CURRENT MISSION

Make me Unstoppable, Unphotographable, Unforgettable...

ABOUT ME

One day I'm a romantic dreamer who wants to change the world, make it a better place... who thinks too much, analyses every detail and gets extremely melancholic and dramatic. Another day I'm strong and tough, full of pride, ambitions and plans for the future... and then again it all doesn't make sense and I want to leave, run away somewhere very far and start everything from the beginning. In other words I'm just SO unstable, but since it's not a problem for me yet, it shouldn't be for anyone else. :)
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I'm a student of the last year of Culture Studies with Film Studies faculty. Currently I'm working on my master's thesis and counting down days to the moment when I'll be able to free myself from the chains of studies and finally be able to sort out my life. Don't get me wrong... culture and film is my greatest passion. I really love what I do, and I can safely say that years at the University has been the best time of my life, but I have a feeling that it's not 'my' life anymore and there is something more waiting for me. We'll see. Thus I'm a bit stuck but still trying to enjoy myself.
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PHILOSOPHY

"Be good to yourself Babes!"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

this website

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

unfortunately not yet

Interests

Definitely my greatest interest is film, art, literature... generally culture, particurarly spanish and latin american one. I've been learning Spanish for a while and I'd love to learn Portugues as well, but as I know from the experience with English, you need to 'live' the language to get fluent in it, so I'm waiting to travel to the places of that culture.
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The fact that I love art doesn't make me an artist - on the contrary, I prefer to criticise them. I like to create - I write a lot, I draw, I take photos but since I'm the kind of person who likes to be better than good in something I do, I do it more for myslef than to show off. What I'm really interested in for the future is production - I want to organise events and promote people and projects that are worth it.
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Other small things that make me happy: driving a car, tasty drinks - especially caipirinha :)... and wines, sweating at the dancefloor, sleeping till late, watching fashion shows and mtv, Ice Tea (only peach!) and chocolate, sunshine, sand and sea, riding my bike, shopping, walking etc. And, last but not least - Mr. G.W.R. ...recently stilettos and high-heeled shoes :)
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• arts
• culture
• literature
• fashion
• chocolate
• running
• walking
• drinking
• shopping
• traveling
• drawing
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Since I support The Autheurist Tradition... let's sort it this way:

What I read:

My Spanish and Latin American favourites - Javier Marías (Corazón tan blanco - masterpiece!!!), Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (dirty, filthy, sticky, exotic - lovin' it), Paulo Lins, Mario Vargas Llosa

Back to the roots, native - Janusz Kosiński, Janusz Głowacki, Henryk Grynberg, Marek Hłasko, Ryszard Kapuściński, Artur Domosławski, Manuela Gretkowska

The Mix - Milan Kundera, Vladimir Nabokov, Umberto Eco, George Orwell, William Faulkner, William Golding, Charles Baudelaire (!), Douglas Coupland, Anthony Burgess
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What I watch:

In general everything, but let me try to narrow it down...

Firstly, directors - Pedro Almodóvar, Carlos Saura, Luis Buñuel, Federico Fellini, Jim Jarmusch, Billy Wilder, Tim Burton, Wong Kar-Wai, Milos Forman, Krzysztof Kieślowski...

Secondly, loose selection, in alphabetical order:
5x2 (F. Ozon)
À bout de souffle (J-L. Godard)
A Clockwork Orange (S. Kubric)
Almost Famous (C. Crowe)
¡Átame! (P. Almodóvar)
Bad Luck (A. Munk)
Baltic Express (J. Kawalerowicz)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (B. Edwards)
Breakfast on Pluto (N. Jordan)
Broken Flowers (J. Jarmusch)
Casablanca (M. Curtiz)
Cidade de Deus (F. Meirelles)
Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari (R. Wiene)
Dogma (K. Smith)
Down by law (J. Jarmusch)
Exils (T. Gatlif)
Fight Club (D. Fincher)
Flamenco (C. Saura)
Forrest Gump (R. Zemeckis)
Hable con Ella (P. Almodóvar)
Hair (M. Forman)
Human Traffic (J. Kerrigan)
Jasminum (J.J. Kolski)
La Double vie de Veronique (K. Kieślowski)
La Haine (M. Kassovitz)
La Mala Educación (P. Almodóvar)
La Stanza del Figlio (N. Moretti)
La Strada (F. Fellini)
Last Tango in Paris (B. Bertolucci)
L'auberge espagnole (C. Klapish)
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (J-P. Jeunet)
Lisbon Story (W. Wenders)
Love Actually (R. Curtis)
Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran (F. Dupeyron)
Night on Earth (J. Jarmusch)
Noviembre (A. Mañas)
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (M. Forman)
Otto e mezzo (F. Fellini)
Pulp Fiction (Q. Tarantino)
Raise the Red Lantern (Z. Yimou)
Requiem for a dream (D. Aromofsky)
Shadows (J. Cassavetes)
Some like it hot (B. Wilder)
Stealing Beauty (B. Bertolucci)
Stranger than Paradise (J. Jarmusch)
Todo sobre mi madre (P. Almodóvar)
The Big Sleep (H. Hawks)
The Day of the Wacko (M. Koterski)
The Saragossa Manuscript (W.J. Has)
The Unberable Lightness of Being (P. Kaufman)
Trois Couleurs (K. Kieślowski)
Un Chien Andalou (L. Buñuel)
West Side Story (R. Wise, J. Robbins)
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliette (B. Luhrmann)
Volver (P. Almodóvar)
Y Tu Mamá También (A. Cuarón)

Thirdly, TV series - Six Feet Under (!!!), Sex and the City, Ugly Betty

And finally music videos!!! Love it, especially the mainstream tendency regardless of the music!

Actually this is a neverending story... yeah, this movie should be on the list as well :)
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What I listen to:

Everything depends the mood, the day, the place, the company etc. but...

If it's about the voice - Barry White, Bob Marley, Diana Krall, Gilberto Gil (definitely Kaya N'Gan Daya is my favourite concert DVD!), Caetano Veloso, Cibelle, Ayo, Leonard Cohen, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Tracy Chapman, José Gonzales, Rodriguez, Erykah Badu, Norah Jones

If it's about the ambience - Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, Air, Ugress, Flunk, Groove Armada, Bent, Moloko (okay, voice too), Zero 7, Bonobo, Dzihan & Kamien, Faithless, Vive la Fête (!!!), St Germain, Jazzanova

My classics - Artful Dodger, A Tribe Called Quest, Blur, Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers, Dr Alban, Ace of Base, Madonna, Michael Jackson

Labels & Compilations - Hed Kandi, Cafe del Mar, Hotel Costes, Brazilectro, Verve Remixed, Buddha Bar, Playground, Saint Germain Lounge

Rhythm & Sound - Miles Davis, Yann Tiersen, Gustavo Santaolalla, Paco de Lucia, Chris Botti, Leszek Możdżer, Alberto Iglesias, Zbigniew Preisner and everything latino - samba, bossa nova, flamenco, fado, tango, salsa - todo!
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Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom