I am an American expat living in Germany. It's a far away land on the other side of the ocean. It's interesting and often weird here. If you read this and want to comment then email me at nate(the at symbol)chillmost.com. If you find any spelling or grammar mistakes, you can keep them.
First Lüneburg, then the world!!
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- Teachers mistakenly eat 'space cake'. 13/02/2004. ABC News Online
Ten German school teachers were taken to hospital after eating part of a chocolate cake left as an anonymous gift that turned out to be baked with marijuana, a city spokesman said.
The teachers in the northern city of Lueneburg complained of jitters, nausea and hallucinations after consuming part of the 'space cake' and were treated and released late on Wednesday.
A laboratory test conducted by police on the pastry showed it contained cannabis.
The school staff was not suspicious about the cake because of an ongoing fundraising project in which students sell homemade baked goods to benefit victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Police said they were investigating on charges of grievous bodily harm and drug possession and looking for anyone seen leaving the teachers lounge at the time in question."
Rumor on the street is that some teachers that were affected didn't feel that going to the hospital was all that necessary. Others were out "sick" for a few days. If I was a student I would definitely now know who the cool teachers are.
Do they really need to call in the Polizei and get the stuff tested? Next time save the taxpayers some money and call me. I'll do it for free.
Ahem, Ahem!
For the past few months I have had to constantly clear my throat. Sometimes it feels like I have a huge ball of phlegm in the back of my throat. Anyway I went to a doctor, who sent me to a specialist because she thought it might me nodes on my vocal cords. That would totally suck because I would not be able to sing for a while...and I got a studio gig coming up....
The specialist says it is not nodes (whew!) but I must be allergic to something. So we did this allergy test which basically says I am allergic to...Everything! I already knew this. Cats, dogs, hay, rye. Take a heavy object and throw it out the window. Whatever it hits I am probably allergic to.
So it's not nodes but we don't know what it is. Ahem, Ahem!
Just got back from Berlin where M and I went to see the Ronkalli Circus with musical guest stars....
The Kelly Family.
It was very entertaining. They did a good job.
Today we went to the Berlin Film Museum. It focused mainly on the advent of the German film industry before WWI and moved up to the present. It also had a small exhibit from Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion animator of such kick ass sci-fi classics like "Jason and the Argonauts" and "Clash of the Titans". One of the coolest things in the exhibit was Luke Skywalkers light saber from Return of the Jedi.
Suh-weet.
This week the Berlinale is going on. It is the huge German film fest kinda like Cannes. There were supposedly a lot of famous hollywood actors like Jack Nicholson and Charlize Theron walking around but I didn't see them, because they didn't call so we didn't get to hang out.
By The Way: The new album from AIR, Talkie Walkie, is really good. It is my current favorite.
