COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I've been doing this couchsrufing business for over a year now and I cannot stress enough how incredible I think the networking site is. I have stayed with 3 hosts and I have met at least 12 other hosts, some of whom have come to visit me in New York and who I still talk to often using IM. They were all gracious enough to show me around and point me toward all the hot spots. I have not had a bad experience yet. Using this site is the best way I've really got to known a country and make real friends from around the world that have in turn come to visit me in NY.

I'm going to need a lot of space for this: - I'll spare you guys and name a few random ones. . . Spanish Films: - La Luna y La Teta - Jamon, Jamon - Maria Llena de Gracia - Sex & Lucia - Many Pedro Almodovar films Asian Films: - Oldboy (*****) - Throne of Blood (Kurosawa) - Dragon Lady (Galton) Bollywood Film: - Aradhana - Mother India (from the 50s) - Hum Aapke Hain Koun ( I'LL CUT THIS SHORT NOW -- EMAIL OR IM ME IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ANY GOOD FOREIGN FLICKS. ...Forgot my comfort movies: - Godfather 1 & 2 - Thank You For Smoking - Wedding Crashers - Knocked Up - Fight Club - a good horror flick. **********BOOKS*************** Steinbeck Novels. -READING A GREAT BOOK RIGHT NOW CALLED "The Soloist" -- IT HAS BEEN MADE INTO A FILM STARRING JAMIE FOX AND ROBERT DOWNEY JR. --- ITS CURRENTLY IN POST-PRODUCTION - SHOULD BE OUT SOON---I want to see that. ****************MUSIC******************* Pretty well rounded when it comes to music. Have to say I'm kind of partial to Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, Bachata -- Spanish music i guess.