35 THINGS ABOUT
- 1. … 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
- 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.
