Yes to Freedom

Hi,

I was born and live in Québec, which is a province of Canada characterised by its majority of French-speaking people and by its strong separatist movement. I belong to both groups. I studied various forms of psychotherapy, and am now studying communication, sociology and philosophy while working as a ghostwriter and occasionally writer. I also have some knowledge of nutrition, political science and design...

While my native language, as well as usual writing and reading language, is French, I am also fluent in English and Spanish (although I lack constant practice in the latter), and can read a fair amount of Italian and ancient Greek, as well as a bit of Latin. I am also currently learning Japanese.

My hobbies include (but are not limited to) reading, writing, philosophy, Japanese subculture (yes, that means ?anime and such?), martial arts, human psychology, quantum physics and too many more for this list to ever be exhaustive. I listen to a lot of music, including French-speaking artists from Québec and sometimes elsewhere, pop-rock (The Beatles, The Police, Supertramp?), alternative rock (Incubus, The Cranberries?) and a lot of J-pop/music from animes. I can?t stand metal, jazz and most rap.

I am a theoretical agnostic yet practical atheist. My political views are highly libertarian, and I am a fervent advocate of free speech and adversary of censorship. In the same line of thought, I am a proponent of free (as in freedom) software. My OS of choice is Linux Mint KDE Edition Kubuntu [10.04] but I like most Ubuntu-based distros.

I like cinnamon sticks (I usually eat a lot of these when I?m nervous or in deep thought), wild flowers and fancy shirts, and dislike rain, close-mindedness and Brussels sprouts.

I can be seen as the founder of Yes To Freedom - although the organisation's existence is a consequence of the actions of many others as well - and act as its leader when it is needed.

~ Az

Last edited by Azarius (2010-05-05 08:24:11)