***COUCHSURFERS: I receive about 50 requests a week. And I try to reply to all of them! Would save us both trouble if personalize your message and give a specific reason why I should host you other than you need a place to stay. It would also be encouraged to write how you intend to pay this Couchsurfing experience forward. 😀***

Born in Mid-Mexico; reared in Midwest; humbled in New York. Easygoing guy who lives life at an 11 (that might be a contradiction, and most definitely a Spinal Tap reference). Writer, head editor of a publication/agency and filmmaker. Just wrapped up a project some associates and I are pitching to TV networks. Feel free to ask for my elevator pitch.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Nothing makes me happier than helping good folk, connecting with amazing people, and further expanding my worldview. What better way of doing that than hosting and being hosted?

Interests

Writing (scripts, lyrics, poetry), film, family & friends, music, music, music, reading, debating, laughing, and fiendish dancing.

• writing
• poetry
• dancing
• reading
• tv
• music
• soccer

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES:

Paris, Texas
Turtles Can Fly
Grave of the Fireflies
My Neighbor Totoro
Red Beard
Manhattan
Ikiru
Le Samourai
Seven Samurai
The Spirit of the Beehive
The Ballad of Narayama
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Fanny and Alexander

MUSIC:

Caifanes
Bob Dylan
Nas
Sumo
Charly Garcia
Polo & Pan
Enrique Bunbury
J-Live
Element of Crime
Led Zeppelin
Talking Heads
La Femme
The Damned
Latin Playboys
Townes Van Zandt
Nacho Vegas
Soda Stereo
Wire
Wipers

BOOKS:

The President by Miguel Angel Asturias
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love: A Novel by Oscar Hijuelos
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Grendel by John Gardner
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Aura by Carlos Fuentes
1984 by George Orwell

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Juggled soccer ball as I descended Grand Canyon (and survived).

Teach, Learn, Share

Appreciate everyone and everything. If you don't, you will regret it later than sooner.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Mexican food, the best music playlists of any genre under the sun, souvenirs from New York, hospitality in my NY apartment whenever you want, Spanish lessons, someone to chat cinema with.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Indonesia, Mexico, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United States