Axel Estable

cynic

www.meroudequiberon.com

skydiving, wakeboarding, windsurfing, surfing, snowboarding, scuba diving, cycling, marathon training, yoga, getting out of speeding tickets, travelling, cultural sensitivity, learning languages, graphic design, interior design, abstract painting, impressionism, origami, photography, Photoshop, following Kyan Douglas' recommendations, massages, long baths with candles, sushi, cooking, wine, inventing cocktails, stealth disco

The Great Gatsby, Les Fleurs du Mal, Leo Africanus, Middlesex, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Jeeves, The Far Side Gallery, Calvin and Hobbes, Nick Hornby, Noam Chomsky, all subversive literature (Greg Palast, Peter Scowen, etc)

Baraka, Amelie, High Fidelity, The Big Blue, The Fifth Element, Delicatessen, Citizen Kane, 12 Angry Men, Chicken Run, American Beauty, Amores Perros, Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Motorcycle Diaries, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Finding Nemo, The Godfather, anything by the Coen Brothers, anything by Luc Besson, Clerks, Wag The Dog, Chocolat, Punishment Park

Liquid Soul, Kruder &; Dorfmeister, Tosca, Gotan Project, Underworld, Rinocerose, Thievery Corporation, Infectious Grooves, Tokyo Sex Destruction, Manu Chao, Eric Serra, Morcheeba, The Smiths, Cake, Buena Vista Social Club, Swing Gitan, Django Reinhardt, Chopin, Mozart

The Simpsons, Futurama, Queer Eye, The Avengers, Monty Python Flying Circus, late-night infomercials.

Epicurean: adj. Ep`i*cu*re"an : Devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasure, especially to the enjoyment of good food and comfort.

French, liberal, passionate, easily distracted, oh look - a bird!, cynical, idealistic, inquisitive, analytical, dadaistic, elitist, sometimes irascible and a bit over-sensitive... all that and then some, mixed with a very dry sense of humor and a ferocious passion for absurdness.

People with an open mind and a fun-loving character, who say what they mean and mean what they say (I see enough dull people at work). People I can learn something from. Manicure buddies. Revolution plotters. People who like to learn new things. People who know how to talk and know how to listen. People with humility. People who keep promises. People who can tutor me in Italian.

Most importantly, Americans living in Paris so I can get the sense of expat community I had when living in Chicago.