Birthday: 15 January 1972
Born in: Sønderborg, Denmark
Resident in: Flensburg, Germany
I have been an Este-FAN since 1986 / 1987. The first album I ever bought MYSELF (for my birthday money!) was Primitive Love but it wasn't really until I first saw the Home Coming Concert on video that I realized how much of a fan I was. Since then I have steadily built up quite a handsome collection of Gloria material.
My admiration for Gloria as a person and a singer & song-writer continues to grow and I find it near enough impossible to chose just one favourite song. Live For Loving You, Rhythm Is Gonna Get You, Con Los Anos and Como me duele perderte are just a few on the top of my list though.
Most of my life pretty much evolves around my daughter, Nathalie (born February 2001) who herself is turning into a bit of an EsteFAN - after the Conga Bash in Miami in 2004, her favourite song is ‘I just wanna be happy’ which she listens to a lot :-)
In 2005, after 13 years of living in the UK I returned to my family on the Danish / German border. Nathalie now attends school and I am studying for a Masters Degree in European Studies at the University of Southern Denmark which is a 2-year course commencing in the autumn of 2006. To fund my studies, I also work part-time as a Personal Assistant in a garage which, with 6 mechanics, a foreman and an antiquated coffee maker is only a split second away from a bundle of giggles!
I'm a keen writer, and have not one but 3 novels on the go. My muse – with all the ‘extracurricular’ stuff going on in my life – keeps deserting me and pitching up tent in Moody Alley so any writing I do these days is in fits & starts: a weeks or so of intense writing followed by prolonged ink drought. To maintain some level of discipline (and because it is fun) I write rather a lot of poetry so if you are interested, please visit my online portfolio at writing.com:
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