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Martin

About Me

Some favorite things: exploring in the woods with my dog, snow-capped mountains and blue lakes, intelligent conversation, white sand and turquoise water, fighting fires...with my FIST, tomando mate en los Andes. I am a firm believer in that putting a British accent on any statement automatically makes it comedy. I like to dance to Reggae music.

Hace un año me mudé a Argentina para hacer algo fuera de lo normal. Bailando hasta el amanecer, comiendo carne roja hasta que es imposible comer un bocadito más, y paseando por el hermoso paisaje de la Patagonia, he hecho exactamente lo que quería lograr. Es increíble cuán me ha encantado este país (más que nada debido a la gente) después de tan poco tiempo. Lamentablemente me queda muy poco en mi Patagonia querida (hasta el Mayo), pero esto significa que ahora aprovecharé cada momento que me espere.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Rastafarians, scuba divers, backpackers, hippies, dancers, people with motivation, Argentinos y Argentinas (que NO sean histéricas...sí, sé que hay muy pocas), and people that write in complete sentences. I am also interested in meeting someone that knows how to survive in this world without money or material possesions...I think I could learn a lot from this person.

My "Top Friends" are arranged in no particular order, and the arrangement changes from time to time. It is because I love all of you equally (well, except for Toby, that guy is kind of a dick).

My Blog

Idealismo

Unas de las lecciones más importantes que mi mamá me ha enseñado es que la mejor forma de lograr la felicidad es tener una actitud positiva. Me he tomado este consejo a pecho, y vivo de este modo cada...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:39:00 GMT

La Búsqueda

"¿De dónde sos?" La pregunta más común que escuché. Normalmente seguido por "¿Por qué viniste a Argentina?" La primera era fácil de contestar, después de tener tipo mil oportunidades de responderla yo...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:51:00 GMT

Receta Para Frenar a Chávez, Una Respuesta

Ahora que Hugo Chávez, presidente de Venezuela, está intentando acumular todo el poder gubernamental mediante una reforma constitucional que le permitiría ser presidente indefinidamente, y eliminando ...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:46:00 GMT

La Margarita y La Rosa

Esta es una cuenta imaginaria escribí como tarea para mis clases de español. Espero que les guste.   La Margarita y La Rosa              &n...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:11:00 GMT

Surprises Abound in Argentina...

Saturday morning, 4 am. I am sleeping soundly in my bed, despite the neighbor's dog barking for the past half-hour. Pele suddenly starts to growl, which immediately brings me to attention. BOOM ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:29:00 GMT

Refugio Frey

I went on my first backpacking trip ever over the weekend...kind of strange that I had never done this before, especially since I love the outdoors so much. It was awesome. There is such a feeling of ...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:25:00 GMT

Fourteen Months of Pain

    I love Stanford, but I am sure glad to be done. PS I told you I would beat you Sarah.
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:47:00 GMT

Some Favorite Photos from Italy

Here are some shots I took while in Italy (early April, 2006). Some of the panorama's I made turned out better than others.  Siena (this is probably the best panorama, this one is 360 degrees): ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 May 2006 18:09:00 GMT

My Last First...

I recently celebrated my last first day of school as a full time student. It was quite a strange sensation, as I have been a student for the last 21 years straight (that's right, a straight shot ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:35:00 GMT

Simple.

I learned a very important lesson from my dog Pele this morning. After bringing her to a nearby elementary school, she proceeded to search out and find a stick of suitable fetching quality. After a fe...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Dec 2005 09:56:00 GMT