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elger

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About Me

I study art & culture studies at the University of Groningen. I'm 25 years old and have a broad interest in a lot of strange things. Recently I did my first work as a professional photographer covering the Eurosonic Pop Festival. Here are some of the pictures:

My Interests

theatre, aviation, music, history, art, comedy

I'd like to meet:

as many interesting people as possible

Music:

Aimee Mann, Air, Auf der Maur, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Folds, Bright Eyes, Cat Power, the Charlatans, the Cure, Damien Rice, the Dandy Warhols, Death Cab for Cutie, the Dresden Dolls, Eels, Fiona Apple, Franz Ferdinand, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Goldfrapp, Hooverphonic, Johan, the Killers, the Kinks, Keane, the Kooks, Kosheen, Kula Shaker, LAURA VEIRS, Linda Strawberry, Madrugada, Manic Street Preachers, Massive Attack, New Order, Ozark Henry, Phoenix, P J Harvey, Pete Yorn, Pink Floyd, Placebo, the Police, Portishead, Radiohead, rem, Ryan Adams, Simian, SMASHING PUMPKINS, STARS, Travis, the The, the Veils, the Verve, the White Stripes, U2, Vienna Teng, Wedding Present

Movies:

The Big Lebowski, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zazzou, Willow, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Starwars (the original 3 of course), The Royal Tenenbaums, Indiana Jones, Team America: World Police, What about Bob?, Erik the Viking, Disco Pigs, The Avengers (yes, really), The Lady Killers, Kill Bill, Lost in Translation, Goodbye Lenin, The Party, A Matter of Life and Death, Ed Wood, Big Fish, Casablanca, Adaptation, Being John Malcovic, Shrek, American Beauty, etc...

Television:

Bottom, Father Ted, Robin of Sherwood, The Simpsons, Seinfeld, The Office, Foyle's War, Waking the Dead, Little Britain, The Singing Detective

Books:

The World According to Garp, The Quiet American, High Fidelity, The Restraint of Beasts etc

Heroes:

David Brent

My Blog

life is good

It's nice to know that there are people who are less in touch with reality than myself. I mean, I may have suggested some outrageous steps to ensure the best possible theatre performances in Guts, but...
Posted by elger on Wed, 12 Oct 2005 02:18:00 PST

girlfriend application form

stolen from Sabby and originally a 'boyfriend application form' but anyway feel free to fill in... 1. Who are you? 2. Are we friends? 3. When and how did we meet? 4. How have I affected you? 5. What...
Posted by elger on Sun, 18 Sep 2005 10:32:00 PST

seriously

People sometimes say I take myself too seriously. I don't really, but I do take my work serious. "Creativity and insecurity always seem to go hand in hand" said actress Ellen Vogel in an interview I...
Posted by elger on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

festival update

We didn't get selected for the festival. Too bad. Fortunately, the theatregroup's management was nice enough to let us go through with the project and we will probably perform the play in December. Mo...
Posted by elger on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

the AUDITION

Theo was supposed to attend a rehearsal but at the last moment he couldn't make it, so he sent a replacement, Gary. Personally I don't really like Gary and I saw it as a bad omen. I had to do the re...
Posted by elger on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

project under way

Yesterday we had the first proper rehearsal and I'm very happy with how it went. First of all, it was delightful to work with Jeroen again. Unlike with TSOT, we're used to how we work, and we make a g...
Posted by elger on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

second meeting with Theo

The second meeting with Theo was rather positive, and I'm feeling quite hopeful that our chances to be at the festival are good. But, things that might seem within reach tend to go *poof* and vanish i...
Posted by elger on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Outlying Islands - the complication

So today Jeroen and me had a talk with Theo de Groot, the organiser of the theatre festival and guru of theatre in Groningen. It's looking fairly postitive. We have a suitable play and the fact that...
Posted by elger on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Outlying Islands - The Beginning

After the success of The Shape of Things Jeroen (my co-director) and I set out to find another play that would be as interesting / modern / funny / sad to do. I was in Oxford in the beginning of May 2...
Posted by elger on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST