Welcome to the werechicken's willow

Please come in, but don't step on my drawings... oh, and be careful about the books, the towers are not stable. I didn't have statics courses yet. I study architecture, you know? But I don't think they'll tell us how to build towers out of fantasy and science fiction, sticked together with bits of arts and sciences anyhow. People don't know what is really important...

Sit down please. May I offer you some tea? Or do you prefer coffee? A sandwich? Here you are... oh, could you please help me? Put all this paper off the table, there is no space left for the cups. Just put it down on the floor, yes, to all the other things. Thank you.

...I think I should tidy up all this tomorrow...

You see, I'm a bit chaotic, but sometimes I am very pedantic too. That can be even worse. Really drives my friends mad sometimes.

May I introduce you to my cat? Say Hello to our guest Muzi... sorry she is a bit shy. She doesn't want to talk to strangers.
Oh, yes, she talks a lot sometimes.
What about? Everything. Mice, birds, nuclear physics.

Do you want another cup?

ABOUT ME

Now you've got something to eat and drink, so it's time for some information about me. As I told you, I study architecture and as you might have found out I really like drawing and reading. There's not much else I can tell you about me, for there is not much more to be told. I'm 23 years old, live in Austria¹ and my native language is German. I study at the University of Technology in Vienna and therefore spend most of my time in this city. When I'm driving home by train, there's enough time to read, so I've got an immense consumption of books since I'm on university. My favourite writers are JRR Tolkien, Terry Pratchettand of course Douglas Adams. I also like Harry Potter and Tad Williams' "Otherland" and "War of the Flowers".
One of my favourite films is The Lord of the Rings, not only because I like the books, there are some things they changed in the story which really annoy me. For instance that they left out the destruction of the Shire. Why? They said it is no good end for a film. But it is essential! I like the film because of things like the trees on Boromir's buttons, the great buildings and landscapes, which look exactely like they are described in the books.
I also like the first part of Matrix, but the second was bad and I didn't even watch the third one. The first part had everything: good story, wonderful special effects and everything else it needed. The second one had special effects. I like science fiction films, but often dislike fantasy films because there's often too much rubbish around in this genre. In general they don't have the slightest logic and costumes and sets are rather embarrassing².
I've got a cat called Muzi, she's 8 years old and has long red, white and black hair.

For more and please visit The Lime Tree Café which you can find here. You don't have to sign up for anything, just come and have a good time.

I'm head of the German Department and I am responsible for updating the pages of The Language Thing. I apologize for being lazy.

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Here you can fill your plates with some quotes I like. The selection can change after some time, but be careful: the cheese may be offered before the fish. When the original quote is German it is always followed by a translation.

DNA
The Guide is definite. Reality is frequently inaccurate.

I ache therefore I am, I am therefore I ache.(Marvin, of course)

I don't accept the currently fashionable assertion that any view is automatically as worthy of respect as any equal and opposit view.

Loriot
Der beste Platz für einen Politiker ist das Wahlplakat. Dort ist er tragbar, geräuschlos und leicht zu entfernen.
The best place for a politician is the election poster. There he is tolerable, quiet and easy to remove.

OTTO
Und aus dem Chaos sprach eine Stimme zu mir:"Lächle und sei froh, es könnte schlimmer kommen!" Und ich lachte und war froh - denn es kam schlimmer.
And out of the chaos a voice said to me "smile and be happy, it could get worse!" And I smiled and was happy - because it became worse.

Terry Pratchett
People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.

No matter how fast light travels it finds the darkness has always got there first and is waiting for it.

People think it's strange to have a turtle ten thousand miles long and an elephant more than two thousand miles tall, which just shows that the human brain is ill-adapted for thinking and was probably originally designed for cooling the blood... the fact that there's a big turtle is far less amazing than the fact that there is a turtle anywhere.

Helmut Qualtinger
Phantasie ist etwas, das sich viele gar nicht vorstellen können.
Fantasy is something many people can't imagine.

JRR Tolkien
A new character has come on the scene (I am sure I did not invent him, I did not even want him, but there he came walking through the woods of Ithilien): Faramir, the brother of Boromir.

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it whould be a merrier world.

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations if you live near him.

It's the job that's never started that takes longest to finish.

Karl Valentin
Mögen hätt' ich schon wollen, aber dürfen hab' ich mich nicht getraut.
I whould have liked to want, but I didn't dare to be allowed.

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¹ for all those who don't know: right in the centre of Europe
² of course there are some exceptions like LOTR