Christoph’s New Year’s Resolutions:

Make new friends.

Eat less junk food.

Learn lots.

Try new things.

Get more beauty rest.

Have fun!
Christoph hopes all your plans and wishes for 2009 come true!
January 7, 2009. food, friends, life, special occassion. .

my soul is in the sky.
wings by truepenny
“Whether outwardly or inwardly, whether in space or time, the farther we penetrate the unknown, the vaster and more marvelous it becomes.” – Charles A. Lindbergh
January 7, 2009. Tags: butterflies, Charles Lindbergh, flight, flying, unknown. life, philosophy. .

Life is like a mirror; we get the best results when we smile at it.
“I’d rather be able to face myself in a bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.” -Ani Difranco
January 5, 2009. Tags: Ani Difranco, fame, life, mirror, reflection, self, smile. life, philosophy. .

Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.
“Winwood Reade is good upon the subject,” said Holmes. “He remarks that, while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty.”
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
December 27, 2008. Tags: detective, game, mystery, puzzle, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four, toy. books, life, philosophy. .

Talking about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.
To hide a passion totally (or even to hide, more simply, its excess) is inconceivable: not because the human subject is too weak, but because passion is in essence made to be seen: the hiding must be seen: I want you to know that I am hiding something from you, that is the active paradox I must resolve: at one and the same time it must be known and not known: I want you to know that I don’t want to show my feelings: that is the message I address to the other.
-Roland Barthes
December 8, 2008. Tags: emotion, feelings, hiding, mystery, Nietzsche, other, paradox, passion, Roland Barthes, seeing, self. feelings, life, philosophy. .

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.
“I like vending machines because snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at the store, I will drop it so that is achieves its maximum flavour potential.”
-Mitch Hedberg
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December 7, 2008. Tags: chips, leisure, Mitch Hedberg, peanuts, relaxation, snacks. food, life. .

the great combat, the combat of life
“Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.”
-Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
December 1, 2008. Tags: battle, Cervantes, combat, courage, foe, life, Plato, robot. life. .

Be an angel. Save a life.
Als das Kind Kind war,
wußte es nicht, daß es Kind war,
alles war ihm beseelt,
und alle Seelen waren eins.
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When the child was a child,
it didn’t know it was a child,
everything was soulful,
and all souls were one.
-Peter Handke
…for more watch this clip.
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(Christoph has noticed that he often gets the same Jones Soda fortune – maybe they should think of some new ones. Or perhaps he just has to save a life)
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November 30, 2008. Tags: angels, fortune, Jones Soda, Peter Handke, save a life, Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire. food, life, movies. .

A hero is someone who's afraid to run away.
“Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it’s yours.”
-Ayn Rand
November 29, 2008. Tags: Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, cape, flying, hero, proverb, road, superhero, travel. life. .