American supermarkts will in some way or another always stay a miracle to me – today I bougth a more or less basic breakfast while checking out I watched in awe as the girl behind the counter put each and every single item in a thin plastic bag, knocking the count up to five before…
Read moregrief by the boxes
Sometimes it’s nice to be out of the country. Election day for example. I normally always put my democratic right to vote to use, but my state Carinthia sometimes feels like a hopeless case. Evene when our far-right governor Mr. Haider decided to pay his maker a visit after an alcohol-injected joyride that found its…
Read moreyes we can
on election night i was at the u.s. embassy in vienna, a colleague from “die presse” had gotten us in and in some way or another we were there when history was made and obama won. being here in new york right now, it feels people are basically asking the second coming of him, i…
Read morea city of sleepless
after the lights went out i felt into a deep numb kind of sleep, outside were the police sirens, the cars cutting through harlem, the big city sounds, new york’s heartbeat. being back here is always like taking a trip to another world, which in fact it is. as of today i completed my application…
Read moreA long walk
It’s been way beyond what i hoped for. and while I have traveled a fair bit in my life, south africa still managed to impress me in more way I could have ever imagined. however (and will I will write about this later in greater detail) what impressed me most is the simple fact that…
Read moreyou’ve seen me
These things that have comforted me, I drive away This place that is my home I cannot stay My only faith’s in the broken bones and bruises I display Have you ever seen a one-legged man trying to dance his way free? If you’ve ever seen a one-legged man then you’ve seen me I believe
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