CURRENT MISSION

Hitchhiking a convertible

ABOUT ME

I love peaches; they taste good, they smell good, they look good. I can't really climb on trees, even if I try pretty often. Apart from that, I'd say I'm a curious individual, always open to new experiences, cultures and people. That's what couchsurfing is for me : meeting the unknown upfront. I try to not be scared of anything and experience the craziest things possible during my trips. I'm impulsive, perfectionnist, full of energy and I always try to be positive.

In my daily life, I drink beer, I have a million of projects at the same time (literature-related or cinema-related), I'm an editor for Panthères rouges (a feminist project; https://www.facebook.com/pantheresrouges/) and I'm co-directing Open mic, a documentary film about poetry open mic nights in Quebec (https://www.instagram.com/openmicdocu/). I'm also doing my master in literature about those poetry communities.

As a host, I try to be as accomodating as possible, but I don't want to visit again and again the same touristic attractions; I prefer to show the more underground parts of my city : artistic coffee shop, street art spots, unusual bars, unordinary places, art events, etc. And I'll also adapt myself to you : if you don't want to socialize, we won't talk; if you want to spend your stay on your computer, good for you; if you want to go out, I'll make you meet some new faces; etc. My only prerogative is that you don't leave your things lying around and that you clean your dishes ;)

PHILOSOPHY

To laugh.

Interests

Books, movies, food (traditional or unusual meals in particular!), zombies, sociology, photography, philosophy, tea, craft beer, politics, history, street art, concerts, hiking, hitchhiking, learning, etc.

• arts
• books
• literature
• street art
• photography
• concerts
• dining
• beer
• partying
• drinking
• shopping
• politics
• movies
• socializing
• hiking
• swimming
• emergency services
• history
• sociology
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies : An Island (2011), Princess Mononoke (1997), Les bons debarras (1980), Le chat dans le sac (1964), Carandiru (2003), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Tokyo Gore Police (2008), The Great Dictator (1940), Sunset Blvd. (1950), La dolce vita (1960), Brazil (1985), Chinatown (1974), Fanny och Alexander (1982), Leolo (1992), Umberto D. (1952), Underground (1995), Le cuirasse Potemkine (1925), Chungking Express (1994), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Pulp Fiction (1994), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Shame (2011), Blue Jasmine (2013), Diarios de motocicleta (1994), No Country For Old Men (2007), etc.

Books and writers : Rejean Ducharme, Hubert Aquin, Virginie Despentes, Haruki Murakami, Philip K. Dick, Judith Butler, Maude Veilleux, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, bell hooks, Ray Bradbury.

BDs : Transmetropolitan, Maus, Blacksad, Joe Sacco, La metamorphose iranienne.

Music : Jean Leloup, Bob Dylan, Goodspeed You! Black Emperor, Glenn Gould, Coltrane, Miles Davis, Harmonium, My Bloody Valentine, Radiohead, Elliott Smith, Neil Young, Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, The Beach Boys (Pet Sounds only), Beach House, Claude Debussy, The Flaming Lips, LCD Soundsystem, The Magnetic Fields, Efterklang, Ennio Morricone, Les Colocs, Neutral Milk Hotel, Panda Bear, Jimmy Giuffre, Erik Satie, Donovan, Skalpel, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I am someone who always get into extraordinary, weird and sometimes discouraging situations. I have an endless supply of them - it is my main and defining characteristic : my friends find me entertaining. Maybe I could tell you some more in person!

Au hasard. La nuit où j'ai été arrêtée par la police pour complicité de disparition (ça existe? Je me le demande encore...).

Un ami avait dit à son père qu'il passerait la soirée avec moi pour que je lui présente des amis. C'était évidemment faux, il allait dans un party, et son père était vraiment sévère. À 3h AM, l'homme autoritaire cogne violemment à ma porte. J'ouvre sans trop comprendre ce qui se passe. Il me hurle dessus, veut voir son fils. Je lui explique qu'il n'est pas chez moi. Il part, mais la police sonne une heure plus tard alors que je dormais. Deux policiers fouillent chaque recoin de mon appartement sans mandat. Je leur grommelle que si je voulais cacher quelqu'un je le ferais sortir par mon balcon avant de leur ouvrir gentiment la porte. Ils m'embarquent. J'ai passé la nuit à chercher avec eux un gars, qui était finalement tout simplement endormi dans le sous-sol de son voisin, très saoul.

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My friend was brewing some tea. While he was talking to me, he catched fire.

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Once, my friend (the redhead on my profile picture) and I went to help some friends moving in their new appartment. They weren't there when we arrived at the place. We were a wee bit impatient and we openend the window to get in. When Marie-Pier had her leg in the room, we found a guy we didn't know and I told him : « What the fuck are you doing here?! Who the hell are you?! » And he told us : « Eh... It's my room... ».

Then, he gave us some beer and asked our phone number to go swim in the river someday.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France