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Matias

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About Me

Hi,I am currently living in New York and going to school persuing my masters in Social Work. Education has always been a great part of my life so I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to advance both intellectually and spiritually.I love most things creative but I would say that above all else I love to cook. I like preparing some sort of Italian creation while listening to some of my favorite tunes, honestly there is nothing else that compares when I am in the kitchen. Perhaps I should have gone to culinary school instead but I guess my guilt and passion for trying to make this world a better place kind of makes my current work a priority. however there is always next lifetime.Besides anything else I could say about myself I am just ordinary and that is just fine with me.

My Interests

cooking, tennis, museums, art galleries, having coffee with friends, talking with friends or simply interesting people, swimming in lake tahoe, listening to music, going to concerts, taking long road trips, writing letters to friends, playing with my cat.

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people, people who will teach me something new about life, people who will show me something extraordinary, good people. PUT YOUR ABOUT ME SECTION HERE! Changes may take up to 2 mins to show on your profile

Music:

I love music. There is not enough room in this box to list the artist that i listen to. Erykah Badu wow! she is awesome, Mamas Gun especially. Laurun Hill, no matter where you are in life there is always a Lauryn Hill song for that momment. Jill Scott--absolutely great. Liz Phair, Sinead O'Connor, Stevie Nicks, Alnis Morisettethe, Aimee Mann, Sheryl Crow, Mary J Blige, Gladys knight, Aretha Franklin greats; Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Miss Holliday, Chet Baker, Al Green, Smokey Robinson, Josephine Baker, Janis Joplin. Cinematic Orchestra, DJ Food, Manu Chao.... And many more

Movies:

The Color Purple, Magnolia, A very Long Engagement, Amelie, The City of Lost Children, Run Lola Run, Y tu mama tambien, Spellbound, Sunset Boulevard, Roman Holiday, The Exorcist, Stir of Echoes, Hotel Rwanda, Gone With The Wind, Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, Lorenzo's Oil, Angels In America, Mysterious Skin, Aimee and Jaguar, Born Into Brothels, All about Eve. Amores Perros, Before Night FallsI Heart Huckabees, Brokeback Mountain, Spirited Away, Princes Mononoke just to name a few.

Television:

Sex and The City, Coupling, Frontline--I love documentaries.

Books:

I love,anything written by Toni morrison but my absolute favorite is The Bluest Eye. The Stranger by Camus is definitely a must read. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, there are some good quotables. Roots, The Color Purple, The Member Of The Wedding, Midnight's Children.I love to read Short stories by some of the great Latin American writers like: Ana Maria Matute, Maria Bombal, Ruben Dario, Carlos Fuentes and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Heroes:

We all have our heroes, they serve as role models for us and inspire us to be more, but beyond that they also reflect who we are as individuals. My heroes reflect my eclectic personality, they are: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jane Goodall, Ghandi, and Martha Stewart (believe me I can explain), my mommy.

My Blog

Beautiful Love Poem

No es que muera de amor" Muero de ti, amor, de amor de ti,de urgencia mía de mi piel de ti,de mi alma de ti y de mi bocay del insoportable que yo soy sin ti.Muero de ti y de mí, muero de ambos,de noso...
Posted by Matias on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:27:00 PST

When do you quit?

It has been my experience at work that no matter how much you think you can help some one, there really is nothing you can do for some people unless they want to be helped. This is a very difficult co...
Posted by Matias on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST