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*mateo*

all k'd up

About Me



connoisseur of all things latin,

(an unabashed latinophile)

but currently teaching english in korea...

trust me, i don't know either...

lived and traveled throughout every part of the spanish-speaking world:
the ib erian pen insu la,
south america,
cen tra l ame rica,
and spanish harlem.

represent

the glass isn't half empty, it's not half full,
it's "who drank my goddamn drink?!"

My Interests


martinis of the grey goose variety,
up with olives

traveling,
mainly outside of the continental 48

always a requisite:
passport stamps

revista colectiva

and bootydancing

I'd like to meet:


to drink with:

to blaze with:

to laugh with:

and to guide me:

my sherpa

Music:


daria musk and her most awesome trio

shakira
los amigos invisibles ... julieta venegas
la oreja de van gogh ... ... belanova
juanes ... ... javiera y los imposibles
manu chao
fiona ... ... m.i.a.
and of course

Books:



gabriel garcia marquez

isabel allende

jean m. auel:
and her earth children series

ayn rand
(objectivism aside)

Heroes:


people like bill p.
and emily r.

My Blog

all k'd up, special cambodian edition

under normal circumstances, the subject of this blog would've been "all k'd up, vol. 5," but this is the special cambodian edition, due to my recent vacation... so evidently, for those of you who were...
Posted by *mateo* on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:42:00 PST

k'd up, v.4

here i go again, sending out yet another installment of "k'd up," but before i even begin, i want to say that this entry won't be nearly as long as some of the previous ones, so don't let it scare you...
Posted by *mateo* on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:50:00 PST

me he coreanizado?! (espaƱol)

jamas, tal vez en la afuera parezco gringo, pero siempre sere tico en mi corazon :)antes de empezar con las historias, quiero pedirles una disculpa. he estado fuera de costa rica por seis meses ya, y ...
Posted by *mateo* on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:15:00 PST

k'd up, v.3

(disclaimer: this is a long one. according to the word count, it's about 4000 words [9 or 10 pages], so don't think you can just breeze through it ;)so i figured that since i had some time on my hands...
Posted by *mateo* on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 05:34:00 PST

k'd up, v.2

so i'm not even sure where to begin. it's been a while since i wrote the last installment of "my k'd up life in k-town," so figured now'd be the best time as any to continue on with the drama that's b...
Posted by *mateo* on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:27:00 PST

as if it couldn't get any worse...

et me tell you how it's been going with me. this past week... was... one of the horrible weeks of my life, and i'm not saying that in a melodramatic, pityparty way. i mean it, it's been real, real bad...
Posted by *mateo* on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:36:00 PST

i'll never accept it. ever.

9/25/05.i love you em.so much....
Posted by *mateo* on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:26:00 PST

the most spiteful month: september

a year ago today.it still doesn't feel real. i'm not sure it ever will.i miss you so much em.
Posted by *mateo* on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:22:00 PST

do you smell something??

okay, so i've been pondering what happened to me yesterday during my last class, and i have still yet to discern how i feel about this particular situation... i mean, we've all had those dreams as kid...
Posted by *mateo* on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:27:00 PST

in memoriam

a moment of silence.5 years...
Posted by *mateo* on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:04:00 PST