Archive for November, 2005

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Monday, November 28th, 2005

Die aktuelle Ausgabe der neuen Kirchenzeitung druckte wegen eines “Versehens einer Redaktionsmitarbeiterin” einen Leserbrief ab, der die Existenz von Konzentrationslagern in Österreich leugnet: “Religionslehrer mögen andere Prioritäten setzen, als Mauthausen-Besuche zu organisieren und der Schuljugend Einrichtungen zu zeigen, die nachweislich erst nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg für touristische Zwecke errichtet wurden.” Autor dieser Zeilen ist Siegfried [...]

the calm in the chaos

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

My mind is so chaotic as my life has been lately, that I almost don’t know where to start. Semester and the the committments that come with it are now gone, but it’s straight back into grant writing frenzy this week.
On the upside last week was full of good news as I got 2 of [...]

run.

Saturday, November 12th, 2005

I’ll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You’ve been the only thing that’s right
In all I’ve done
And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we’ll make it anywhere
Away from here
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I’ll be [...]

not quite there.

Saturday, November 12th, 2005

i learned a nother lesson last night and yesterday: setbacks are the essence of life. whenever you’d think you’ve reached some status of perfection, life, god or whoever will teach you how vulnerable you actually are. i admit it, i am vulnerable. but then i build strong moments by myself. there’s is always, always a [...]

fiction in the space between

Saturday, November 5th, 2005

I know I posted these lyrics here already but then it’s a song that has njever failed to get me into a somewhat cloudy mood. Thinking about my life, the picture I have of myself, the picture others have of me and what I consider the true “me” out of these. Fall has pulled its [...]