyhing, the more films I see the happier I am.Philosophy: Mainly interested by ethics, metaphysics, and political philosophy. But i'm curious about every intetellectual area. Party: I like evey kind of night. From the chilly one with my friends around a beer, to the crazy dancing party in a night club. I love meeting people, talking, having fun(it seems maybe obvious, but not everybody is like that, so I prefer to precise).

  • arts
  • writing
  • books
  • singing
  • dancing
  • ethics
  • chocolate
  • beer
  • partying
  • clubbing
  • movies
  • socializing
  • juggling
  • magic
  • music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • snowboarding
  • skateboarding
  • sports
  • agriculture
  • teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: Fight Club, the Tree of life, La Haine, Dancers in the Dark, Requiem for a dream, Black Swan, la classe americaine, Usual Suspect, Raging bull, Citizen Kane, La journée de la jupe, Le nom des gens, Batman: the Dark knight, North Country, Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Bastard, Polisse, Water, La piel che habito, C'est arivé près de chez vous, Social Network and so much more...Series: Misfits, Beaking bad, Samourai Champloo, I started recently to watch series.Music: French rap: IAM, Orelsan, 1995, X-men, Oxmo Puccino, Keny Arkana, Ab al malik, Guizmo, Les sages po, Fuzati, Le Klub des 7, TTC, Tekitek, NTM, Grems, etc Electronic music: Boyz noize, Sebastian, Justice, Breakbot, Rubix, Digitalism, Mondkopft, Housse de Racket, Air, Daft Punk, Prodigy, Eric Prydz, Ratatat, Birdy Nam Nam, Bloody Beetroots, Chromeo, Caribou, Mr Oizo, PNAU, Data, Sebastien Tellier and so on.Hip-hop: Gangstarr, Eminem, Dr Dre, Dj Premiere, Mobb deep, Cunninlynguist, Jedi Mind Trick, Wu Tang, DMX, Immortal Technique, Mos Def, Kid Cudi, the Fugees, Puppetmastaz, Speech Debelle, Nujabes...Others: Tallest Man on Earth, Led Zeppelin, MGMT(I'm a big fan), Architecture in Helinski, the Beatles, Pauline Croze, Gotam Project, Kings of Convenience, Klaxons, Mika, Rodrigo and Gabriela , The cat Empire, Queen, The Fray, The Script, The Strokes, Wolfmother, White Rabbits, Phoenix, The Police, Kasabian

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Impossible to give just one...Oh yes I know eat chocolate! So incredible!

Teach, Learn, Share

I've been teaching some basic circus skills to children this summer. But I can teach to anyone juggling. I can also teach the guitar, as much as my level allows me to.
Otherwise I can help you learning french as it's my mother tongue. And maybe talk a little about philosophy, depends on your level in this area.

Countries I’ve Visited

Ireland, Peru, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

France

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