CURRENT MISSION

I have been asked whether I make jokes about everything. No. Only about things that are serious ;) Be silly and have fun. After all, it's only fucking life, right?

PHILOSOPHY

How can anyone not laugh at this?

There will be dogs in heaven for everyone.

Interests

• dogs
• boating
• scuba diving
• swimming
• nursing

Music, Movies, and Books

Fight Club, Walter Moers, Ernest Hemingway, Shantaram, A History of the World in 10,5 Chapters, The Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Lost in Translation, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Snatch, Lock, Stock and two smoking Barrels, Black Books, The Simpsons, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

On the east coast of Australia, about 2 miles out in the sea from South West Rocks, I experienced the best scuba dive of my life. The boat stopped next to a big rock, about as high as two average buildings, and we jumped into the water. It was very cold, especially since we were about to go inside the rock, diving through the cave, where temperatures are naturally a few degrees lower than in the open water. In the cave we go, and it was pitch black, except for the flash lights we had been equipped with before we set off. Numerous people banged their heads, the passage was incredibly narrow, there were bubbles, legs, oxygen tanks, and rocks everywhere. After 10 minutes, there was a tiny ray of light visible up ahead, which became bigger and stronger the closer we got to it. Then suddenly the cave opened up out of nowhere, and a dark silhouette floated through the entrance from left to right. We couldn't quite make out what it was, but it looked big. We would find out a few seconds later when the water cleared a bit and my eyes set upon the most majestic sight in my life: outside the entrance of the cave, 40+ sharks were circling in the calm waters. There were sharks everywhere, it was mind-numbing. We slowly advanced, clinging to the walls of the cave, diving right next to the sharks, not more than 2 metres away. There we rested for a few minutes to give the sharks the time to get acquainted to the situation, what with 5 weirdly coloured people bubbling in their world. Then, slowly, one by one, we drifted into the middle of the sharks, and it was simply fantastic. They accepted the divers in their middle and started circling us with curiosity, coming ever so close, it was amazing. The memory of ten sharks simultaneously swimming around me unaggressively, all within a radius of five metres is now forever burned into my mind :)

As an explanation: We knew up front that the sharks were Grey Nurse Sharks, which, though big (up to 3 metres), are completely harmless. If you're interested, there's a pictures of me with one of them up on CS.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Mali, New Zealand, Niger, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Egypt, Nigeria