i love a good story, a well written one. one that sticks to my mind. the “augustin” – a newspaper to the benefit of homeless people in vienna published such a story about the now over 90 years old saxophon player Lucia Westerguard.
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I believe.
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i am not a huge fan of johnny cash, but to whom else could “hurt” be more fittingly?
what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
I believe.
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it was a special day with those i love and who love me. for a small moment in time this life seemed so far away, distant and small.
On winter trees the fruit of rain
Is hanging trembling in the branches
Like a thousand diamond buds
And waiting there in every pause
That old familiar fear that claws you
Tells you [...]
i wish grandpa would be still alive. after being allowed to repeat my exam, i scored a 2, which is the second best grade in the austrian system. i guess he would be proud of me. actually, i know it. and my prayers were heard.
i believe.
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riitta and me just watched the opening of the olympic winter games. if there are still moments to dream in this world, john lennon’s imagine might have been one of them.
i believe.
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so it has reached austria, the small island of peaceful minds that carefully has tried to stay out of trouble. well this time it won’t work – we’re under fire too as the austrian embassy in iran has been under a de-facto siege and was nearly raided by islamic protesters. now you may judge by [...]
i talked to my professor about the whole thing that happened during the exam. he was not only friendly but gave me one very specific impression: that there is always a way to work things out. in his case he smiled, asked me to do it again tomorrow and hoped i learned my lesson. i [...]
i studied until 3am for this exam today and in the morning riitta questioned me through the 40 pages again. i felt so prepared when we got there. i really felt like i could make it. halfway through the exam i put my hand in my right side pocket, where i had among the other [...]
it’s always pretty cool to do a nighshift at the newspaper – well “nighshift” basically meaning to be working for the economics section until 8 pm from which on our colleagues from the local news desk take over to finish everything up. just take our 6 pm conference for example: today philips fired 150 people [...]