CURRENT MISSION

vivir un cronopio

ABOUT ME

I enjoy great conversations with the people that feel alive, that won't conform; the endless talking that leads to experiments and projects; reading the literature that feels real (anti-commercial); writing poetry, and working on a short novel; watching great films (mostly non-hollywood); computer programming (no, it's not dull); running; walking around whenever possible; sitting in cafes, drinking Cuban coffee (always); dancing to anything..

PHILOSOPHY

"If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start.." Bukowski.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

surfing now, will host soon.

Interests

literature, cinema, photojournalism, creativity, entrepreneurship, development, microfinance, fair trade, programming, education, understanding the upcoming world political arena, and bla bla bla

• writing
• books
• literature
• poetry
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• tango
• education
• coffee
• running
• walking
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• surfing
• teaching
• entrepreneurship

Music, Movies, and Books

Writers (some, in no order):
Cortazar, Roberto Bolaño, Sabato, Vicente Huidobro, Borges, Cesar Vallejo, Nicanor Parra, Alejandra Pizarnik, Lorca, Fernando Vallejo, Neruda, Benedetti, Padura...Lautremont, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Breton, Paul Eluard, Artaud, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Camus, Kafka, Hesse, Orwell, Kundera...Dostoyevsky, Nabokov....Bukowski, Salinger, Whitman, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Kerouak...

Films (some, in no order):
La Grande Belleza, All Together, Last Tango in Paris, Breathless, Days of Being Wild, In the Mood for Love, 2046, Chungking Express, Autumn Spring, Koyla, Amour, Three Colors Triology, The double life of Veronique, Le Concert, The Barbarian Invasions, The English Patient, Indochine, Nowhere in Africa, L'Age d'Or, Un Chien Andalou, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, La Jetee, Le Courbeau, Revolutionary Road, Into the Wild, The constant Gardener, Children of Heaven, The Color of Paradise, The Blue Kite, 400 Blows, Goodbye Lenin, La Dolce Vita, Tous les Matins du Monde, 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle, Les Amants de Pont Neuf, Amelie, Paris, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Frances Ha, Mar Adentro, Cria Cuervos, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Lucia y el Sexo, El Lado Oscuro del Corazon, Un Hombre Mirando al Sudeste, Central Station, El Secreto de sus Ojos, Memorias del Subdesarrollo

Music (what I hear often):
Louis Armstrong, Edith Piaf, Yves Montand, Serge Gainsbourg, Chet Baker, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Coltrane, Madeleine Peyroux, Christian Scott, Mireille Mathieu, Marie Laforet, Rene Aubry....Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Joe Cocker, Leonard Cohen, Gardot, Lhasa, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Neil Young, Lennon, Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Coldplay, The XX, Thievery Corporoation, Jack Johnson....Bob Marley (all reggae)...Joaquin Sabina, Serrat, Paco de Lucia, Silvio, Roberto Goyeneche, Gardel, Bebo Valdes, Gotan Project, Calamaro, Victor Jara, Violeta Parra, Drexler, Sosa, Greco, Facundo Cabral, Luis Eduardo Aute, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Carlos Varela, X Alfonso, Bajofondo, Charly Garcia, Manu Chao, Jarabe de Palo, Los Van Van, Ibrahim Ferrer (and all Cuban Music)....Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Carlos Jobim, Veloso, Buarque, Jorge Ben Jor....classical (mostly Schubert, Schumann, Tchaikosvky, Liszt, Debussy..)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

talked to strangers

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: salsa dancing; why and how you should take up the habit of running
Learn: French and Tango

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Panama, Spain, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Cuba, United States