CURRENT MISSION

Living lyrically!

ABOUT ME

I'm an aesthete and an existentialist, I think there's beauty to be seen in every single aspect of life and I thoroughly enjoy finding it, being exposed to it, and giving it expression in my life. I'm a bohemian and very cosmopolitan, I enjoy all aspects of modern life but always felt anachronic. I'm a bit suspicious of people at first but only because I keep friends for life. I'm generally regarded as easy going and social (there's nothing better than a good laugh or some high conversation over a cup of coffee). Although the concept fascinates and excites my imagination, I do not have a wandering soul, I'd still like to travel to several places but home will always be closest to my heart. I'm socially and politically minded but not partisan, I detest vacuous thought and sheep behavior. Finally I feel, like a renaissance man, that one should try a bit of everything, know a bit of everything.

PHILOSOPHY

The possibility of being useful to people (...) And work which one hopes may be of some use. Then rest, nature, books, music, love (...) . Such is my idea of happiness. - Tolstoy

Although I do not share Tolstoy's view on a quiet life in the country and would much rather the violent jolt of Woolf's cities the rest of the quote sums up my views on life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I don't have a couch available and probably won't ever ask you for one but I'm available for a coffe or to show you around town (and that's the most I'll ask of you too).

Interests

Art in all it's expressions (specially street art, design, photography, painting, music, architecture, literature, poetry, ballet, cinema, fashion). Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. Philosophy. Nursing. Medicine. Technology (computer sciences, videogames, gadgets). History (cultural studies and mythology). Biology (nature in general, flowers, trees, animals and the sea). Astronomy. LGBT culture (sexual orientation and gender issues). Social politics. Friends. Coffee Shops. City exploration. Nightlife. Men.

• animals
• arts
• culture
• books
• literature
• poetry
• architecture
• design
• fashion
• street art
• photography
• beauty
• ballet dancing
• coffee
• nightlife
• flowers
• politics
• technology
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• music
• astronomy
• biology
• computer science
• cultural studies
• history
• medicine
• nursing
• social science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
James Blake
Antony & the Johnsons
The Temper Trap
James Vincent McMorrow
Beirut
Angus Stone & Julia Stone
Robyn
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Wild Beasts
Eric Satie
Feist
Interpol
Bon Iver
The XX
Perfume Genius
The Strokes
Franz Ferdinand
Goldfrapp
Muse

Movies:
A single man
The hours
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Into the Wild
I Am Love
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Y tu mamá también
Dancer in the Dark
Weekend
Amelie
V For Vendetta
Pina
Time to Leave
Dogville
Magnolia
The Fountain
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
In the Mood for Love
2046
Beginners

Books:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo
A Single Man
The Hours
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mrs Dalloway
Le Petit Prince
Family Happiness
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
1984
Ensaio sobre a cegueira
Solaris
Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught it to fly
O medo