hiya, i'm a 27 y/o girl from Germany.
I've just graduated university. I studied English and Geography to become a teacher (i.e. to teach those two subjects here in Germany). But  I'd like to move to England and train to be a German teacher there.
I've just started at part time job at a cinema.
I'm a geek/dork/ne​rd.. can be a bit of a workaholic but can be one h*ll of a lazy sloth, too. I can be pedantic, perfectionis​t, dull, but also totally weird and wacko :D
My interests/ho​bbies are swimming, reading, youthwork, going out with my best friend, English-lang​uage films, collecting postcards, walking, learning about the world.I also like cycling, daytrips, travelling, going to museums, reading newspapers, discussing politics and current events; writing stories and poems in English, Star Trek.
My latest area of interest is "male bonding"​ (nope, not bondage! bonding as in friendship between guys, e.g. Kirk and Spock :) ), so, guys, be prepared to tell me all about your same-sex friendships,​ like what you do with your mates when you hang out, what you talk about etc :)
...I speak English and German fluently and can help you with those. I'm learning Spanish... 
as for my character, i'm straighforwa​rd, open-minded,​ wacky sense of humour...

ABSOLUTELY NO ROMANCE, cf. below

I'm mainly looking for chat pals (ICQ or yahoo/msn), but also a handful of snail mail pals.
I'd like to meet someone who is fond of literature and would like to read a book "together"​ and discuss it in our letters or swap reading journals.
You don't need to be a rocket scientist, but it helps if you are more or less intelligent and interested in a variety of topics.
We can talk about anything from everyday stuff (yes I am interested in what you've been up to, as long as you can talk about other things, too), to work/ studies, politics/cur​rent events, ups and downs, linguistics,​ history, geography...​

why is it people never write about their work or studies in letters? Work does take up a lot of our time and it's where we meet our colleagues and sometimes even friends. Plus, I like dedicated people who put an effort into what they are doing. So, I'd like to hear about your job or studies.

* I tend to click better with guys because many of them are more easygoing, funny and er... I hate to say it intelligent/​ rational than your average girly girl. Of course, girls are welcome, too!!! But if your main interests are shopping, make-up and HelloKitty, please don't bother to msg me.

*postcard swappers

*I'd especially like to talk to other teachers/ teaching students from all over; social workers are cool, too :)

*also looking for someone from the West Midlands, esp. Coventry (lived there for a year),but any other place in West Midlands is fine too

* I'm NOT looking for romance and won't talk to anyone who calls me 'dear' or 'baby' or 'darling', either. So p*ss off! Aaaargh, ey you African and Algerian guys (and guys from the USA, too!!!!), which part of "I'm not looking for romance"​ is it that you don't understand? Is your processing capacity so low that you don't understand the difference between an affirmative declarative sentence and a negated one? "I'm not looking for romance"​ means "Me no want boyfriend. Me have boyfriend. You go away." If anyone who's looking exclusively for a relationship​ or flirting drops me one of those one-liner messages again, I'll report you.

I can help you with your German or English. I desperately need help with Spanish!

reading, swimming, youthwork, walking, learning about the world, discussing current events, daytrips, travelling, Star Trek...; writing stories and poems in English; DOS-games
I'm not into clubbing and partying, so if you're fave pastime is getting boozed up, don't bother to write to me :D

classical, 60s, 70s, 80s, punk,some  hip hop, some metal (e.g. Iron Maiden, Children​ of Bodom​, Samael), some Southern rock *blush*
- I'll listen to anything my friends or family recommend (except most pop music and cheesy soft rock)

Star Trek; LotR; Silence of the Lambs; Shadowlands.​.. anything starring Patrick Stewart, Alan Rickman, Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellen

Star Trek TOS, TNG and DS9, Simpsons, Keeping Up Appearances,​ Brother Cadfael; I,Claudius

Love in the Time of the Cholera; The Picture of Dorian Gray;Jane Eyre;LotR; fave authors: Shakespeare;​ Philip Roth; John Irving; Truman Capote; Marion Zimmer Bradley; Arthur C. Clarke; probably D.H. Lawrence, although I haven't read any of his books so far ;)