Let's see what's there to know about me: ***warning
content may cause sleepyness***
the on-line me:
My real name is Hans, but I am somewhat better known around PoP, PoL, FFF
& Cyberia as Yorrick, but I started at PoP as Schaduw (dutch for Shadow btw)
later Joker was added and after a conversation with an fellow Shakespeare- and
in particular Hamlet-afficionado, I changed my handle to Yorrick. when PoP
closed I thought it somewhat inappropriate to continue Yorrick as handle and
used the handle Lostboy for a time (only a few people know what I really meant
with that handle.)after that I went back to Yorrick but with the distinction
that I only use Yorrick at PoL and the recently re-opened PoP. At FFF I started
using Nightowl, a nick given to me by a good on-line friend. I've had the
pleasure of meeting some of PoP's (now PoL's & FFF's) european chatters in
the flesh at EWoT-2000 and EWoT-2001 (EWoT-2002 will be next June). As for
posting or chatting, I never posted much anyway but I like to read the posts
which subject lines intrigue me *g* and as for chatting in comparsion to a year
and half back I rarely chat anymore occassionaly I'll drop in and lurk a bit
(this goes for all three sites btw not just FFF)
The real me:
I am Dutch, I live in Leeuwarden, capital of the province Fryslân in the
North of the Netherlands. (200 km North-NorthEast of Amsterdam)where I ended up
after studying History and Pedagogy. After ending the studies I taught History
for two years at what most here would call highschool, allthough I liked working
with the pupils I got fed up with everchanging rules of the ministry of
education I began feeling more and more like a social worker (no offense
intended to those that are) than a history teacher and I quit my job. a few
months later I got the opportunity to follow a course in webdesign and jumped to
it. I completed the course with honours despite being marked at the beginning of
the course as the student with the least computerknowledge *g*. After a few
months a freelancer I got hired and was ask to stay permanently as webdesigner
and computer-jack-of-all-trades at a local Library for Philosophy, History,
Sociology and Theology. It's a relaxed job that pays well and lets me have a lot
of spare time. *g* what more does one want? *g* I like reading Fantasy, Science
Fiction, Thrillers, Non Fiction, History etc. my all time favorite Fantasy /
Science Fiction writer is Jack Vance. My favorite book of his are: btw for those interested the quote in the subject line is from G.W.F. Hegel,
My boss quoted it when I let Him and the Library borrow my Nightowl logo
(slightly altered though) for an upcoming convention
- in
Fantasy The Lyonesse Trilogy
- in Science Fiction Planet of Adventure
(a.k.a. Tschai.)
fallen asleep already? sorry *g*