■ FOR THE LAZY ONES: BASICS BEFORE SENDING A REQUEST

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■ SOMETHING ABOUT ME

I'd say that I'm easygoing and friendly, but who doesn't say that. I tend to use my hands quite a lot when speaking, especially when I'm excited. I can never finish what I'm doing in a row. I love having a good conversation but I also need my time to just lay down and watch Netflix. I'm usually the first one to dance at a party, if only parties in Argentina started earlier... if only I wouldn't like mornings and sunlight and breakfast and coffee...

What I love the most in life is to be mind blown by knowledge. I'm an academic spirit, I can't help it. Particularly, I´m passionate about Spanish grammar and I have a strong background in it. At the moment, I´m a member of a research project depending on the University of Buenos Aires and I´m co-directing an international project on attitudes towards Spanish varieties for the rioplatense area. Hopefully, next year I´ll be starting a PhD program in Linguistics.

I also love teaching and I´ve been doing it professionally since 2006.

I speak this much English, some Italian, and I’m currently studying Swedish. I am also interested in gender studies, politics, economy, and the humanities in general.

From my more earthly side, I dance zouk and I don´t think I have the right words to express how much I love it. Here´s two of my favourite videos in case you haven´t heard of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITRCYkFMqfk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6PY4SNiPoc

I can also (kind of) improvise some tango but it´s not really my thing.

When I am not teaching, studying or dancing I spend my time watching series, listening to live music or hanging out with friends.

This is my blog. You will find here some more references about me as a teacher:

https://sofiabohmer.com/testimonials/

■ PHILOSOPHY

"As inside, so outside" Kybalion´s principle

"Para dar luz hay que prenderse fuego (In order to light up you have to set yourself on fire)" Susy Shock trans activist, actress, writer, singer, teacher

"Wer sich nicht bewegt, spürt seine Fesseln nicht" (Those who do not move, do not notice their chains) Rosa Luxemburg

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Travelling is a privilege more than anything else and accommodation is one of the reasons (along with flight fees & strength of your currency and passport). CS is a great opportunity to help and be helped and to be a part of a network that proves that not everything is about the money. I like above all the pay-it-forward spirit behind it. My first experience was as a surfer in Rio and I loved it so much that I started hosting as soon as moved to my own place. I recently had the chance to host him and to return the favor :-) Also, I'm of the thinking that social skills have to be trained or else they get rusty, so CS is perfect for that too.

Music, Movies, and Books

■ Movies

I love movies with strong female leads or non stereotypical male leads so

* Made in Dagenham (2010)
* Saving Grace (2000)
* Pope Joan (2009)
* Kill Bill I (2003)
* Terminator II (1991)
* Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
* Fucking Åmal (1998)
* Tomboy (2011)
* Albert Nobbs (2011)
* Billy Elliot (2000)
* Rosa Luxemburg (1986)

Also, I used to be a Starwars geek and I guess I still am so
* Star Wars (IV, V & VI)
* Back to the Future
* Lord of the Rings
* The Matrix I

From my nerdy side:

* In the mood for love, Chungking Express, Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai)
* Cave of forgotten dreams, Incident at Loch Ness, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Herzog)

■ Music: Anything I can dance. I'm a music dancer rather than a listener. Unless it´s live music, in which case: tango, bossa nova, samba, jazz always over a glass of wine.

■ Books (My top 10)

*King Kong Théorie, Virginie Despentes
*Orality and Literacy. The Technologizing of the
Word, Walter Ong
* Rendez-vous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
*Brave new world, Aldous Huxley
*If tomorrows comes, Sydney Sheldon
*The body in the mind, Mark Johnson
*Marxism and the Philosophy of Language, Valentin Voloshinov
*The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
*The Age of Capital, Eric Hobsbawm
*The History of Sexuality I, Michael Foucault

■ Series

* Mad Men
* Game of Thrones
* The Wire
* House of Cards
* Grace and Frankie
* Orange is the new black
* Jessica Jones
* The Good Wife
* Silicon Valley

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Oh, no way. If I told you about my amazing life I would bore you to death.

Teach, Learn, Share

* I can teach you how to prepare a proper mate
* Everything you need to know about dating with porteños
* Cheap restaurants information

Can't promise I'll be available to hung out. Most times I probably won't but you never know...

Learn:

* Swedish! Swedish!
* Python

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, France, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina