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cristóbal

you will obey

About Me

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My Interests

architecture, design, film, literature, soccer, being lazy, going out, cocktails, etc.

I'd like to meet:

kurt vonnegut (1922-2007) revisiting the slaughterhouse basement in which he survived the firebombing of dresden, germany in 1945.

Music:

+interpol
+radiohead
+bloc party
+the mars volta
+the arcade fire
+feist
+death cab for cute
+lcd soundsystem
+queens of the stone age
+foo fighters
+rage against the machine
+audioslave
+system of a down
+le tigre
+the faint
+a tribe called quest
+plastilina mosh
+niño astronauta
+los fabulosos cadillacs
+la maldita vecindad y los hijos del quinto patio
+cafe tacvba
+soda stereo
+gustavo cerati
+caifanes
+manu chao
+the smiths/morrissey
+the cure
+depeche mode
+inxs
+b52s
+joy division
+led zeppelin
+pink floyd
+plenty more random selections to list...

Movies:

+amores perros
+y tu mama tambien
+the shawshank redemption
+donnie darko
+memento
+the matrix (but only the first one!)
+star wars
+lord of the rings
+el mar adentro
+habla con ella
+la mala educacion
+amelie
+and a shitload more i can't think of right now!

Television:

adult swim

Books:

reading is something i wish i had more time for... anything by chuck pahlaniuk, kurt vonnegut 'n others

Heroes:

+mom
+dad
+sis
+bro
+cesar chavez
+emiliano zapata
+che guevara
+malcolm x
+martin luther king, jr.
+luis barragán
+tadao ando
+diego rivera
+david alfaro siqueiros
+jose clemente orozco
+frida kahlo
+octavio paz
+gabriel garcia marquez
+kurt vonnegut
+anybody who creates, speaks their mind, stands up for what they believe in, doesn't give up, cares for others...

My Blog

coachella 2007

it was hot, crowded, and the beer was overpriced, but i had a blast! what a perfect way to lose my coachella cherry! it was freakin' incredible. epic. one for the history books! here's my recap of the...
Posted by cristóbal on Tue, 01 May 2007 01:31:00 PST

rolling deep

my grandma had quite a few kids, 8 to be exact. because of this, i've got a lot of cousins. according to my calculations, there are 23 of us quiñones grandchildren. that number doesn't ...
Posted by cristóbal on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:32:00 PST

xaymaca

so, maybe some of you don't know, but i was in jamaica for a week. it was quite a trip. jamaica is pretty much paradise. it has beautiful beaches, and lush green landscapes. the jamaican people have t...
Posted by cristóbal on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:46:00 PST

banksy in l.a.

so, went to see the banksy show downtown the other night. it was pretty cool, even though we missed the elephant. i'm feeling inspired! anyway, check out the rest of the photos at my fl...
Posted by cristóbal on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:52:00 PST

seduction/repulsion final

so after sleeping a combined total of 8 hours in 3 days, i had my final review for studio last friday. my review went really well. of course there were things the jury questioned me about, such as my ...
Posted by cristóbal on Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:38:00 PST

this sucks...

so it's the day after thanksgiving and i'm here in the hell hole that is the building seven studio... this sucks!!! i'm sick of this fuckin' project! i have so much shit to do too...  i can't wai...
Posted by cristóbal on Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:58:00 PST

seduction/repulsion take 2

so after spending my veteran's day weekend in studio, and only sleeping 3 hours sunday night, we had our midreview on monday. the design of my project has evolved from the first scheme i posted. the f...
Posted by cristóbal on Thu, 17 Nov 2005 04:38:00 PST

woxy.com

...gets me through studio. good music! and i don't have to worry about hearing my same ol' boring music from my itunes!
Posted by cristóbal on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 06:46:00 PST

seduction/repulsion

long beach museum of air and space seductive technologies and the culture of collecting so i'm bored, and i thought i'd post some images of my studio project so that my non-arch friends could see what...
Posted by cristóbal on Mon, 07 Nov 2005 01:58:00 PST

the stoner diaries v.1

"slowly, slowly, slowly... there is no hurry." -napoleon bonaparte today was good. long day @ work, and then class. but dinner after with a group of friends. talked about all kinds of stuff. ...
Posted by cristóbal on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:44:00 PST