:: snooweatinganima

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[what is snooweatinganima?] [what do you do?] [what do you like?] [what do you dislike?] [how can I contact you?] [a final word]

What is snooweatinganima?
short version:
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snooweatinganima is my virtual existence, my subject in the virtual environment. By using the net, everybody becomes a number. If you have your presence - your IP# - provided by someone, it will start, will be born when you enter...and perish if you disconnect. You always become someone else, even if your autobiographical memory tells you that you're the same. For me, having a homepage is like having an external memory, linking things so that I can go back into the labyrinth of my past (apologies to all Anais Nin readers). Since the strong notion of a "self" is philosophically dubious, it's a pleasure to have a private scrapbook that changes with you, well, at least under the same URI.

What do you do?
I'm a student of philosophy, computer science and anthropology at the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz, Germany.

Currently, I'm getting my money by working at the archive of the German Film Institute, a very interesting institution which exists in order to save the most famous German films from being forgotten or destroyed. They have a beautiful "Programmkino" called CALIGARI where ~~you can find me every Wednesday sitting behind the ticket window~~ I work as film projectionist every Monday and Wednesday.

There would be more to say about what I do than what I'm studying or how I earn (part of) my money, but, honestly, not everything belongs to a public website. Besides, I prefer dialogues.

What do you like?
Many things. Intelligence, Compassion, Empathy, Honesty...sort of what everybody likes. A short list'o'things(tm):

literature: everything from Thomas Mann (whom I really, really adore) to Douglas Adams, from Goethe (the Mozart of words) to ~~Silke~~ Sibylle Berg. Mostly the classical, canonical stuff. Random tip: Die Buddenbrooks from Thomas Mann
music: classical music (Bach, Beethoven, Mozart), Jazz (Coltrane, Davis, up to Nora Jones), Blues (know Robert Johnson?), HipHop (Mos Def, Zion-I, native tongues, Wu Tang, rarely German & French HipHop), good Beat music, some World music (Die Grine Kuzine), some punk, some hardcore.
art: photography, modern architecture, photorealism (know Antje Majewski?), provocative actions (Christoph Schlingensief). Old Masters & young, unknown ones.
philosophy: most anything. I like older Christian philosophers like Thomas von Aquin or Leibniz (even though I'm a type-B materialist) as well as Marx (he's very sarcastic) and modern analytical philosophy of mind (thanks to T. Metzinger). Aristotle and Plato are primary thinkers no one should left out. If I were to name my most beloved philosopher, I'd say Nietzsche,- but that's because you can get everything and nothing out of him.
film: My friends say I'm too picky... I adore films like "Tokyo Story" by Yasujiro Ozu (my favourite film is ~~soon~~ available on dvd), "Ghost Dog" by Jim Jarmush, "Apocalypse Now" by F.F. Coppola, "Jazz Seen" by Julian Benedikt, "Magnolia" by Paul Thomas Anderson, "Love and Anarchy" and "Seven Beauties" by Lina Wertmüller, "Europe" by Lars von Trier or even "Nosferatu" by Murnau, I laugh at funny ones like "Braindead" by P. Jackson, I can kill time with mostly harmless ones like "Lord of the rings" or "Matrix 1", but I loathe the reactionary dumb ones like "Pearl Harbor", "Blackhawk Down" or "Matrix 2".
computers: esp. poking around with GNU/Linux (counted Linux User #203485), exploring the immense complexity of my PC as well as the vast landscapes of the internet, programming, participating in communications, creating and manipulating pictures.

What else you ask? Well. My parents who are the best in the world (no discussion here), my sister, my grandparents. My friends. Woman (can't help it). The most beautiful animals on earth: cats. And probably a whole universe more.

What do you dislike?
Stupidity. Mass-media controlled minds who know everything. Blind success-seeking wimps who try to get richer on other peoples costs. Morality preachers who try to rule the world.

Sometimes myself.

Censorship. Note: The German Film Institute - my current employer - is working on an interesting project on censorship with a focus on censored films. Definitively worth taking a look at.

All kinds of violence and suppression.

Laziness (I did mention myself, right?)

TV addicts.

Elitists. Right-winged politicians who think that they're born to rule the dumb masses. Neoliberal slimeballs who think solidarity is something too expensive.

Antimeditation.

Many other things.

How can I contact you?
Write an eMail, it's my favorite way to communicate. Alternatively, you can read some unclear texts and love drunk poems I wrote in my puberty (thankfully they are written in German, so no one actually bothers reading them), see some pictures I like, or just leave your trail in my guestbook.

A final word:
Not everything on this page is up-to-date. Well, most things aren't. If you want to know more, write me. It's easy and you'll get a reply.

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