You don't need to read my profile or jump through any hoops to convince me to host you. Just shoot me a message -- if you seem cool and there's room to spare, that'll do. (The irony is not lost on me that the only people who will see this are the people who read my profile.)

I think saying "just kidding" usually ruins a joke -- so I tend not to get along with people who need to be told that I'm "just kidding" when I remark that what would really hit the spot is a good killing spree. When I'm cycling, I think everyone going slower than me is a moron, and everyone going faster than me is an asshole. When I was a kid my plan for a plane crash was just to chill out by the opening in the fuselage and, right before it smashed to the ground, just hop out and land safely on the grass.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet cool people, have a few laughs, learn something new.

Interests

Cycling, trekking, art, programming, politics, math. (Everything is interesting.)

• arts
• books
• politics
• cycling
• backpacking
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Proust, Kierkegaard, Shakespeare, Don Quijote, King James Bible, Wallace Stevens, Baudelaire
Music: the Kinks, Boris Vian, Daniel Balavoine, Edith Piaf, Julio Jaramillo, Tom Waits, Radiohead, Belle & Sebastian, Portishead, Massive Attack, the Beatles, the Smiths, Otis Redding
Movies: Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa, Buster Keaton, La maman et la putain, The Third Man, Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire), My Dinner with Andre, What About Bob?
TV: Aquí no hay quien viva, Mr Show, The Simpsons (seasons 1-6), Twin Peaks, HBO soaps (the Wire, Sopranos), Hélène et les Garçons (just kidding?)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I realized one day that I exist, and that this was a gift so ludicrously improbable as to be miraculous. Every other amazing thing is a footnote to this one. But if I were going to give a more typical answer: I went backpacking, alone, through Latin America for a year without speaking Spanish and returned (after a great deal of loneliness and humbling and introspection) a better person than when I left.

Creo que lo asombroso nos rodea todo el tiempo y que, como dijo un sabio, "La tragedia de la vida consiste no tanto en lo que los hombres sufren, sino en lo que no notan." Pero si prefieres una respuesta algo menos abstracta: fui viajando por América Latina a lo largo de un año sin hablar ni jota de español y (después de un montón de soledad y humillación e introspección) volví convertido en hombre más agradecido, más consciente, y harto más humilde que antes.

Teach, Learn, Share

I don't believe that anything worth knowing is ever really "taught", but rather that our inner craving for knowledge is stimulated, and we either invent or seek out what we lack in books and solitude. I prefer to have conversations and learn things as they come up, naturally -- if you're the same way, we should get along smashingly.

Tecnicamente, no creo que se enseñe lo que vale la pena saber. Más bien, lo mejor que se puede hacer es que estimulamos nuestro propio anhelo para el conocimiento y de esta manera lo producimos dentro de nosotros mismos o lo buscamos en libros y soledad. Prefiero conversaciones largas y sosegadas en las cuales aprendemos de forma espontánea y natural. Si estás de acuerdo, deberíamos pasar un buen rato juntos.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Selling my organs and blood on the black market will more than recoup the cost of hosting me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, United Kingdom

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