CURRENT MISSION

Clawing my way up to expert-level status in my Spanish, and attempting to organize a game of Dungeons and Dragons

ABOUT ME

Ya estoy en casa de nuevo en Querétaro--enseñando gramática, mejorando mi Español, y en general aprendiendo lo más que puedo. También, ya estoy viviendo con mi pareja, con quien yo acabo de visitar Péru.

I am currently back home in Queretaro--teaching grammar, polishing up on my Spanish, and in general trying to learn as much as I can. I am also living with my partner (http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/aaron.grobman/), another CSer whom I just got done traveling through Peru with.

PHILOSOPHY

Toda mi vida, desde que tuve edad suficiente para entender que el mundo no termina en las montañas, he querido viajar. No necesita pilas de dinero para conocer gente, conocer nuevos lugares y aprender más acerca de su mundo. No tienes que planear cada paso del camino. A lo largo de la historia, los autodenominados peripatéticos, como yo, se han de tomar decisiones y asumir riesgos que lo hacen funcionar. Han estado escuchando educadamente, de pesar, y luego rechazar el consejo que les dice: "No seas tonto" o "conseguir su cabeza fuera de las nubes". Tienen su propio camino a lo largo de la carretera, y cambió el mundo en el proceso.

All my life, from the time I was old enough to understand that the world didn't end at the mountains, I have wanted to travel. You don't need piles of money to meet people, see new places, and learn more about your world. You don't need to plan every step of the way. Throughout history, self-described peripatetics like myself have been making choices and taking risks that make it work. They've been politely listening to, weighing, and then rejecting the advice that tells them to "not be stupid" or "get your head out of the clouds". They've make their own way along the road, and changed the world in the process.

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

He surfeado en CS en mi viaje hitchiking épica por la costa oeste en Verano 2011, y me da cuenta que CS es una cosa que necisita el mundo. Cuando me instalé en Querétaro, México, tuve el placer de acoger a algunas personas muy interesantes y divertidas de varios países. No tuve tanto suerte buscando un lugar en Perú, pero bueno--necisitamos ser el cambio que queremos en esa mundo, verdad?

I surfed on my epic hitchiking trip down the west coast Summer 2011, and found it just as much as everyone cracked it up to be. When I settled in Queretaro, Mexico, I had the pleasure of hosting a few very interesting and fun people from various countries. Unfortunately, during my last big trip in Peru my group and I didn't have much luck finding hosts--but hey, be the change you want to see in the world, right?

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

He estado usando CS hace más de dos años, y me encanta para esencialmente la misma razón que me parece fantástico aventón(hitchhiking): porque por un tiempo muy limitado, se llega a conocer a alguien totalmente nuevo, en un contexto muy específico, al que probablemente lo haría nunca he conocido en otra forma. Durante unos minutos o unos pocos días estas una parte de sus vidas, y luego cada uno de ustedes va en su propia dirección, sólo que mucho más rico de la experiencia. Y eso, a falta de una palabra mejor, es Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (como Mary Poppins)

I have been using CS for over a year now, and love it for essentially the same reason that I find hitchiking fantastic: because for a very limited time, you get to meet someone totally new, in a very specific context, whom you probably would never have met otherwise. For a few minutes or a few days you are a part of their life, and then each of you goes off in your own direction, just that much richer from the experience. And that, for lack of a better word, is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Interessi

Estoy interesado en la literatura postmoderna, la filosofía continental, las películas "inteligentes", "tontos" películas desde el que se puede separar la forma del contenido, los viajes, y casi cualquier cosa "nerd". Star Trek, Star Wars, los memes de internet, lo que sea. Doctor Who es mi programa favorito absoluto, y "Arco Iris de Gravedad" es mi novela favorita. No he elegido una película favorita todavía, pero "Diarios de motocicleta" es definitivamente allí. Puedo jugar un juego decente de Corazones, billar, y de póquer, pero yo soy terrible en el ajedrez. También me gusta pasar tiempo con y conocer a gente interesante. Me encantan los animales (a excepción de las arañas, me asusta). Ah, y cocino muy buenos papas fritas con miel y chile de arbol :)

*I'm interested in postmodern literature, continental philosophy, "smart" movies, "dumb" movies from which you can separate form from content, travel, and just about anything nerdy. Star Trek, Star Wars, Internet memes, you name it. Doctor Who is my absolute favorite show, and Gravity's Rainbow is my favorite novel. I haven't chosen a favorite movie yet, but "The Motorcycle Diaries" is definitely up there. I play a decent game of Hearts, billiards, and poker, but I am terrible at chess. I also like to chill, hanging out with and getting to know cool people. I love animals (except for spiders, they scare me). Oh, and I cook really good fried cayenne-honey potatoes :)

• animals
• books
• literature
• cooking
• gardening
• anime
• movies
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• billiards
• socializing
• poker
• history
• medicine
• hitchhiking
• mountains

Musica, film e libri

Doctor Who, Avatar the Last Airbender (NOT the Shamalan version) Ghost in the Shell (1 and 2), Kino's Journey, Game of Thrones, Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings (book and movie), Watchmen (ditto), V for Vendetta (ditto ditto), Serial Experiments Lain, Gravity's Rainbow, Swamplandia! (NOT "Swamp People"), Reefer Madness the Movie Musical (this movie single-handedly saved the "parody" genre for me), Housekeeping (as in, the novel by Marylinne Robinson), X-Men, Carl Sagan's "Cosmos", Three Tales (by Flaubert), Gulliver's Travels, Fun Home, On the Road, Stephen King (cut the guy a break, he's great at short stories), The Motorcycle Diaries, Maus, Tales from Outer Suburbia, Ender's Game, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, anything to do with Neil Gaiman, World War Z (with the accompanying Survival Guide), Repo the Genetic Opera, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (DON´T knock it til you try it), The Grapes of Wrath etc, etc. Can you tell I was an English Lit major? :)

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

I have stood on top of the pyramids of Teotihuacan, lived out of my car for three weeks, hitchiked over 700 miles, lived and thrived in a country besides that of my birth, backpacked across the country of Peru and once wrote a paper giving a Lacanian reading to Rorschach in "Watchmen". I like to be a well-rounded person.

Insegna, impara, condividi

Estoy certificado para enseñar Inglés como segunda lengua
Yo soy un nerd total, y por lo tanto tienen un conocimiento práctico de la Internet y varios nerdisms culturales, como libros, películas y anime
Yo puedo hablar español conversacional, aunque se necesita un montón de trabajo. Puedo cuidar de los animales, jardín, cortar madera, fijar un hueso roto, uso y herramientas de uso doméstico con la competencia justa. Puede que sea un liberal Lit importante, pero me crié trabajando en una granja :)

I am certified to teach English as a second language
I am a total nerd, and therefore have a working knowledge of both the Internet and several cultural nerdisms, including books, movies, and anime
I can speak conversational Spanish, though it needs a lot of work
I can weedwhack, garden, chop wood, set a broken bone, use household tools with fair competence, care for animals, and cook. I may be a liberal Lit major, but I grew up working on a farm :)

Paesi che ho visitato

Canada, Mexico, Peru, United States

Paesi in cui ho vissuto

Mexico, United States

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