CURRENT MISSION

On a mission in La Silla ! other than that, seeking the reason for everything and more ;)

ABOUT ME

Hi! I'm Vasco! I have just finished Ph.D. in m stars and exoplanets last December.Still finding planets...

I like to think about stuff, and like to talk about almost anything, from science, to religion, to spirituality, politics, why-the-hell-we-are-here discussions, ecovillages, intentional communities and so on....and last but not least discussing about the great open source civilization starter kit!

I also like to dance european traditional dances (trad/folk), and I know a bit of lindy hop.

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live. Tolerance is a very important thing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm still finding out about this wonderful project.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been in Philadelphia doing couch surfing. It was a great experience!

Interests

M-dwarfs, exoplanets
Physics, Astrophysics, Science in General
Indy movies, Folk dancing, folk music, Lindy-hop!
World issues, world politics
Books about ethics and philosophy, some sci-fi literature

• books
• literature
• dancing
• folk dancing
• ethics
• politics
• movies
• music
• folk music
• surfing
• physics
• religion
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Arts. I really like lots of stuff, I'm ecletic. It just depends on the time of day, wheather, mood, random reasons...

Music. I hear folk often. In the last aeons I've been known to listen to Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth...I love Sergio Godinho a lot. And Beirut! And Arcade fire...

Music repository: Amelia Muge, Astonishing Urbana Fall, Beirut, Buena Vista Social Club, bauhaus, Carlos Paredes, Coil, Dazkarieh, Dead can dance, Elis Regina, No smoking orchestra, fausto, humanos, jorge palma, jose afonso, lamb, lydia lunch, metric, moby, oi polloi, ornatos violeta, pixies, pluto, radiohead, Sergio Godinho, Siouxie, Sonic Youth, tuxedomoon, Yo la tengo...etc

Ball Music: Djal, Naragonia, Zeff --> musica de trad ball...waltz (3, 5, 11 temps), mazurkas, bourres, israelis, greeks, bretas, chapaloise, scotish, circulo circasiano.dancas de roda em geral...La valsa de amelie and oh so many more......

Films. I really like movies.

My favourite directors: hal hartley, kusturika, tarkovsky, kubrick, julio medem, almodovar, bigas luna, david lynch, cronemberg, edgar pera, jeunet...and lots of others...
Favourite movies: donnie darko, me you and everything we know..The mirror - Tarkovsky, Spider - cronemberg; Lovers of the arctic circle - Julio Medem; Amelie;
Last ones I liked: Gattaca, Into the Wild, Benny and Joon, Salo (really heavy, beware!), Waltz with bashir, Lord of War, 4 Nights with Anna, Caótica Ana (top 10), Juno, Valeria and Her Week of Wonders (!)

Favourite Books:
Edgar allan poe, Peter Singer, Gulliver Voyages, Dune books...Anais Nin, Boris Vian; Heinlein - stranger in a strange land, technical books, physics mainly,
Poetry: Fernando Pessoa, Sa Carneiro, Herberto Helder...Rimbaud, Camoes...Cesario Verde...Alberto Saknussem...Daniel Filipe (In special, 'A invenção do amor' / 'The invention of love').
Some books about conscienciolgy.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can always teach dancing...and the flute!
And I like to share worldviews, ideas, projects.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Chile

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Portugal

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