CURRENT MISSION

Be living (or would it be believing?)

ABOUT ME

As George Carlin said:

"I'€™m a modern man, a man for the millennium, digital and smoke-free, a diversified multi-cultural post-modern deconstructionist, politcally, anatomically, and ecologically incorrect.

I'€™ve been uplinked and downloaded, I'€™ve been inputed and outsourced, I know the upside of downsizing, I know the downside of upgrading. I'€™m a high-tech lowlife, a state-of-the-art bi-coastal multi-tasker, and I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond.

I'm new wave, but I'€™m old school, and my inner child is outward bound. I'm a hot-wired, heat-seeking, warm-hearted cool customer, voice-activated and biodegradeble. I interface with my database, and my database is in cyberspace, so I'™m interactive, I'€™m hyperactive, and from time to time, I'™m radioactive.

Behind the 8-ball, ahead of the curve, riding the wave, dodging the bullet, pushing the envelope. I'm on point, on task, on message, and off drugs. I got no need for coke and speed. I have no urge to binge and purge. I'€™m in the moment, on the edge, over the top, but under the radar. A high-concept, low-profile, medium-range ballistics missionary. A street-wise smart bomb, a top-gun bottom-feeder.

I wear power ties, I tell power lies, I take power naps, I run victory laps. I'™m a totally ongoing bigfoot slamdunk rainmaker with a proactive outreach. A raging workaholic, a working rageaholic, out of rehab and in denial. I got a personal trainer, a personal shopper, a personal assistant, and a personal agenda. You can'€™t shut me up, you can'€™t dumb me down, '™cause I'm tireless, and I'€™m wireless. I'€™m an alpha male on beta blockers.

I'€™m a non-believer and an overachiever, laid back, but fashion forward, up front, down home, low rent, high maintenance; super size, long lasting, high definition, fast acting, oven ready, and built to last. I'€™m a hands-on, footloose, knee-jerk headcase, prematurely post-traumatic, and I have a love child who sends me hate mail.

But I'€™m feeling, I'€™m caring, I'€™m healing, I'€™m sharing, a supportive, bonding, nurturing, primary caregiver. My output is down, but my income is up. I take a short position on a long bond, and my revenue stream has its own cash flow. I read junk mail, I eat junk food, I buy junk bonds, I watch trash sports. I'€™m gender specific, capital intensive, user friendly, and lactose intolerant.

I like rough sex, I like tough love, I use the F-word in my e-mails, and the software on my hard drive is hardcore, no soft porn. I bought a microwave at a minimall, I bought a minivan at a megastore, I eat fast food in the slow lane. I'€™m tollfree, bite size, ready to wear, and I come in all sizes. A fully equipped, factory authorized, hospital tested, clinically proven, scientifically formulated medical miracle.

I'€™ve been prewashed, precooked, preheated, prescreened, preapproved, postdated, freeze dried, double wrapped, vacuum packed, and I have an unlimited broadband capacity. I'm a rude dude, but I'm the real deal, lean and mean, cocked, locked, and ready to rock; rough, tough, and hard to bluff. I take it slow, I go with the flow, I ride with the tide, I got glide in my stride. Drivin' and movin'€™, sailin'€™ and spinin'€™, jivin'€™ and groovin'€™, wailin'€™ and winnin'€™. I don'€™t snooze, so I don'€™t lose. I keep the pedal to the metal and the rubber on the road. I party hardy, and lunch time is crunch time. I'€™m hangin'™ in, there ain'€™t no doubt, and I'€™m hangin'™ tough, over and out."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None experience yet, unfortunately.

Interests

I'm interested in getting in touch the most I can with the people and the cultures of the countries I visit.

For me travelling is worth nothing if you don't treat it as a social experience, and for that the least you have to do is meeting the people and exploring the culture of the places you visit. That's main reason why I chose to try the Couchsurfing experience.

• arts
• culture
• fashion
• acting
• dining
• fast food
• running
• partying
• technology
• traveling
• sports
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Musics [in order of matter]: Metal (Iron Maiden, Helloween, Savatage...); Rock (AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Legiao Urbana, Paralamas do Sucesso...); Brazilian Popular Music (Tom Jobim, Vinnicius de Moraes, Toquinho, Zeca Baleiro, Milton Nascimento...); Classic (Vivaldi, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin...)

Books (authors): J.R.R. Tolkien, George Martin, Luiz Fernando Veríssimo, Homero, Maquiavel, Sun Tzu.

Movies (in order of what comes first in mind): The Silence of the Lambs, Vanilla Sky, V for Vendetta, Batman - The Dark Knight, A Clockwork Orange, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, The Lord of the Rings (trilogy), As Good As It Gets, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Count of Monte Cristo...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Among all the things I've done, one I cannot forget is the visit to the mines in Potosi. Getting into those mines was, at the same time, exciting, frustrating and magnifier. Exciting because it was in a very high altitude and I was curious about my capacity of holding on inside of the mines. Frustrating because the social conditions of those who work there were worse than anything I've ever seen (and believe me, as a Brazilian, I've seen nasty things). But most of all it was magnifier, because even with all that shit, even going through hell and coming back each day, the Bolivians always had strength enough for one more smile.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach all I can, learn all I might.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal, United Kingdom, United States