~firelord-zuko tagged me. I once said to myself not to do any tags and memes and stuff again. =_= Seems I'm good at keeping resolutions...
(Well, but what don't you all do for family-bonds... = P ).

Beware! Wall of text is wall of text!


I. What is your favourite language?

Geez, the first question's already such a hard one...To be honest, none. The languages I "prefer" because I started to learn them or want to learn (or forgot 90% of what I learned) are German, English, French, Spanish and Japanese (hopefully to be learned in the future). Because of having studied them (a bit) I feel a closer connection to them but I like them all for their variety and differences and somehow all languages express a certain feeling and mood to me. Speaking a language I can somehow understand the "spirit" of those who speak it it a little bit better (just a litte). I also like other languages though, like the northern/Skandinavian once, Irish or somehow also Dutch xD (so cute). Somehow Native American languages fascinate me as well. There are just a few languages that I don't like that much soundwise (Hebrew, Arabic or Turkish as far as I have heard them, because I don't really like their strong/hard pronounciations ) which is not meant in any racist or degorative way. It is just the sound that doesn't really fit my taste. ^^'



II. And your favourite writing system?

You mean fontwise or "technically"?
For personal things like letters, messages, cards or just anything that I want to have something from "myself" I do by hand. Yes, I even write letters to people although emailing is so much easier and faster. I really like the idea of havign something selfmade and something that to a certain extend exposes yourself like writing (I don't believe much into writing psychology but still I think a writing style is personal, like the ductus of an artist). For projects and long stuff I like both. Writing stories by hand feels more natural (because I love paper and love to read something in a book, maybe my own notebook). Same with the personality thing. But I really cherrish the possibilities of digital media, too since typing is much faster for me (and makes my hand hurt less than a writing marathon with a ball-pen) and also you can edit things so easily while correcting (especially larger parts of a text) hand-written texts may bring me in trouble the on or other time.



III. What is your favourite period in history?

None at all. I find all of them thrilling because they are all like different worlds to me. It is not only the time but also the place. Middle Age Europe was different from Middle Age America or Asia. I even like (fictional) futures. Hm, it probably depends on the mood I'm in.
Now that I think of it though...maybe my favourite time was the dinasours era. I mean...Extreme Dinosaurs for the win! And no humans to bomb each other.
(jk, like I said. I have no preferrence.)



IV. Your favourite kind of books? Explain why and name an example.

Novelwise I mostly read fantasy but to be honest I don't just like any fantasy book because I consider many of them sort of clichée-like...I like everything that is different, somehow strange or shows something like "profoundness". My favourite books are the Monster Blood Tattoo series, some works of Walter Moers, Harry Potter...
It doesn't need to be fantasy though. If it just different, somehow strange or shows something like "profoundness" as I stated above I may like any genre.

Otherwise I like mangas and artbooks (Odin Sphere, Ein Lee etc.). I just love to see concept arts of  games and films but also compilations of artists I adore. Furthermore I also like  "tutorial" books about topics I'm intereted in, such as art, music, psychology, languages...



V. What is your favourite science, why and what developments do you expect within the next ten years?

I like psychology, physics, chemistry, IT, biology...
But I have no idea what will happen within the next years because right now things change this quickly. I think the field of IT will grow significantly though and I guess - although I don't know if I like it - that stem cell research and maybe artificial biological reproduction might advance...
Hopefully they will also find something to go against our energy problem but I don't know if I really expect this in the near future...



VI. What is your favourite website? Explain why.

Deviantart, for art is my drug. FFXIV lodestone...for the fact that I have a gaming heart...blogs and websites of different artists...my email provider.



VII. British or American English?

Ah, I think I rather go into the direction of British English. I guess it started at school when I learned to pronounce the English "a" rather like the German one (can't, last, fast, answer, dance,) and "t/tt" not like "d" as it is often done in Amercian English. From this one everything else sounded strange to me. xD It might be a matter of habbit but somehow I just like the sound of BE better.



VIII. What is your favourite genre of art?

Manga/Comic art (if it is well done), naturalistic, fantasy, cute styles (mostly Asian ones), anything that conveys emotions that I can relate to or synchronise with. My favourite artists are Cicely Mary Barker, Hayao Miyazaki, John Howe, Akihiko Yoshida, George Kamitani and a lot of aritsts here on Deviantart.



IX. What do you think about the state of the world and what is, in your opinion, the greatest problem of the decade? And will Europe finally unite?

Oh please, not such a question in the early morning...I think the world is not worse or better than before because I believe that our earth is part of a biological circle of death and birth. In the end it is not nature that will die because it will eventually recover. It is just ourselves that we kill with our mindless way of living, in my opinion. Furthermore the world has always been in uproars. The world changes a lot at the moment but it has always been this way and always when a change arrived people had the feeling that everything would become worse. Now in the time of several thousands of years of human history our world would be worse than hell by now if this logic was true. Humans don't change a lot and apparently we do the same faults over and over again. So I think that also our history is a circle of peace and war. There is always something that can be done and that most be approached! (I do not say not to act against injustice!) But at the same time there is also something that makes this world enjoyable, even if it may be hard to see.

About the EU: I don't think so because Belgians and Frenchs would never want to be united under the same flag. Just kidding. : P



X. What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow? (trick question)

Faster than the one of a laden one.



SO! Now you know enough of me. Now seriously, I don't think I'll do more tags and memes and I won't tag anyone either.
I hope you are full of gratitude, ~firelord-zuko, since I sacrificed my privacy for you.