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Michael

Tilling the field

About Me

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My Interests

traveling, reading, writing, ambiance, carpe diem, friends, fun, Paris, New York City, languages, french, foreign film, tea, wine, history, feminism, women's history, race issues, gender, sexuality, social behavior, baths, enjoying good food, candles, puns, reading languages that I can't understand, observing behavior, having adventures, discovering different social worlds, occasional debauchery, ad-lib, foreign culture, foreign affairs, soccer, jogging, clarinet, altruism, film directors, teaching

I'd like to meet:

Well, I'm not gonna lie. If you're French, then you automatically receive points. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 A

Music:

Portishead, Alanis Morrissette, Pete Yorn, Death Cab, Jeff Buckley, Air, Morcheeba, Belle & Sebastian, Zero 7, Rufus, Postal Service, Manu Chao, Ani Difranco, Fiery Furnaces, Madonna, Massive Attack, Abba, Brazillian Girls, Wax Tailor, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Tori Amos, Francoise Hardy, Muse, White Stripes, Emilie Simon, Goldfrapp, the Cure, Bjork, international music... if it's Trip-Hop, then I'm bound to love it. I also have a real thing for classical music... not in the Bourgeois-snotty fashion though...

Movies:

Brokeback Mountain, Talk To Her, Bad Education, Les Bonnes Femmes, Amélie, L'Auberge Espagnol, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Monster, The Dreamers, Fried Green Tomatoes, Best in Show, movies from the French New Wave, Metropolis, Requiem for a Dream, Clockwork Orange, Jules et Jim, A bout de souffle, Boys Don't Cry, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Waking Life, Mulholland Drive, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Fargo, Big Fish, Muriel's Wedding, Being John Malkovich, Adventures of Felix, Les Roseaux Sauvages, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Le Temps Qui Reste

Television:

Six Feet Under, The X-files, Desperate Housewives, LOST,

Books:

Beloved, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Life of Pi, Birds of America, Flannery O' Connor: The Complete Stories, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Member of the Wedding, The Virgin Suicides, The Tropic of Cancer

My Blog

Leave a Lesson and I'll Call You Back

I'm getting old!    Explanation:  my students wanted to listen to music and translate the lyrics.  Gwen Stefani came in first place, followed by the Pussycat Dolls in second. ...
Posted by Michael on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 06:44:00 PST

It's that time again!

England, here I come! I decided that rather than staying in Lyon for the Christmas break, I'm going to spruce up my free time with my old friend, England. The first stop will be Basil's pad... he's ha...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 02:43:00 PST