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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Carpe Diem; travelling; making new friends; to be fluent in spanish
ABOUT ME
I'm a student studying abroad in Espana for the year, learning the language and soaking up the culture.
I'm a 3rd year undergrad student majoring in communication arts and spanish. After I graduate I would like to work in a non-profit international group and use my spanish.
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Interests
Film noir, Spanish, MacBooks, traveling, mesoamerican gods, poplar trees, insects, manatees, singing really loud in the car/shower, cassette tapes,
- insects
- arts
- culture
- singing
- traveling
Music, Movies, and Books
Movies/Cine:
Volver, À Bout de Souffle, Little Miss Sunshine, Pan's Labyrinth, Across the Universe, Singin' in the Rain, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, It Happened One Night, Slumdog Millionaire, The Brave Little Toaster, The Lives of Others, 500 Days of Summer, Habla con Ella, Fight Club, His Girl Friday, Requiem for a Dream, All About My Mother, The Royal Tenenbaums, Milk, Borat, V for Vendetta, Benchwarmers, Flashdance, Paris J'Taime, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Rebel Without a Cause, SWEENEY TODD, Elf, Yes Man, 21, Back to the Future, La Mala Educación
Music/Música:
Tegan and Sara, Sufjan Stevens, Adele, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Modest Mouse, NEEDTOBREATHE, The Sounds, Sia, The Beatles, The Fray, Coldplay, Switchfoot, The Postal Service, Julieta Venegas, Guster, Iron & Wine, Death Cab for Cutie, Meg & Dia, The Weepies, Santogold, The Ting Tings, Goo Goo Dolls, Corrine Bailey Rae, The Decemberists, Imogen Heap, I <3 Kim Hess, Rilo Kiley, Joshua Radin, Toby Mac, Relient K, Barlow Girl
Books/Libros:
To Kill a Mockingbird, The Chronicles of Narnia, Animal Dreams, Jane Eyre, Dracula, Fahrenheit 451, Midnight Magic, Puff the Magic Dragon, Heart of Darkness, Or the Awakening
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Mexico DF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKFUq7LJjEg
Teach, Learn, Share
this pretty much sums it up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yLzqrlmNKQ
Countries I’ve Visited
Canada, Costa Rica, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
Spain, United States