Hello everyone / Hallo Leute,

this is my first post on Steemit, so this feels like the time to introduce myself.

My name is Dennis, I was born in North Rhine-Westphalia and am currently living in Bochum and Cologne. I am 34 years old and work as a project manager and an editor for a text agency. I find deep satisfaction in writing, but the day job is what pays the bills. But, all in all, nearly everything in my professional life deals with the written word. That is something I am quite thankful for, except the countless deadlines in project management and Kafkaesque client wishes. ;)

I am an Existentialist with nihilistic traits, which does not mean, I cannot laugh or find pleasure and beauty in life. On the contrary, I love life even more, since I understood – and that is my opinion, we all make sense of this existence with our own set of beliefs – that life, in the greater picture, probably has no bigger meaning than living it. That is terrible and beautiful all the same. I think this perspective on life sums me up pretty well.

As my nickname suggests, I am interested in mythologies (ancient Greek, Roman, Northern, Egyptian) and that I love a good drink (wine, whisky [Lagavulin, Glenmorangie anyone?]). ;)

Other interests:

• (social) psychology
• sociology
• anthropology
• philosophy (stoicism, anti-natalism)
• art (Beksinski, Goya, Füssli, Blake, Magritte)
• Buddhism (not dogmatic)
• martial arts
• video games (particularly VR!)
• Classical Music, Postrock, sometimes Jazz
• Crypto Currencies (I am full of surprises, am I?)
• technology & nature

I like the psychological horror genre and watching series religiously (recently House of Cards, Mr Robot, Better Call Saul, Black Mirror, True Detective... you name them.).

I will always prefer a nice talk or a house party over a night spent in the chaotic bee-hiviness and the humidity of a disco. But at times, you might even find me enjoying that (last time: Halloween... Me and Lucille had great fun ;).

So, that is a bit about me. On Steemit, I will be posting in English and in German. Some topics just personally feel better in the English language, others more natural in German. Regarding my future posts: I am not intending to settle in a special category , but I am thinking of postings that touch more bizarre, darker or fringe themes, maybe even some entries out of a dream journal. I want to publish some fiction on here as well.

Regarding the verification of my identity: I uploaded a profile picture with myself holding a sign with some of my pseudonyms I published under written on it. If that does not suffice, I am willing to give further proof.

I will read you soon! I am curious, what's on here. A bit of everything, I guess. Many topics to dive my head in.

If you have any questions or want to connect, feel free to reply or to send me a message!

Be well and have a nice one.