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Jan

vurdych

About Me

A traveller, A golfer, A cat lover, A self-proclaimed realist, A potential semi-abstinent (with the exception of weekends, holidays, birthdays, namedays, special occasions and any other time that is deemed appropriate by the relevant objective authorities, that is to say me) This individual is also known as "Vurdych", "Donkey", "That sarcastic bastard" and many others that can hardly be reproduced publicly.I'm a bit of a citizen of the world, lived in the Czech republic which is my home, stayed in London for 5 years, stayed a year in Bruxelles and now am doing my undergraduate degree in management and psychology in Vienna starting my third year and looking forward to another few.

My Interests

Golf, Travel, Literature, Wine evenings with friends, Beer evenings with friends, Cocktail evenings with friends,

Music:

Charles Aznavour, R.E.M., Coldplay, Doors, ZNC (Znouzectnost), Karel Kryl, Bob Marley and many others

Movies:

The Big Lebowski, Dogma, Monthy Python's, (any of them), Ran, Blade Runner, The Godfather, Snatch, My Fair Lady

Books:

M.V. Llosa - War at the end of the world, G.G. Marquez - The chronicles of death fortold, One hundered years of solitude, Terry Pratchett - any of his, Neil Gaiman - American Gods, Neverwhere, P.K. Dick - Ubiq, and any of the others as well

My Blog

On coming home following an extended leave of absence

As many of you may know I have recently had the opportunity to visit my home town of Prague with a greater frequency than in the previous years. As these visits go a sense of nostalgia overcame me and...
Posted by Jan on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:18:00 PST

On the nature of cats and dogs and good intentions

This blog was inspired by a comment that found itself on my site recently, it has been posted by a person that I care for very much, and respect her in her own right, despite her ability to start out ...
Posted by Jan on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:47:00 PST