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Mike

"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." - Plato

About Me

....This Pictures best define me.And this best describe me after 10 months in Latin America.por ese vagando a traves de nuestra america....me ha cambiado mas que lo creia...yo, yo no soy yo...por lo menos, no soy lo mismo yo anterior.

My Interests

Photography (Desde el Mar a la tierra, debajo y ariba) snowboarding , surfing and diving , skateboarding (not the action of doing it anymore but for the memories), traveling .. width="425" height="350" .., comida mexícana (there's nothing like it!) MMM Pozole!!! la mejor sopa..que rica.. , aprendiendo y escuela (knowledge is power), idiomas en general. Mujeres Latinas...especialmenete minas de Argentina. Dios Miiiiiooo! Culturas diferentes, conociendo personas nuevas y lugares nuevas tambien.

I'd like to meet:

me gustaria conocer alguien sincera.my two beautiful Chilean sisters...mi familia Chilena...

Music:

Elvis Presley, Old Blue Eyes, Pearl Jam, U2, The Cure, Tony Bennett, Beres Hammond, Mr Marley. 50's, 60's,70's and 80's are all good. me encanta musica de America Latin. Shakira , Bacilos, Celia Cruz, Paquita la del Barrio , Manu Chao, Elvis Crespo....suavemente besame!..Stan Getz, Juanes, Soda Stereo, Los Prisioneros, Gypsy Kings, Mana, GIT, musica bachata, el vellenato, salsa y merengue, flamenco. la guitara espanola, la samba. Buena Vista social club. la musica de las novelas brasileras.

Movies:

Vanilla Sky, SWINGERS!!!Any Double 0 (007)!! , Tora Tora Tora, The Deep, Casa Blanca, Killing a mocking bird, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Motorcycle Diaries ,Man on Fire (probably my favorite) , Desperado, piso compartido, machuca, Closer , The Lost City (times I always dream about) Wordz a longboard lexicon

Television:

No Reservations- Anthony Bourdain (travel and living Channel) Family Guy!board stories oc16, Magnum PI!!!!!Oh and I've been hooked on Smallville lately....I bought seasons 1-5 on DVD... width="425" height="350" ..Just picked up seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Miami Vice...I remember a lot of it as a little kid.

Books:

Potiki, America in the heart, The Outsiders , The Great Gatsby ...actually the notebook was really good. History books and maps intrigue me. A.Coulters', "How to talk to a Liberal (if you must)", Robinson Cruesoe, la isla de tesoro, Anything from the generacion 98 y 27: Dona Perfecta, La casa de Bernarda Alba, San Manuel Bueno, Martir, Las Aguas del olvido, Versos sencillos by Jose Marti.

Heroes:

MY POPS(first and foremost).. width="425" height="350" ..D.rummy, Elvis , scuba steve, zell miller...and last but not least... BOB, and Joel Tudor

My Blog

I can feel it coming in the air tonight.

Do you ever feel like you wish you lived in a fairytale because your real life just doesn´t meet the expectations of the dreams in your mind? Each and everyone of us do all these things to try and ma...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:01:00 PST

Argentina- Manchas Ensangrentadas

Here is a paper I wrote after having watched La Historia Oficial. Its a movie based on Los Desaparecidos in Argentina and Operacion Condor. Interesting read, here's what my research found:   Arge...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 08:00:00 PST

¿Cuba Libre?

Here's a paper I wrote for a Spanish class of mine...   ¿Cuba Libre?                  Los festivos del año nuevo de 1959 en Cuba m...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:48:00 PST

FOTOS de COLOMBIA!!

Colombia! Colombia es una chimba! Pues, Colombia me encanto. De Sudamerica, Colombia es lo maximo! Llegue a Bogota de un vuelo cortito de Santo Domingo y cuando sali al aeropuerto, no pude creer mis o...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 05:26:00 PST

La Republica Dominicana FOTOS!!

La Republica Dominicana! Que vaina? La nueva vaina? La primera vaina del mundo nuevo! La isla que descubrio el Cristobol Colon en ano 1492. La tierra que el reclamo a ser lo mas bonita que el habia vi...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:04:00 PST

Fotos de Puerto Rico.

Son Boricua!!! Bueno pues, son las fotos de mi viaje a Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico es una de tres islas del Caribe que habla en espaNol. Esta ubicado menos que 40 minutos en avion de La Republica Dominic...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 06:17:00 PST

FOTOS ST. LUCIA!!!

Okay, I'm too fucking lazy to narrate for this foto blog...so here they are. This is St. Lucia a hell in paradise. I didn't shoot much pics because St. Lucia blows. The people arn't friendly. They try...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:31:00 PST

Barbados FOTOS!!

So as I said good-bye to Trinidad and Tobago, I headed off to Barbados. Heres a view of Tobago as I left the ground.The flight was short and better yet cheap..28 bucks and worth every penny for the vi...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:39:00 PST

Trinidad and Tobago..FOTOS

hola todos. Denuevo estoy viajando....pero por el Caribe. Aunque no es Sudamerica, lo disfruto...solo los extrano el idioma de castellano y porsupesto mis amigos. Prefereria que la gente conozca y use...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:36:00 PST

no puedo esperar.

Cuando tenia 18 anos yo me fui al Caribe. La experiencia habia cambiado mi vida profundamente. Desde entonces, he esperado por el dia que yo regresaria. Nunca sabia cuando seria ese dia y manana sera ...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 05:40:00 PST