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Dani

Blame it on the love of rock n' roll...

About Me

Well, my name is Dani and I live in Düsseldorf/Germany. I'm working as trainee in media design at an advertising agency. My main interests besides designing are music, films, travelling, photography and art in general. I grew up on listening to Elvis and The Beatles as my mum loves this music. I think this was the key experience for my love to rock music. But I also like classical music, especially piano tunes very much. Here my favourite tune since I was 3 years old was and still is "Ballade pour Adeline" by Richard Clayderman. This was probably also the reason that I got my first instrument - a keyboard - at the age of 7 and started with lessons soon afterwards. I think I had all sort of hobbies one could imagine up to now: from ballet to latin and standard dance, judo and tae kwon do, horseback riding to learning several instruments. Always tried out something new. Unfortunately these days I don't have that much time for all this anymore, but well... I also love travelling, my favourite places to go are England, Portugal, Spain and Finland. I also would like to visit Ireland and Greece one day... Especially Ireland as I had literature and other courses at university where Irish authors' works were analysed and I could also learn much about its history. Alright, this was a "short" excursion into my life and what I like...
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My Interests

Music, Movies, Travelling, Photography, Webdesign, Art...

Ohne Musik wäre das Leben ein Irrtum. - Without music, life would be a mistake. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
(Robert Frost)

If today was perfect there would be no need for tomorrow.

I'd like to meet:

People from all over the world who share my interests and my love to music...

Music:

3 Doors Down, 30 Seconds To Mars, 4 Non Blondes, The 69 Eyes, Aerosmith, Alter Bridge, Andreas Johnson, Apoptygma Berzerk, Backyard Babies, Beatles, Beach Boys, Blink 182, Bloodpit, Bon Jovi, Boomtown Rats, Brides Of Destruction, Bryan Adams, The Calling, Cheap Trick, Cinderella, Creed, D.A.D., The Darkness, Elvis, End Of You, Foo Fighters, Gemini Five, Goo Goo Dolls, Guns N' Roses, Hanoi Rocks, Hardcore Superstar, The Hellacopters, Hybrid Children, Interpol, KISS, Lifehouse, Lit, Matchbox Twenty, The Misfits, Moonspell, Mötley Crüe, Mr. Big, Naked, Negative, Nirvana, The Offpring, Oleander, P, The Police, Private Line, Puddle Of Mudd, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Richard Clayderman, The RMS, Robbie Williams, Scorpions, Simon & Garfunkel, Skid Row, Slipping Stitches, Smash Mouth, SR-71, Stone Temple Pilots, Sugar Ray, Teenage Casket Company, Twisted Sister, U2, Ugly Kid Joe, Uniklubi, User, Van Halen, V.A.S.T., Velvet Revolver, W.A.S.P., The Who, Whyte Seeds...

Movies:

Star Wars, Loaded Weapon, Lord Of The Rings, Leading Man, Never Too Young To Die, Pump Up The Volume, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Cry Baby, Finding Neverland, Arizona Dream, Ring, Back To The Future, Short Circuit, Pet Cemetary, The Haunting, The Devil Wears Prada...

Television:

21 Jump Street, Crossing Jordan, Fastlane, Thieves, CSI, Poltergeist: The Legacy, Spin City, Star Trek, Thunder In Paradise, A-Team, The Division, Knight Rider, Full House, Ugly Betty...

Books:

Stephen King - Needful Things, Anne Rice - The Tale Of The Bodythief, J.R.R. Tolkien - Lord Of The Rings, C.S. Lewis - The Chronicles Of Narnia, Joanne Harris - Chocolat, Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code, Liam O'Flaherty - The Informer, Neil Gaiman - The Sandman, Gregory & Tintory - The Book Of Names...

Heroes:

Heroes are ordinary men who do extraordinary things in extraordinary times...

My Blog

After 13 hours ...

... sitting in front of this screen with tons of coffee and water, one pack of cigarettes (I know there was something...shhhhhhut it...I will keep to my word again...later :P), a box of ice cream, hal...
Posted by Dani on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:51:00 PST

Yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me...

Well, earlier today I was at the cinema watching Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End. All I can say this was an incredible movie once again. I mean, usually you can say when there are second or ...
Posted by Dani on Sat, 26 May 2007 01:16:00 PST

The Castle

Alright here comes the photoblog from our visit to an ancient castle nearby:The castle"Welcome to »our« castle."Denny and meThe park outside the castle walls"I believe I can fly...""Hey you! Yeah you ...
Posted by Dani on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:53:00 PST

On my mind...

I just realised once again that I've got the bestest friends on earth and I want to say many thanks to them for being there. All the great moments and memories we share are very precious to me and I n...
Posted by Dani on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:11:00 PST

Dani goes Düsselwood...

Good things come to those who wait... Today our film project finally came to an end. For a project in cooperation with the Film Museum Düsseldorf, we had to create a commercial video. We didn't get an...
Posted by Dani on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:41:00 PST

There's life on Mars!

Just returned from 30 Seconds To Mars' gig in Cologne. All I can say is: awesome show!! They are a really great live band. Jared also sang two songs all alone just with guitar. He really has got a ver...
Posted by Dani on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:17:00 PST

I'm back!!

After one month struggling with my stupid old laptop which has a damned hard drive error I finally have a working computer again. Today my new macbook finally arrived after its travel from shanghai......
Posted by Dani on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:38:00 PST

Naive stupidity?

I just thought I was dreaming after seeing this report about the new hand luggage regulations for flights on television. I mean, how naive and stupid are they?First of, in case you haven't heard about...
Posted by Dani on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:55:00 PST

Burgrock Festival 2006

Amorphis: full set @ www.suomirocks.com   Negative: full set coming soon @ www.negativeband.de   Apoptygma Berzerk: full set coming soon @ www.danilust.com...
Posted by Dani on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:51:00 PST

Someday I'll Be Saturday Night

I've just returned home from an incredible concert. It's been three years since I've seen Bon Jovi the last time and tonight I saw them live again. The support band was Nickelback. Their singer said t...
Posted by Dani on Sun, 14 May 2006 06:07:00 PST