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I'm moving out right now, so my couch won't be available for the next month or so... Sorry !
• I live in Meudon, a quiet town very close to Paris...
• I live with my brother full-time, with my mother part-time.
• I can host either in my own double bed or on the floor, with appropriate matresses.
• I have two cats, two turtles... The turtles will do weird sounds at night and you'll probably have one of the cat waking you in the middle of the night while stepping on your chest but don't worry, they are nice !
• Nobody smoke in the house, but we have several windows (amazing! ^^) where you can smoke by.
• The town in itself is dead quiet, you can enjoy a nice walk to the woods or to the park, but the main thing is that you get to the center of Paris in 15 minutes ! End then it starts to be cooool...
• Excellent network of public transport: tram, buses, train, french RER... you can get anywhere you want, any time (almost).
Benoit Vermont 26, Male Issy-les-Moulineaux, Ile-de-France France Friends since April 2002 "We shared lots of stuff, and lived together for a year." Friendship Type: Best Friend 30+
Jack Vandenbroele 26, Male Brussels, Brussels Belgium Friends since July 2002 "Met as the friends of my mother's sister's husband's son. In a farm." Friendship Type: Good Friend 30+30+
Paul Berger 27, Several people Paris, Ile-de-France France Friends since June 2004 "i first met him as the boygriend of a friend of mine ! and now i know him as a very good conpadre for playing games , taking the apero and laughing !" Friendship Type: Good Friend
Jeremy LAUER 26, Male Paris, Ile-de-France France Friends since January 2007 "I grab his money at poker game from time to time ;) ...or maybe he does." Friendship Type: Good Friend
Perrine Vermont 30, Female Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais France Friends since January 2004 "he is one of my favorite brother's friend" Friendship Type: Friend 4
Gunnar Þór Einarsson 27, Male Reykjavik, Capital Region Iceland Friends since July 2009 "Hosted him and his pals at my place, shared awesomeness ;)" Friendship Type: Friend 4
Solene Vermont 33, Female Cork, Cork Ireland (Republic of) Friends since March 2008 "Jim is a friend of my brother" Friendship Type: Friend 2
John Powley 38, Male Clinton, Otago New Zealand Friends since August 2008 "Molested my duck" Friendship Type: Friend I vouched for Jim Gaudin 33
Oliver Pennington 32, Male Nabari, Mie Japan Friends since July 2008 "Met couchsurfing in Matsumoto then he stayed at mine in Mie." Friendship Type: Good Friend 3
Ben Woosley 27, Male San Francisco, California United States Friends since November 2008 "Stayed with him a few nights in Paris, and continued to hang around even as I stayed elsewhere" Friendship Type: Friend 3
I guess that you won't be able to know "all about me" until you've met me and spent with me a good few years... But I can try to sum it up a little bit!
Concerning my actual life... I just finished my studies in english to try to find "my way" in this amazing world... I'm actually working part-time in a game shop in Paris, it is not only a work but also a real hobby for me. I'm looking for a job either in the leisure and games field, or in ecological issues... If a bit of travelling can be included, I wouldn't mind ! :)
Concerning my actual state of mind... The main thing is, I can't stay focused.
One can see it as a drawback, but I try to turn it into an asset.
My incapacity to finish what I've started condemns me to start new plans, new projects, over and over again. I seem to have the attention span of a goldfish. Not always, and not about everything, but most of time.
Then I thought: why not use this weakness to experience and discover as many things as I can?
Even if I don't finish the "thing", I might learn many "other things" on the way. And the next project that I will start will also teach me new, different things. And the next one, too. And the one after...
As we say, it is not always the aim of a journey which is important, but the very trail that leads to it.
... No ?
Interests
Cinema, Literature & Comic Books, Games (board games, card games, roleplaying games), Ecology, Going out, Meeting people, and of course, Travelling...
Music, Movies, Books
Films: The Big Lebowsky, Edward Scissorhands, Braindead...
Music: Jack Johnson, Feist, Black Sabbath, Les Fatals Picards, Stupeflip, The Dandy Warhols...
Comic Books (BD): Donjon, Johan Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, Les Innommables, many Comics and Mangas...
Books : Mainly Fantasy (A Game of Thrones...) and Science Fiction (The Riverworld Saga...), but I'm open to everything !
One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done
Diving in the great coral reef in Australia, walking on the frozen sea in Finland, sleeping in a pilgrimage's house in shikoku (japan), being served by a row of barbies at Mc Donald's in Stockholm, enjoying the view from the top of the Empire State Building.
Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org Project
I wish I could find a stronger word than "awesome"... FUNKADELIRIOUS ?
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jim is a very good red haired boy ! i teached me lots of wonderful games , and i'm now able to loose to lots of new games ! what is important to know about jim , is that he always takes sausage and tomato juice when he comes to a party ! it's worth meeting jim !!
we had great time (i guess...he3) at this all you can eat water melon festival in my city. such a nice memory for this year summer. hhmm...wonder how does it look like enjoying summer in france? hopefully next time i can go there and meet you guys :)
From Ben Woosley San Francisco, United States Nov 13, 2008
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I have to agree with Jim, I'd call him a friend now, not a host. A cool, curious, light-hearted guy, you'd be lucky to meet. Looking forward to meeting up again, in Paris or "the states."
He was the most friendly guy we met in Paris and hosted us, when we were running throught the streets, earning nothing with poiing;) We had a lot of fun with him, he is a totally nice weirdo, who was so interested to comfort us...
My duck Henrietta took an instant liking to Jim and Maeva and their fire-engine red shins. They are kind, funny, and didn't steal the towels. They even left some chocolate in my fridge. What more could you ask for?
...Some time later, I have had the pleasure of staying with Jim in Paris, and I could not have had a better first host. Patient (apologies for the train mix-up...ahem), kind, thoughtful, and Wow, what a collection of board games!
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