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Overview

  • 7 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning French, Italian, Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Web Developer
  • Master and so
  • From Graz
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

enjoyin my life

ABOUT ME

Though i'm tryin to be a reflected person it's still kind of hard to describe myself on these web 2.0 profile pages :-P

ps: you could try to read my favourite quotes and references though

PHILOSOPHY

Citas favoritas:

"Every form of blame, criticism and judgment is just a tragic expression of an unmet need."
- Marshall B. Rosenberg

"There is no starting or stopping - only doing."
- Peaceful Warrior (the movie)

"The past is history,
tomorrow is a mystery,
rite nao is a gift,
that's y it's called the present!"
- unknown

"On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur.
L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux."
- Le Petit Prince d'Antoine de Saint Exupéry

"‎Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."
- Confucius

"Der Mensch schaut in die Zeit zurück und sieht: Sein Unglück war sein Glück!"
- Eugen Roth

"Es sind nicht die Erfolge, aus denen man lernt, sondern die Fiaskos."
- Coco Chanel

"I don't have time for this shit!"
- Trinity (in Matrix Triology by the Wachowski Bros.)

"It is remarkable how similar the pattern of love is to the pattern of insanity."
- Merv (same same, afterwards)

"Though I smiled the tears inside were a-burnin'!"
- Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman 4 Elvis Presley

"You'll be a lover in my bed,
And a gun to my head!"
- Billy Corgan (the Smashing Pumpkins)

"I live between concrete walls,
In my arms she was so warm."
- Fever Ray

"El socialismo es: ¡El amor, la felizidad y la justicia social!"
- Evo Morales (Presidente de Bolivia)

"Die unsichtbare Hand des freien Marktes braucht die sichtbare Faust des Militärs."
- me like Thomas Friedmann (orginal translation: "... Faust der amerikanischen Streitkräfte")

"Wenn du etwas loslässt, bist du etwas glücklicher.
Wenn du viel loslässt, bist du viel glücklicher.
Wenn du ganz loslässt, bist du frei."
- Ajahn Chah

"Übt man das Lernen, so nimmt man täglich zu, übt man den rechten Weg, so nimmt man täglich ab: Man nimmt ab und immer weiter ab und kommt so zur Tatlosigkeit: Man tut nichts, und dabei ist nichts nicht getan."
- Jan Ulenbrook (translation), Lao Zi (chinese original)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like the idea of couchsurfing very much - even though I haven't surfed a couch myself yet ...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

... I had some surfers in ma loft ;-)

Interests

Critique of capitalism & social criticism (or is it the same?), sustainable developement, (daoistic) philosophy, travel thru space time & (legal) intoxication, (art) festivals, feminism, sooo much more :-)

  • arts
  • festivals
  • womens rights
  • traveling
  • history
  • law

Music, Movies, and Books

Música favorita:

-> constantly changing.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-> falling in love
-> stop smoking

Countries I’ve Visited

Greece, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Spain

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