CURRENT MISSION

I am exploring Cartagena and the surrounding area until June 2009.

ABOUT ME

Yo soy hispanohablante, e quasi falo portugues. I have the music library of a hip-hop dj, because I used to be one. I am a nomad - I have spent more than a year of the last five in Central and South America, and I will be in Cartagena de Indias until May or June. I idolize Ani diFranco, Frida Kahlo, Francesca Woodman, Sylvia Plath, Lauryn Hill, and Elizabeth Bishop. I am trying to grow. I am trying to find my own apartment, so that I will have a couch to offer surfers.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that we are all equal, regardless of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or social class.
I am of a Buddhist-Heidiggarian school of thought that tries to accept the idea that we are indistinguishable from our actions, attitudes about ourselves, and our environments.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate by offering my company and knowledge of Cartagena to anyone who wants it. I can't say that I can offer a space to stay right now because I am living with a family, but soon I hope to have my own place.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

zee-ro. cero. zip. nada. zilch.

Interests

music, brazil, history, indigenous cultures, etymology, plant biology, neuroscience, art, poetry, heidigger, wine, buddhism, hippies, hipsters, ecology, sociology, feminism, anti-racism, love, maracuyá.

• arts
• poetry
• dancing
• womens rights
• cooking
• wine
• vegetarian
• politics
• reading
• music
• buddhist
• swimming
• biology
• ecology
• teaching
• etymology
• history
• law
• neuroscience
• science
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

books: the bell jar, geography III, made flesh, possession, the dream songs.

movies: como agua para chocolate, y tu mamá también, tampopo, mostly martha, run lola run, the lives of others, zoolander, amelie, cidade de deus.

music: jorge ben jor -a coleção definitiva; ani difranco- living in clip, ani difranco; the be good tanyas - chinatown; binary star- masters of the universe; lauryn hill- the miseducation of lauryn hill; talib kweli and mos def- black star; blue scholars-blue scholars; mf doom- special herbs and spices; girltalk - nightripper, feed the animals; bob marley and the wailers - the complete wailers 1968-1972:rock to the rock; various artists- tropicália- a brazilian revolution in sound; fugees-the score; feist- the reminder; mirah- you think it's like this but really it's like this; old crow medicine show - o.c.m.s.; ratatat- classics; otis redding- the definitive otis redding; rjd2-dead ringer; manu chao- proxima estacion; the smiths- the queen is dead; stevie wonder-songs in the key of life; the talking heads- stop making sense; bob dylan; uncle earl- waterloo, tennessee; thievery corporation- the cosmic game; tracy chapman-telling stories; rodrigo y gabriela- rodrigo y gabriela.
for more music, check out http://www.last.fm/user/marinarasauce

Teach, Learn, Share

i'm a trained peer counselor; i can counsel and/or teach counseling. I am a language teacher- i can teach spanish, english, and some portuguese. I can also teach swimming, handstands, italian, chinese-american, and indian cooking, the art of finding illicit goods, theories and schools of art and poetry and art-criticism, a liberal read of american politics, hip-hop dance, black american history, feminism, close reading, nutrition, vegetarian nutrition, environmental history and environmental science, among others.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Honduras, Kenya, Peru, Saint Lucia, Spain, Uganda, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Costa Rica, United States

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