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Carlos Gaviria visits Austin
The president of the colombian political party Polo Democrático Carlos Gaviria was one of the speakers invited to the XXVIII Annual ILASSA Student Conference. His speech was basically a critique of the current government because it claims that Colombia has a strong democracy while he considers that many aspects of Colombia’s situation (like the high…
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Show me your teamwork
I spent all day yesterday at the 2007 Challenge organized by First Lego League (FLL) organization which is a Robotics contest for kids using LEGO Mindstorms. The day was very fun and the team i was coaching, the Pond Springs Pioneers finished in 19th place out of 60th teams. But the best thing is that…
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Despite all my rage I’m still just an AENIMA
Smashing Pumpkins // Tool Zeitgeist // 10,000 Days November 13th 2007 // November 14th 2007 The Backyard // Frank Erwin Center Billy Corgan in the spotlight // Maynard James Keenan in the shade more // no more
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Miss Venezuela visits Austin
Uploaded with Skitch! Not exactly… instead Los Amigos Invisibles came to Austin for a concert at Antone’s. Earlier that day I went with Cetrulo to the Mexican consulate in downtown to obtain a permit to cross the border and go to Monterrey to the long time awaited concert Me Verás Volver 2007 and that is…
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The punk and the devil
Uploaded with Skitch! Which one is your favorite?
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ACL 2007 wrap up
Update: Pictures available here. You gotta love Austin. The festival this year was great. I arrived with my friend Luis on friday around 4:30pm and the first band we saw was Queens of the stone age. I had already seen them two years ago when they opened the NIN concert in San Antonio and I…
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Got tickets for ACL 2007
Today I bought tickets for the Austin City Limits music festival 2007 and I’m really happy! Some of the lineup bands: Björk, Bob Dylan, The White Stripes, The Killers, Muse, Queen of the Stone Age, Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys, Aterciopelados, …
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August update
Blogs turn very lame when you dont post regularly. Recently I haven’t had anything exciting to write about, so my blog has been falling into the lame category. This post is just to summarize some of the things I have been doing recently or that I’m going to be doing in the near future. Party,…
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Welcome Ana Laura
Tonight is my birthday. I’m turning 29… I’m getting old but I don’t feel it… I still feel like I can do whatever I want. At the end, age is a mental thing and not so much a physical thing (err… sure). Anyway, Colombian soccer national team got beat REALLY bad tonight… I mean REEEEAAAAAALLLLY…
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Me gusta Colombiana, me gustas tu
I just got back from an amazing concert by Manu Chao at Stubbs. Lucia got an extra ticket and asked me if I wanted to buy it. The tickets were selling for $70-150 on craigslist so I was thinking of not going. Here are some pictures from the concert!