So... this is an open-ended essay eh? I'd better start working on my 500 page autobiography "how not to be a millionaire at the age of 10"

ok let me see... I was rased in the small village of Geulle (Gäöl in Limburgisch) near Maastricht. But now I recently moved to Eindhoven

I'm Menno by the way and you can see my age... well... somewhere. I love acting, going out, dancing (even if I'm sh*t at it) listing to music and I like to go to theaters for whatever event they have. I used to do archery aswell but due to the fact that there is less time in a week then I need I had to give it up. I've got a good sense of humour (though not everyone will agree, their loss though...) Next to all of that I do a lot of volunteering for a whole bunch of orginizations.

Now you have a basic Idea of who I am read on if you like what you've seen so far. :-) -------------------------------------------------­​------------------

I've been acting since I was three years old (during carnival so no big deal) and well it stuck. I've done both text and improvisation and I like the latter more since it is so unpredictable and new every time. I do have to say that in the beginning improv isn't easy it takes some training to be quick enough not to block impulses from the other(s).

So like to go out every once and a while, I mostly go out in Maastricht or Eindhoven. In Maastricht you'll find me at the Tribunal, the Twee Heeren, the Shamrock, the Perroen or the Allabonheur. The last one only because everything else is closed though, can't say it's my favourite. In Eindhoven I don't really have any regulars yet although parties from S.V. Topsy (study association of applied psychology) are held at De Stunt

When I go out I like the volume turned-up so that I can dance (see below) but I also like the music turned down so that we can talk. Mostly we start with talking and end up in dancing cafes.

As I said: I like to dance when I go out (though some would describe it as a pathetic attempt at trying to move rhythmically to the music) I consider myself to be a good dancer at least in comparison to other guys. It is not hard to beat most though since their only dance move is bobbing up and down with their head.

Archery I had to give up unfortunately because I couldn't combine it with school and all the other stuff I do. *sniff*

I study Applied Psychology at Fontys University (Hogeschool Fontys in het Nederlands) in Eindhoven and hope to graduate in 2012 (so I have a long way to go.) Don't think that's my last study though I do wan't to get a master in Psychology for instance and well I have some other post graduate studies I want to do.

I work with the postal service on Saturdays Walking through Bunde and sometimes Geulle (Geulle only during holidays.)

I volunteer a lot during the year. I do several activities with children, I am becomming the first president of my S.V. Topsy and I help out with the technical side of theatre for Studium Generale and Alles is Drama.

Something else me and my friends like to do is go into the city.

Acting I guess

Enyoing life in general.

Having creative ideas and thinking outside the box.

I am a good listener and I can give new perspective to things

and recently I was told the following things: that I'm good at saying and doing the right thing at the right time, my writing is supposed to be addicting and according to two friends (women) I even know something about shoes... who would've guessed...

When I was in the first grade of high school the first impression a later friend of mine got was that I was one of the though kids which is absolute rubbish though.

Otherwise it depends People tend to notice I'm surrounded by girls a lot but hey I don't mind ;-)

The latest addition is that I have "a cute smile." but maybe you've noticed something else...

Books: The Ultimate Hitchhickers Guide to the Galaxy and the undutchables (sorry poor reader if it comes to liturature)

Movies: to many to name but to new a few: Gattica, Donnie Darko, Players & Pawns (our filmproject :P,) Clerks, Dogma, LotR, Monty Python: Life of Brian, Mars Attack, The Great Dictator, Lemmony Snickets: A tale of unfortunate events, The Matrix, The Butterfly Effect, Schreck, Finding Nemo, American History X and that list could go on forever.

Music: It depends on my mood (and more then that what's on my I POD) I like almost any music style though I favor some (e.g. Rock, Dance, Trance & Oldies) more then others (e.g. Jazz, Hip Hop, Blues)

Food: Fries, Kroket (krusty schell with meat filling) Sate Kroket (krusty schell with saté filling), "Gehaktstaaf" Pizza fungi/quatro formaggi/quatro stagionni, Pasta, Kebab, Gyros, schoarma, Lettuce, Aspurges, "red Cabbage," sauerkraut, endive, limburgisch pie and the list goes on. (sorry if some names are dutch.)

Alcoholic drinks: Leffe Dubbel, Kwak, Pilsener, Kriek (Cherry flavoured beer) Blue Curaçou, Baylies, Cider, Pisang Ambon, Coeberg with orange juice, Martini & passoa with orange juice Jeh jeh I know that there girlie drinks but you know what? I really don't care

Non alcoholic drinks: ice thea, Water, orange juice, cola, Lemon Cola, rivella light, Earl grey thea (with sugar) and Wiener melange.

Sports: I like to Cycle (by choise I cycle to school about 10km a day and to the city I travel mostly by bike aswell) Archery (as if that wasn't obvious) drama (believe me it can be very physical) swimming next to that I like to watch a lot of sports not football (soccer for some) though.

To heck with it I'll rename this cathegory: the a lots of things I can never do without in no particular order.

Friends, Sun, Entertaiment, Drama, Family, Dreams, Going out, Celebrating Carnaval in Maastricht, Comedie, New experiences & Music

Me not in a narsistic way though just comes with the teratory of any psychology related study.
Other things on my mind are S.V. Topsy which we are formalizing into a real association with all the legal benefits.

Watching tv or chatting, being tired from school/going out (as a student you go out on thursdays (unless exams are up then it is really really really empty in the cities) and saturdays)
And when it's good weather I like to sit in the sun with a nice cold drink.

A few days ago I thought: "hey that would be fun to write here" but I didn't have the time and now I forgot what it was...

Well just do it, or as they say in improvisation "When in doubt: Do it"