being the last person who is still "TRUE TILL DEATH" in the 803. love, skateboarding, hardcore/non-mtv-punk scene, speaking spanglish (english and spanish at the same time), family, friends, falling in love, writing, philosophy, animal rights, veganism, straight edge culture (though, at this time I am currently not using the label), politics, putting out a zine (when I am not being lazy) latin music and dancing, being outside, snowboarding, being too damn hyper, sarcasm, NYC, moving to NYC; did I mention love?
NOTE: z No smoking around Hector. Thank you for your co-operation.
I'd like to meet:
funny, witty, sarcastic people who don't take everything seriously, but still have a goal in life. I am also looking for people who will put up with my constant changing of subject at the drop of a dime. People who will put up with my energy and can and will keep up, people who get me ( I seem to make no sense, at times; but I do have a point. you just have to decipher it), girls that won't break my heart, and last but not least honest genuine people who are true to the end.
Non-original, non-free thinking, lemmings need not apply.P.S. If you are in a band, STOP SENDING ME INVITES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I don't know you or you are not on my list of bands to which I listen, I WILL NOT ADD YOU. One more thing. . . if you are some slut on some porn site, STOP SENDING ME INVITES TO YOUR SITE OR TRYING TO GET ME TO GO TO YOUR SITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND I WILL NOT ADD YOU!!!!!!!!!!
Music:
I love all types of music. Right now, these are the bands making me smile and want to dance and get off my ass and do something: The Beatles, Minor Threat, The Juliana Theory, Hot Water Music, Billy Idol, Marc Anthony, Strike Anywhere, Decendents, Dead Kennedys, Black Cat Music, Carlos Vives, Buena Vista Social Club, Uniform Choice, Alejandro Sanz, Bad Religion, Walls of Jericho, The Hope Conspiracy, Dag Nasty, Jimmy Eat World, Stretch Arm Strong (the old stuff), The Weakerthans, Good Clean Fun, Man or Astroman, x-ray specsAdolescents Orchestra, Where Eagles Dare, DJ Jools, any traditional latin-carribbean music (plena, bomba, son, descarga...), Tego Calderon, Dj Beefburger, the roots, digable planets ...anything that makes me close my eyes and groove...
Movies:
breakfast club, legend of billie jean, saint elmo's fire, the sound of music, royal tenenbaums, dancer in the dark, amelie, star wars (episodes 4-5), the godfather (1 & 2),some kind of wonderful, say anything, in the time of the butterflies, come see the paradise, the last supper, stand and deliver, todo sobre mi madre, abre los ojos (way better than vanilla sky, which is a remake of abre los ojos), the motorcycle diaries, thrashin, il postino, the search for animal chin, bowling for columbine, y tu mama tambien, much ado about nothing, maria full of grace, high fidelity, weird science, my girl (ok, i'm a dork), 28 days later, kill bill, the sins of padre amarro, life according to muriel, Fahrenheit 9/11... too many damn movies to name here... but basically any sappy movie that fits my mood.
Television:
commander in chief, dharma & greg, will & grace, BOSTON LEGAL, buffy the vampire slayer, V, charmed, cnn (from time to time (most american news stations give you nothing but bull shit (they all use press releases, instead of real investigative journalism. so we get ONLY the portion the gov't wants you to hear))), Angel, MASH, george lopez show
Books:
Ishmael, El Zahir, any pablo neruda poetry book, the vampire chronicles, Slick, Love in the Time of Cholera, deglobalization, the godfather, Secrets of the Tomb: skull and bones the ivy league and the hidden paths of power, animal farm, Harllibuton Agenda, WTO: whose trade organization?, the president of good and evil, fortunate son: george w. bush and the making of an american president, a people's history of the united states, diarios de motocicleta, el alquimista
facesofstraightedge.com
Heroes:
dad (he has taught me to fight for what I believe and to stand up for my convictions. I hope to be as great a man, one day), mom (my mami is the greatest woman in the world. Her UNCONDITIONAL LOVE has seen me through many a troubling time), che guevarra (all i can say is that he loved ALL people and fought for equality and did not shun anyone), jaime escalante (the teacher on whom stand and deliver is based. I met him once. He is a great man), salvador allende, noam chomsky, howard zinn, dr. scardaville (the advisor for one of my majors), Jessica Hyatt (my best friend. Without her, I would be dead by now. Jess is familia to me. Nada es mas importante que familia), anyone who gives a damn and is not afraid to show it
