Notes from Germany
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.
Saturday, September 04, 2004
To the 5 Boroughs
This new album from the Beastie Boys is very good. You should get it. There is some really slick production going on there. At the same time though it is kinda raw.Hey! Read this: Bush by numbers. If you support George W. Bush, you should check it out. Now, if your thinking that you can't be bothered with godless liberal pinko propaganda, or you think nothing can dissuade you in your unwavering support of our enlightened President, you have nothing to be afraid of. Go ahead, just click. They are just ideas from an opposing point of view. A little political discourse never hurt anybody.
Oh, so hip!
Thanks to Charm for the gMail account! Thursday, September 02, 2004
Fruity sweet wrappers spark complaint
Skandal! - Fruity sweet wrappers spark complaint
My car started acting funny today. I was going down the Autobahn at around 160 KMH (about 100 MPH) to band rehearsal and I pushed in the clutch to slow down when I got to the exit. I then noticed that the steering wheel was heavier to turn and that the power steering wasn't working. Then I noticed that the engine had stalled. No problem. Just turned the ignition and started it back up. Just like when you stall at a red light when you forget to put it back into first gear except I was traveling at 100 mph. It worked fine at first but as soon as I pushed in the clutch again to stop at the red light the engine stalled again. I could start the engine and shift and drive around no problem, but as soon as I pushed in the clutch the engine would stall. This happened every time till I got to my destination. Why? On the way home it didn't happen. Could have something to do with the engine having cooled down. I got home just fine. I'll have Lothar take a look at it if he has time.
Kirchweih
This is what happened according to Jens. First of all, I explained what the Kirchweih is a few weeks ago. It all went off with out a hitch except for the fact that I wasn't there. Chopping down the tree, standing said tree up in middle of the village, getting drunk, dancing with girls around tree, and the whole time protecting the tree from getting chopped down from people from the neighboring village.The ceremonies were just over and the last drinks were going around in the bar just off of the Dorfplatz. Some guy went out for a slash and starting yelling and screaming shortly after. Somebody had stolen the tree. Eine Schande!! The most scandalous part of all was that it was stolen by 2 guys who lived in the same village.
Supposedly, they were renowned for being super assholes to begin with and because of this they weren't asked to participate in the festivities. Now the village elders or something are discussing if they should banish them from the village. Old school ostracism. That's serious.
Maybe if I were there, it wouldn't have happened. Maybe I could have helped in some way and stopped this awful tragedy. Oh the humanity!!
Or maybe not.
Monday, August 30, 2004
Spent a very interesting day with M's parents. Went to the Karl May Spiele (info here here and here) in Bad Segeberg and saw a theatrical interpretation of May's "Unter Geiern". After that we went into some caves and saw lots of bats. For dinner went to a "typical American" restaurant where I had the Texas BBQ Style Burger. It was a good burger, but it was not a real Texan Hamburger.
I'm up so late because yesterday we won an eBay auction but the seller had a shill bidder on the auction. I spent the last few hours researching and writing emails to him and eBay with twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence.
He might keep it real, but I keeps it realer.
