going down

i have been following this blog closely over the course of the past year(s) – the author plans(ned?) to make his first million by a certain age. yesterday he was laid off, a consequence of the financial crisis. it’s as far the most radical example of how our world changes, of how much we have…

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on believing II

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty. I believe.

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true at first light

being a journalist seems like a lovely job. i am sitting in tunisia, in a hotel someone else paid for, on a plane ticket somebody else paid for. and still it’s only a cover up. because you are afraid that one day the words won’t come or they are there but they are out of…

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the night

You’re born with nothing, and better off that way, Soon as you’ve got something they send someone to try and take it away, You can ride this road ’till dawn, without another human being in sight, Just kids wasted on something in the night. I believe and even more so.

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mut

Weil es manchmal egal ist ob man jetzt wirklich, wirklich mutig ist oder nur tut als ob, tut als ob. (Kettcar – Fake for real) I believe.

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on believing

I believe that love is the greatest thing in the world; that it alone can overcome hate; that right can and will triumph over might. I believe.

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last man standing

it’s been such a tough week, sometimes things just are torn up in some way or another. it’s been a week without drive, i didn’t reply to calls and texts and i can only ask all of you to please not take it too hard on you and me respectively. i need some time for…

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keys

it’s been more than two years when i got the key. it sits there and whenever i try to open a lock somwhere it reminds of the moment it was given to me. tonight we had a beer with christoph once again – it felt like an eternity since we had met (excluding tuesday) and…

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late night talks

when I was a kid one of my teachers once told my mom “I won’t start any discussions with your son anymore” – I was pretty talkative already back then and if I thought it was time to voice my opinion, I did so, coming form a family where most things were openly discussed. The…

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