People, places and things, abstract art, electronic music i.e. Kraftwerk, funky old European cars, philosophy, psychology, post-modernism, travel, working out, playing racquetball and collecting diecast aircraft and cars. (Yup, I'm still a big kid)
By atukazhit at 2008-11-01
Music
KRAFTWERK The Robots
KRAFTWERK - Tour de France (Etape 2)
JEAN MICHEL JARRE - EQUINOXE
DELERIUM - Til the End of Time
KLAUS SCHULZE - Moondawn
KRAFTWERK - The Model
KRAFTWERK - Neon Lights
KRAFTWERK - Home Computer (Heimkomputer)
KRAFTWERK - Pocket Calculator
KRAFTWERK - Der Anruf (The Telephone Call)
KRAFTWERK - Airwaves
Movies
SCHINDLER'S LIST
THE JERK
Television
Love war documentaries on the History Channel, decorating shows on HGTV and the Dog Whisperer on National Geographic. Sometime pine for the 60s reruns on TVLAND.
Books
Currently rereading all of Dostoevsky's works as they speak to my current place in life.
Heroes
This East German Border Guard who decided he would take his chances by jumping over to the West in 1961.
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA
Graduated: 1994
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Clinical Social Work
1991 to 1994
Villanova University
Villanova, PA
Graduated: 1989
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: History/Psychology
Minor: Russian Language
1985 to 1988
Defense Language Institute
Monterey, CA
Graduated: 1983
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Other
Major: Russian Language
Clubs: U.S. Marine Corps
1982 to 1983
Sparrows Point High
Sparrows Point, MD
Graduated: 1978
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
1976 to 1978
Mc Donogh School
Mc Donogh, MD
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Major: Wasting Time
Clubs: German Club, Orchestra, Rifle Team, Cross Country, JV Football and Horse Stable Cleaner for accumulating too many demerits.
1974 to 1976
Gerd is going to the SPHS 30-year reunion in Baltimore tonight. view more
About me: I came to the United States in 1965 as a small boy from the industrial city of Essen, Germany (see my video)and spent my remaining formative years in the Baltimore area. Having been a precocious child with a flair for helping others solve their problems, I knew at the age of 9 or 10 that I was destined to be a psychotherapist, however, I fought that particular calling until my early 30s. After barely graduating high school due to a general sense of apathy, I left a "prestigious" job working in a paint factory and decided that the Marine Corps was my way out of an unhappy situation. I still have no regrets about having made this decision. In addition to learning about the various methods to kill another human being, I was also instructed in the Russian language and thereafter had a lot of very interesting experiences throughout the world. I resumed my college studies in ernest after discharging from the Marine Corps in 1984 and eventually went to graduate school only to be activated in my first year when the first Gulf War broke out. As with so many other challenges in my life, I managed to survive that one as well and did eventually finish graduate school in order to be able to obtain my professional license and begin practicing my God-given art. Since then, I have been happy to facilitate positive emotional changes in many people in my professional practice over the resulting years. Therapy is truly an art which I believe requires one to be born into. I also believe that one has to have a strong belief and trust in their own "sixth sense" as well as absolute respect for the inherent strengths which exist in all human beings to be successful in this endeavor. It is not an activity to be taken lightly and in my estimation cannot be adequately learned in a book or classroom alone. In addition to working in private practice, corrections, psychiatric hospitals, community mental health, as well as behavioral managed care, I did a three-year stint working with the terminally-ill and their families. I highly recommend the latter to those who are trying to come to terms with their own mortality and acceptance of death. I currently live in the Philadelphia suburbs with my wife Laura, stepson Matthew, my two dear chihuahuas, Lucy and Lilly and an old calico cat, Sabrina. As we live next to a forest, we are visited frequently by a den of foxes that like to play hide and go seek near my garden shed, a herd of deer that come to clean up the apples that have fallen to the ground as well as an obese raccoon that continually absconds with our garbage. All in all, it's not a bad life.
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Who I'd like to meet: Any honest and genuine person who wishes to correspond and get to know me as a person. I am definitely not interested in barely legal girls' webcam sites and will immediately block anyone promoting these as well as any other SPAM activities to also include any form of Ponzi schemes. So please be considerate and don't waste my time or your's.
Sorry I missed you guys...I really wanted to come, but circumstances didn't allow me the pleasure!! I know you all had a blast, and I really wanted to be a part of it. Hopefully, I can make the next one. Did you all plan for a future reunion?
hi gerd, how is everything? everything here is well. getting ready to graduate my 4th child from sphs. 1 more to go....... no, i have not heard. i make sure i check the eagle. i will email you if i hear anything. i have not seen anyone to ask........... kim
just want to drop a short note. I..ve got the chance to leave germany and go to Singapore for a while. This seemed to me to be a very intresting step in life. But as my departure date comes closer, I..m a bit afraid because of all the people I leave behind. I think that thought are normal!? What do you think?
Hey Gerd, realy nice to hear from you and thanks a lot for your comment regarding my layout. Did you get information about "love parade" the mega techno event which has happened in you town of birth in august? I will try to collect some pictures of the event and will post them for you. warmest regrads from Essen, Marcus
we're having a housewarming party on saturday nite. We just moved to West Philly, and hopefully will be playing a quiet show there. There will be beer and food, and brooks'mom is coming up from NC. If you can come message me and I'll send ya the address. Hope all is well.
over 10000 friends!! vielen dank for the support!! pls see our new clips of "in ordnung" and excerpt of "elektro leiber" feat. wolfgang flür (ex-kraftwerk)
This East German Border Guard who decided he would take his chances by jumping over to the West in 1961.
