Andrew Porter

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Non-Profit
Occupation Voluntario, Cuerpo de Paz Bolivia
Location ??????, Cordillera, Paraguay
Introduction (Note: The opinions expressed in this blog are mine personally and do not necessarily reflect the position of the U.S. Government or the Peace Corps.) Greetings. I´m a 23-year old Louisvillian currently serving in Peace Corps/Paraguay. I was a PCV in Bolivia for 8 months in 2008 before the program was suspended in September. In 2007 I worked as an apprentice at Ivor Chodkowski´s Field Day Family Farm, where I spent many days picking tomatoes and removing VPS (viable pigweed seed). I studied philosophy at Bellarmine University and earlier attended Trinity High School.
Interests Music, philosophy, agriculture, literature, politics, travel, biking, aprendiendo español y quechua... and peace, justice and all that stuff.
Favorite Movies Jaws, The Big Chill, Harold and Maude, The Muppet Movie, The Godfather, Jurassic Park (life finds a way).
Favorite Music Bruce Cockburn, the Beatles, Dylan, Ben Folds, Pete Yorn, Counting Crows, Joni Mitchell, Wilco, Cat Stevens.
Favorite Books Lolita, Cien Años de Soledad, The Iliad, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, Plato´s Dialogues, The Brothers Karamazov, Tao Te Ching, The Prophet, Catcher in the Rye, Beyond Good and Evil, A Moveable Feast, Where the Wild Things Are. (recent favorites: Mountains beyond Mountains, The Omnivore´s Dilemma, Guns, Germs and Steel)