and some facts about me:

1. I… narrowly escaped having to live a life of Capricorn

2. … learnt to read at the age of 5, almost on my own, so they say

3. … loved school

4. … quite often got into trouble for what they call the “long tongue” in Slovenia

5. … learnt to play billiards and card games at the grammar school

6. … once worked on assembly line for 2 months to earn some money for my studies

7. … once hitchhiked to Berlin and back to Ljubljana

8. … love my present job

9. … prefer German for thinking about life, the Universe and all the fish

10. … speak a very difficult Slovenian dialect including sounds like ö and ü

11. … speak English with either a German or a Slovenian accent

12. … sincerely apologize for my English

13. … love Yiddish and Klezmer

14. … am happily married though I used to claim I would never do so

15. … gave up smoking successfully, after 10 miserable years

16. … did put on some weight after that, so what

17. … have never eaten a hamburger in my life

18. … have never owned a TV set

19. … hate Brad Pitt but adore Adrien Brody

20. … am team Aniston

21. … am a big fan of Helge Schneider

22. … own an iPod Shuffle and a Nano

23. … can’t ski, skate or similar

24. … can’t play any instruments or sing

25. … almost never wear make up

26. … wear glasses

27. … would schlepp with me to a lonely island: husband, library, internet connection

28. … envy people who have successfully written a book of any interest

29. … am quite ticklish

30. … love moose (elk)

31. … like to shop at H&M

32. … love good jokes

33. … should probably be translating an operating manual for something right now

34. … wear six small earrings. Three in each ear, of course.

35. … love being 35. I really do.