BOOKS
Ever since I was little, writing books has been my dream. I started many but finished few. And those few never saw the (publishing) light of day. I usually gave up after around 40 pages and I can barely look at my old work anymore. I might upload something from my teenage years one day, just to give you an idea. Or not.
Then I tried to get a poem collection published for a while. The idea was to combine my writing with pictures from as many different contributors as possible … but that didn’t really work out either. So no books yet. Sorry.
Song adaptations
Translating songs into a different language (in my case either German or English) is quite a challenge. But it is great fun too! Finding the right words and rhymes to make it sound good while still preserving the meaning and feel of the original song – in a way it’s like a puzzle. I like it.
I’ve been interested in this field of work for several years now, and I’ve managed to create a few good translations (or rather adaptations). Here’s a selection:
If you want me to write an adaptation of your own work or your favorite song, feel free to contact me!
Subtitles
Subtitling is an area that I haven’t really found the time to get into yet. I’ve written the official German subtitles for some of Chris Thompson’s (supricky06) videos on YouTube a couple of years ago. I’ve also written several German subtitles for Shane Dawson’s old clips, but he never put them online. Too bad!
Other than that, there’s nothing much I could mention in this section. I think audio description might be a really fascinating field of work. Would be fun to try that someday.
If you want me to write your subtitles, feel free to contact me.
Poems
Over the last decade or so, I’ve posted countless short poems on Facebook and/or Twitter whenever I felt like writing. Poetry is what got me most of my Facebook fans. It’s more or less become my main creative focus for a couple of years. Here is an extensive collection of my favorite poems. Reading through all of them might take a while.
The pills keep me from dying
But they don't make me live
There's no point in denying
I've so much more to give
So much I've never tasted
And yet I feel so done
More than a decade wasted
No happiness, just fun
The evenings are empty
The days are all but good
I'm all I ever can be
Much less than humans should
At work I try to function
At home I rarely try
Again I face the junction
Between Move on and Die
You can spank me till I flinch
Make me swallow 7 inch
Bite my nipples, punish sass
Then come deep inside my ass
You can scratch me, choke me, rule
Can command me, that's all cool
We can have that type of fun
But when you and I are done
I expect you to be here
If you ever disappear
While I'm in a beat-up state
You'll have lost me, no debate
I wish I could always see
This body and face owned by me
The way that I did that day
And think that they both look okay
I wish I could always live
The way that I want to, and give
Much more than I take or need
An honest, calm stranger to greed
It just doesn't get better. Ever.
Can you keep things that matter? Never.
All your life no good thing lasted.
Half the dreams that you chased, blasted.
You feel desperate, weak and cheated.
All the progress you've made deleted.
