I remember very clearly how it felt not being able to decide whether to sit or lay down, smoke cigarettes or eat any thing, go outside or stay home in my dungeon. It wasn’t really the best time of my life. now it’s a different animal, different time [more]
I just come from the doctor, we made a 35 checkup, this is a prevention checkup for people older than 35 years. It’s free for me, the government pays. I wanted to have my body and my health status checked. I have a new born son and I [more]
Hand in Hand mit meinem politischen Engagement wuchs mein mich Schuldigfühlen gegenüber meinen Eltern. Sie waren so glücklich über den geschäftlichen Erfolg ihres Ben-Jochidels, ihres einzigen Sohnes. Sie liebten ihre zukünftige Schwiegertochter, und es fehlte nur noch eins um die Idylle perfekt zu machen. Der heilige Fortpflanzungstrieb. Das [more]
MoL shares David Moyes’s pain. Man Utd gone from a mediocre team that won the league at a canter to a mediocre team stuck in the middle. Someone blogged of last week’s penalty shootout fiasco that it was worse than Terence Trent D’Arby’s second album. Fergie gives his [more]
Today MoL’s gym music (public speakers) included: “In a message to the troubadour, the world don’t love you anymore”; “I like the way you work it out work it out”; “From LA to Africa she makes me wanna oh oh oh oh oh oh oh”. MoL preferred the [more]
European vs. American Philosophy: Theodor W. Adorno says: “Fun is a bath of steel.” But Lady Gaga sings: “If it’s not rough, it isn’t fun.”
How to live a life with less bullshit, a happier, a better life? At the end of these loosely connected essays, this might be the most important of all questions. I found a rather beautiful answer in a speech by George Saunders. He deeply encourages everyone to harness [more]
Is it possible to send a letter without a stamp? Try this: Just swap the sender’s adress with the recipient’s address and put the envelope into the mail box without a stamp. It takes like one week, but the letter will be sent to the sender’s address for sure. Post [more]
I fall very easily in a kind of semi-conscious dream state. Or I am very absorbed by what I am reading (which is why I tend to get easily frightened). And that’s a clear disadvantage with regard to public transports. And it’s particularly frustrating when it’s the first [more]
Ein dreieckiger Raum in einer ehemaligen Postfiliale, zwei rechteckige und ein quadratischer in einer weiteren Postfiliale, vier in einer Schreinerei, einer in einem pharmazeutischen Labor und ein zusätzlicher in dem daran angrenzenden Finanzamt. Die Räume wurden von ihren Vormietern aus gutem Grund verlassen, wie die Räume die sie [more]
Brief der protestierenden Geflüchteten am Oranienplatz und der Gerhard Hauptmann Schule an den Senat und insbesondere an den Innenminister Frank Henkel Wir bitten Sie, über die Forderungen unseres Protests nachzudenken. Wir glauben, dass sie schlussfolgern werden, dass unser Protest legitim ist. Eine Räumung ist keine Lösung, denn dann [more]
I hesitated writing since a couple of days cause I was lost in complexity concerning a question which is difficult to clarify. It’s about how protest here and today could look like and why it’s not happening. It’s about how we’ve been raised to believe a lie, and [more]
In the sixties I went to school with children of the beautiful people. Only one other mother, apart from mine, wore knee length skirts. At night I would imagine my real parents, they were young Americans with big smiles and tight pants. They were Doris Day and JFK. [more]
Julia Engelmann is a 21 year old poetry slammer. Recently a friend showed me a youtube video of her, where she slammed about life. you find the full text at the bottom. She is the most popular slammer in Germany today with more than 3 million views. She [more]
André Aciman says: “If over the years they (Marcel Proust and his live-in housekeeper Céleste Albaret) developed a certain affection, neither would ever have dared call it love. But love it must have been. Not the love of a servant or of a master, not the love of [more]
Donnerstag – die Verhandlung um den Öltankraum ist gescheitert. Ich hatte Jémand gesagt, wir brauchen diesen Raum, egal was. Er hat mich missverstanden, er dachte, es sei eine Redewendung und redete sich ein, dass er niemanden verletzen sollte, vergass aber, dass es auch andere Möglichkeiten gegeben hätte. Ich [more]
IDM Wave stands for Italo Disco Minimal Wave. And it looks like this cover. but even more important sounds like those videos further down. Quality dance music as usually in Ladybar but this time only from a certain period of time. To be more precise: the 80ties (don’t [more]
It may be the coffee- maker or it may be the ra- diator Aram Saroyan’s Complete Minimal Poems, 2007: p. 118
Recently I wrote some answers to 10 questions posed by an undergraduate. This was one of the questions: Is the audience a participant of the work? Are they active/passive, and is that good/bad? I answered, ‘Yes, of course they are part of the work. They are up close, [more]
I used to have one boyfriend who was my first boyfriend, a charming Swiss guy. We didn’t differ much in our opinions and “penchants” except for one thing: are woman “allowed” to work full-time (or almost) and to have a family at the same time? Of course! Being [more]
In my first pick I described the very nature of bullshit, concluding by citing Harry G. Frankfurt: «Bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about.» This often is the case with people who are required to talk all the time: [more]
Newsweek once said: “Most Humor has the shelf life of milk, but terror never goes out of style.”
What is 3×2? A pupil answers with big eyes: 3×2 is the same as 2×3! The whole class laughed out loud and the teacher punished the poor kid to stand in the corner for the rest of the day: Take your time and think about what you made [more]
time is of the essence but not a credit. it’s just here for you and me. and the big ones and the tiny ones, until we all get a different part in this übermächtigen uhrwerk being, where most parts are already designed by nature. and if it ain’t [more]
Im Traum sah er aus, wie ich ihn mir vorgestellt hatte, als ich vor seiner verschlossenen Tür stand. Mich umgab eine Projektion des Erdreichs, über meinem Kopf das mächtige Fundament, auf dem das Hochparterre sitzt, und etwas weiter von meinen Augen entfernt, die Umrisse des Öltankraums. Zwei graue [more]
Isn’t it remarkable how friendships born out of failed relationships can lead to what a dear friend of mine poignantly called, social detention? This particular friend(ship) evolved from such a situation – although this connection is no longer actively nourished. In honor of your friends, you are inclined to make [more]
Das andere Objekt – noch besser! Zwei Flächen auf zwei Etagen, jede so gross wie eine kleiner Park. Die Aussenwände sind die einzigen Wände, die vier Mauern. Innen dafür sechs Gruppen von vier Säulen, um den Boden der ersten Etage zu halten, und dort noch einmal sechs Gruppen, [more]
Pundits and peers are giving Matthew McConaughey a hard time for his rambling, incoherent acceptance speech at Saturday’s Screen Actors Guild awards. The web community is no less vitriolic. McConaughey’s agitated 2.5 minute monologue about thespian virtues and space travel to Neptune instantly went viral and will be used [more]
Don’t stop reading when you think I’m going into this whole realness thing again. Or Black & White. I’m just writing. Trying to find voicing words like decoding an unknown language, written on a role, hidden in a canvas(!) & understanding only by assembling without knowing what I’m actually construing. Damn, Saul. [more]
There is a little bar close to my place that serves delicious Italian sandwiches called ‘Piadina’. And this bar is open until midnight, which appeased my hunger many times and saved me from eating chicken nuggets at McDonald’s or a Döner box around the corner. If there would [more]
Recently I had a crazy idea. I thought of founding a startup. The business plan is a little weird. The idea is to found the Official Administration of the Universe. I would be the CEO of that office. Actually, I would become He-Man – the master of the [more]
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Die Makler schlagen täglich neue Objekte vor, die Meisten erfüllen nicht eines der Kriterien auf meiner Liste. Ein Makler schrieb, unmöglich, dieses Objekt gibt es nicht. Ich lasse ihm ausrichten: Weitersuchen, kein Objekt unter drei Kriterien, möglichst wenig Wände, kein Platz für Gedankenverknüpfungen. Ich habe meinen Kaffeekonsum reduziert, [more]
today, I’ve learnt to differ between: motivations without explanations a simple past and a perfect presence hurt feelings and feedbacks unfinished and finished business faking reality and making reality taking a day at a time or less for more.
Lately I had a chat with someone who works in the same building than me. But in a different institute on a different floor, which is the reason why we never got properly introduced to each other. I passed by his office several times and always said “Hi”. [more]
I’ve been absent here for a little while – I went through the world without a laptop, a situation, which, even though I didn’t choose it, felt relieving in some ways. Anyway, since I’ve met many Israelis in Berlin over the last years and since I started writing [more]
deviances anticipated triple-x or at least r-rated san tropez, the middle of may there’s no tan lines tonight no tan lines tonight
Today I am tapping on in the spirit of come-what-may writing. This morning’s sugar packet wisdom was Seneca, the younger, giving some good advice about the importance of daring to give time to things that seem difficult or impossible. Transforming the impossible. It’s unsurprising that motivational speech has [more]
As children we were aware from an early age that given half a chance adults abused their power. Add celebrity to the mix and the opportunities are limitless. Throw in a complacent, self-serving bureaucracy and you have Jimmy Savile and the BBC mess. The latest interesting news is [more]
Peter Handke: Die Stunde, da wir nichts voneinander wussten. There are many examples of urban places, which are devoid of any people. Some exist on paper only, luckily. But others are for real. Unfortunately, there are too many of these kind of places where one feels like one [more]
Let us talk about land, property and real estate. Everybody pays loads of money monthly to his landlord. And those, who owns an apartment or a house still pays a lot of money to a bank. Here is my thesis: The rent we pay (and the interest we [more]
If design were a form of government, it would be an authoritarian dictatorship. If it were a religion, it would be a monotheistic, intolerant one. If it were a film character, it would be Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from “Full Metal Jacket”. In short: design rules by an iron [more]
Miyajima, Japan. The last ferry had left for the mainland. I had missed it on purpose. The place was just too beautiful to leave, and I wanted to spend the night on the island. Except for a few monks in the monastery, I was probably the only person staying [more]
Or can I not be in love with an elephant lady?
Last night I dreamed of an old boyfriend of my sister’s. He was Irish and pronounced 3 as ‘tree’. In the dream I was looking at a greetings card which made it clear he had always loved my mother. There were kisses all over it and declarations of [more]
Leider habe ich gerade keine. Und ich muss weg. ‘Schöne’ Falls jemand jedoch doch noch Zeit findet, um sich damit auseinander zu setzen: Longitude: The True Story Of A Lone Genius Who Solved The Greatest Scientific Problem Of His Time von Dava Sobel. Mehr kann ich dazu nicht [more]
Das Leben ging unbarmherzig weiter. Die hysterische, deutsche, anti-amerikanische Anti-Kriegshetze während des Golf-Kriegs ging mir am Arsch vorbei. Wäre das alliierte Eingreifen ausgeblieben und es Monate oder Jahre später zum Gemetzel zwischen Israel und dem Irak gekommen, die daraus resultierende Menschenabschlachterei wäre bei weitem furchtbarer gewesen. Aber warum [more]
What can I say about life with my grandparents? They’re a pretty normal couple and they’re really nice to me . . . The nicest thing is that they don’t expect too much of me so they can’t possibly be let down. (The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis) [more]
When I was growing up Coca-Cola was the big brand. Although Levis was a brand it wasn’t until Nike that branding got really serious and I remember thinking no one is going to go around in trainers and sportswear. Being keen at games was seen as very uncool. [more]
Tenez, mon ami, si vous y pensez bien, vous trouverez qu’en tout, notre véritable sentiment n’est pas celui dans lequel nous n’avons jamais vacillé, mais celui auquel nous sommes le plus habituellement revenus. Le rêve de D’Alembert, Diderot
Let me begin this story with a personal revelation: I am illegal. This story begins in Laos in 1975. It’s a story about crying, remorse and tears. The Chinese electrician Sengdao fell in love with his maid Thi Tam, a Vietnamese tailoress. The unlike couple grew up in [more]
Du weisst doch wie es läuft, du gewöhnst dich schnell, gehst jeden Tag denselben Weg. Nach vier Jahren fühlt es sich an, als wärst du ihn nur einmal gegangen. Geregnet hat es. Eisig war es. Trockene Luft, warm. Heisser Wind, Staub. Satt jedem Einzelnen, fühlst du doch nur [more]
the more i stay in here the more it’s not clear the more i stay in here the more i disappear as far as i have gone i knew what side i’m on but now i’m not so sure the line begins to blur
Was blieb, war die psychosexuelle Misere. So zum Beispiel Shoshis größte Konkurrentin,die rote Couch, die ich Stevie noch vor seinem Unfall für ein Appel und‘n Ei abgeknüpft hatte. Er brauchte Kohle und ich hatte sie. Eine geile Zwischenkriegsproduktion. Nicht unbedingt Art Deco, aber mir ihren sanft geschwungen Zierleisten [more]
Or was he making this up for the sake of fascinated listening eyes. Ever wondered, why water buffalo’s don’t have lower teeth and never smile as everyone around them? They used to carry men. Work for them. Maybe work with them. Once the tiger came. Of course, the [more]
‘Upsey daisy ducksy doe that’s the way we want to go’ chants my mother as she climbs back to our apartment. We have just come back from dinner at La Palma, a restaurant by the sea where no one goes at this time of year. We were the [more]
MoL is having to write something on Charles Bronson. The trouble these days is it has all been said and available on Google. Bronson is interesting because he was one of the first stars to become a global commodity rather than being just a famous Hollywood actor. There [more]
Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Faust – Eine Tragödie. Published by Frederick Ungar, New York. The title page of this edition is stamped with: “Censored. Office of Intelligence & Censorship. Prisoner of War Camp. Camp Forrest, Tenn.” On the last page is another stamp: “Sold by PW Canteens Fort Niagara, [more]