Alex Budarin
My blogs
| Introduction | EDUCATION: Master’s Degree in Sociology; WORK EXPERIENCE: Case Worker, Researcher, Teacher, Supervisor, Assistant Manager, Actor, Janitor, Busboy, Day Laborer; COUNTRIES I HAVE VISITED: Austria, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Egypt, Thailand, China, Taiwan, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay; FAMILY: Father from Ukraine, Mother from USA, wife from Colombia, one brother and one sister; LANGUAGES: English, Spanish and German [although my German is "rusty"]; CITIZENSHIP: USA. My wife, who is an artist, drew the picture at left in 1996. I had hair on top back then. Now it grows out of my ears and nose instead. OF ALL THE THINGS I HAVE DONE IN MY LIFE, I am proudest of this blog. I hope someone reads it! |
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| Interests | History, Philosophy, Politics, Mysteries, Religions, Social Theory |
| Favorite Movies | The Devil's Backbone [actually a cool ghost story set at the end of the Spanish Civil War], the movies based on the Stieg Larsson trilogy, documentaries about the U.S. Civil War and the Titanic, the comedic movies of Christopher Guest [Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, Waiting for Guffman] |
| Favorite Music | the Beatles, the Eagles, the Secret Machines, Colombian "vallenatos", Prince, Talking Heads, the Ramones |
| Favorite Books | the novels of Michael Crichton [except for the one about environmentalists], many of the novels by Robin Cook [especially Chromosome 6] |