Gertjan
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet |
| Occupation | Programmer |
| Location | Velsen, Netherlands |
| Introduction | I was born in the last month of 1976. I didn't contribute much on that point although I was physically present at the occasion. I studied business economics in The Hague which was not really my thing. I finished and started working in IT to prove the point. Today I program ASP.Net sites and play with SQL databases. But this is only the boring bit, I luckily have several other lives. I am a part-time history student at the University of Leiden. When reading my blog you'll notice that I have a strong opinion on all kinds of stuff. No need to agree with me as long as you keep things civilized. I also tell stories and make pictures. I ran my own publishing company from 1998 to 2002 and loved the work as long as it lasted. There is very little money to be made in independent publishing. I am a writer-designer-photographer on the side and created tons of brochures, a couple of books and pictures. I like to travel and be surprised. I can't stand tickling and become very annoying when people make me curious just for the fun of it. In the end I am me and I like it. Oh I am absolutely *obsessed* by books and plan to end the world with a huge amount of rubber duckies and a stopwatch. |
| Interests | classical music, computers, hard rock, heavy metal, gothic, hiking, mountaineering, medieval history, mp3s, programming, asp.Net, reading, english literature, webdesign, writing, theology, philosophy, poetry, photography, politics, mythology, christianity, islam, judaism, travel, outdoors, museum, art, baroque, movies, alternative, science fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller, swimming, sailing, enlightenment, renaissance, surrealism, impressionism, rococo, roman, jugendstil, neo-gothic, wine, whiskey, culture, society |
| Favorite movies | Dead Poets Society, Stigmata, Lord of the Rings, Excalibur, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain, Twelve Monkeys, Muppet Show, Devil's Advocate, Constantine, The Matrix, Le Pact des Loupes, Leon, The Godfather, Pulp Fiction, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Ring, Blairwitch Project, Blade Runner, Schindler's List, Fight Club, Dark City, La vita e bella, Saving Private Ryan |
| Favorite music | Counting Crows, Dave Matthews, Radiohead, Wolfsheim, Yann Tiersen, Händel, Albinoni, Monteverdi, Schütz, Beethoven, Boyce, Barber, Dvorak, Fauré, Brahms, Verdi, Puccini, The Cure, Evanescence, Nightwish, Therion, Trail of Tears, Pearl Jam, Creed, KoRn, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Clannad, Genesis, Marillion, Mike Oldfield, The Clash, Billy Joel, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Deep Purple, Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Queen, The Eagles, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Janis Joplin, Ayreon, Blind Guardian, Dream Theater, Jeff Wayne, Pink Floyd |
| Favorite books | Mists of Avalon, Alice in Wonderland, Canterbury Tales, Coll. works of Charles Dickens, Poetry of T.S. Eliot, Lord of the Flies, Brave New World, One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest, The Catcher in the Rye, Paradise Lost & Regained, 1984, Animal Farm, Coll. works of E.A. Poe, War of the Worlds, Picture of Dorian Gray, All Quiet on the Western Front, Coll. works of Shakespeare, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, and so much more |