A meme is going around, thank God, I was afraid they were going out of fashion. Here are my eight random facts/habits:
1. I bite my nails. Not all the time, but when I am in a state of boredom, restlessness, or don’t know what, they can be gone in less than a minute. It freaks me out, because at the moment it’s happening, I sort of know what I am doing, but still can’t stop myself. A former date announced that it’s because I don’t receive enough love. Well, so far no one was able to stop me, and I think the only one capable of doing it is me, me alone.
2. According to this site, I have visited 18% or 42 of the world’s countries, which doesn’t say much, because it’s the experiences and memories I have from these travels that are the most important to me. If I wouldn’t be so lazy, I would write more posts about them.
create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands
3. I used to be able to dive 50 meters (55 yards) without coming up for air, but doubt that I can still do it… have to try it again.
4. I started to study German law after high-school, but stopped after one semester. I realized that I am a jack-of-all-trades and would not be happy focusing only on law alone. I know it sounds strange, but I still think that laws, when written well, are the most beautiful pieces of language… simple, clear, and concise with the most potent meaning. My favorite is article 1 of the German basic law: “The dignity of man* is inviolable. To respect and protect it is the duty of all state authority.”
*In German it says Mensch, which means human being… man, woman, German, non-German, young, old, black, white, healthy, sick, …
Yeah, I know it’s a tall order and open to interpretation, but then… no, it’s actually pretty simple and clear as can be.
5. My favorite things to buy are shoes and lingerie. Shoes because they can be so pretty, and I don’t need to enter stuffy changing rooms to try them. Lingerie because there is nothing easier than putting on a beautiful piece of underwear to get me in a better mood.
6. I have never been under general anesthesia, and am very happy about that.
7. The scariest moment in my life was when four glass bottles with spoiled orange juice exploded in the boot of my car, after driving a whole day through the Arizona desert. I thought someone was shooting at me.
8. The most threatening moment in my life was when a large group of teenage boys started to taunt and touch me in the subway train, and my girlfriend next to me said “Don’t hit them. You are going to end up with a knife in your back.” I didn’t hit them, but told them what sorry pricks they were. To this day, I don’t know if it was the right thing to do. Is there a right way? They touched me even more aggressively, but left at the next station.
Despite the incident, which happened a long time ago, I like to travel on public transport. People watching is much easier when you are not sitting in your separate steel bubble.