if you are from klagenfurt you basically grow up with it, it’s always there – to swim in, to walk at. essentially “meeting at the lake” has a special meaning for us people here. it smells like fresh-cut grass and a light breeze in the summer and feels like a long quiet walk in the [...]
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars…” [...]
Silence, like a whisper
Maybe tomorrow it won’t be here
So tomorrow we could teach them
Some new styles
You’re such a killer
So shoot me down again
It won’t hurt when the killing is done by a friend
Silence, like a whisper
So this is all we need
The fully air conditioned sound of speed
A violent whisper
And this time it’s for real
So this [...]
And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder: One of the four beasts saying: “Come and see.” And I saw. And behold, a white horse.
There’s a man goin’ ’round takin’ names. An’ he decides who to free and who to blame. Everybody won’t be treated all the same. There’ll be a golden ladder [...]
it’s late and riitta is sleeping just room away from me, while i can’t get any sleep. the day has been far too exciting. we drove from ruka, down to kuopio and then to jyväskylä. right now i am sitting on hanna’s and mikko’s couch and i feel incredibly happy. to riitta it must seem [...]
Do you know that feeling when you taste something and it evokes such strong memories that it can almost transport you to another place? I felt that today as I was eating some typical Christmas sweets, sent to me by good friends in Linz. Even here, sweltering in the Tasmanian sun I found myself dreaming [...]