CURRENT MISSION

mission makes you look pretty ugly

PHILOSOPHY

"It is demonstrable," said Master Pangloss, "that things cannot be otherwise than as they are; for as all things have been created for some end, they must necessarily be created for the best end. Observe, for instance,the nose is formed for spectacles, therefore we wear spectacles. The legs are visibly designed for stockings, accordingly we wear stockings. Stones were made to be hewn and to construct castles, therefore My Lord has a magnificent castle; for the greatest baron in the province ought to be the best lodged. Swine were intended to be eaten, therefore we eat pork all the year round: and they, who assert that everything is right, do not express themselves correctly; they should say that everything is best." (*attention: sarcasm*)

Interests

My Superbaby (ok he is a little boy already), Architecture and Urban Planning, how it relates to politics, meeting people from all over the world, mountain hiking - especially since I live in Luzern - Skiing, Markus Werner, Susan Sontag and Philip Roth books, learning italian, good movies, cooking for friends, Doppelkopf (addicted), mesopotamic cultures, language, furniture, wood, surfing the net, tv-hospital-series, coloured tights, classical and pop music...

• books
• architecture
• cooking
• recipes
• politics
• movies
• tv
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• surfing
• skiing
• rowing

Music, Movies, and Books

pretty eclectic, I guess:
Amy Winehouse, Gogol Bordello, White Stripes, Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Mozart and Bellini Operas, Radiohead, Maria Callas, Beethoven, Fabrizio de André, Cannonball Adderley, Stiller Has, Patti Smith, The Strokes, Depeche Mode, Goran Bregovic, Gorillaz, Leonard Cohen ...
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Movies: Lone Star, All about my Mother, The Mission, Lord of the Rings, Lost in Translation, Shooting the Past, The Human Stain, The Last Temptation of Christ, Pride and Prejudice, Talk to her, Kill Bill, Out of Sight, Chocolat, Les Choristes
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Books: i am ploughing through "Why cities matter" by Saskia Sassen at the moment, Stumbling on Happiness, all time favourites are: Am Hang, Die kalte Schulter, Une femme (no - I did not read it in french..), Regarding the Pain of Others, Lüge und Ironie, Portnoy's Complaints, Sabbath's Theater, The Human Stain, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Max Frisch: Tagebücher, Va dove ti porta il cuore, Anima Mundi, Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamasov...

Teach, Learn, Share

teach: how to renew your flooring; if you tell me early enough I can get access to a wood workshop where you can build furniture, I can teach you skiing, rowing, computer programmes like archicad, indesign, photoshop, some typical german recipes.

learn: how to play Hallelujah, Who by Fire, Leggenda di Natale or Canzone del Maggio on guitar... computer programmes like flash, html, php.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Lebanon, Switzerland

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