36 THINGS 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
• 12. … 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 shopping 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.
• 36. … my hair’s very short.