Took me more than 20 years to understand this song. Simon&Garfunkel had it right.

A winter's day
In a deep and dark December
I am alone
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow
I am a rock I am an island

I've built walls
A fortress deep and mighty
That none may penetrate
I have no need of friendship friendship causes pains
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain
I am a rock I am an island

Don't talk of love
Well I've heard the word before
It's sleeping in my memory
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died
If I never loved I never would have cried
I am a rock I am an island

I have my books
And my poetry to protect me
I am shielded in my armor
Hiding in my room safe within my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me
I am a rock I am an island

And a rock feels no pain
And an island never cries

Fuck all this :(

I finally saved enough to upgrade my old flux trainer to a proper Neo 2T. it is incredibly silent, like midnight training silent (love your neighbors)

But it is also very powerful. the resistance it offers is… well… too much for my bike 😂

feels bad but actually good? 😇

Yup, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation.

context/source: https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/scholz-putin-109.html

I think we can learn a lot from Gen-Z humor

so.. shooting and skiing.
Basically any sport will be more exciting if you hand weapons to the contestants…

snowboard-fencing sure sounds like an awesome idea xD

After Facebook/Whatsapp now also Youtube is on my shitlist because seriously… they don’t even try to hide the fact anymore that it was never about the users, the creators.

It is about advertising and making money and frankly, I have more creative ways to spend my money

Getting old is (should be) about wisdom, settling down, taking it a bit slower, watching teenagers no-scoping you faster than you can even raise your defense.. but it also is about not letting go of those child-like pleasures like discovering something new.

I was listening to an ambient mix today in public transport.. mellow lo-fi electronica without lyrics, usually. In this case: Peace Orchestra’s “Who Am I” (spotify link)

Now, there is something that Spotify features, the “Lyrics” tab. It showed up on this song. But why would an ambient electronica song have a lyrics tab? So.. curiosity got me and I tapped it. Opened this:

but nobody ever sings in that track.. escept for a sampled loop of “who am I?”
It is just scrolling by for you, the listener.. to take in while chilling to this track

I never want to lose the child-like happiness that I felt when this happened. Me, in public transport,. with earphones.. enjoying that little moment of bliss having shared something with someone – unscripted, unplanned. Like watching a sunrise unexpectedly.

P.S. Stellt sich raus “Peace Orchestra” is ein Solo Projekt von Peter Kruder – eine Hälfte von “Kruder&Dorfmeister” – das erklärt dann auch warum mich das so fasziniert hat :) is auch schon wieder seit 25 Jahren ein Teil meines Lebens <3