Rediscovered this recently. I love this song.

Weekend totally worth the ear pain experienced on landing.

1) our rental was upgraded to a mercedes S class. It was the most Russian-mafia fabulous car I've ever been in. We were doing 200 km/hr at some point on the autobahn and it felt like nothing. Trunk definitely big enough to hold a few bodies and a cache of submachine guns.

2) Drove 1.5 hrs North from Hamburg, then followed the Danish border for about a half hour before getting to the location, a small village inn. This is how close we were to the border: at the intersections, all left-turn streets had umlauts, while the right-turn streets had o's with slashes through them.

3) the party was Andreas' Dad's girlfriend's 75th birthday party. My first honest to God "dorf-fest". Awesome. The local volunteer firemen's chorus (accompanied by accordions) sang sea-shanties, the neighbors got together and sang a bunch of songs (horribly off key but really cute) and did a little skit. There were weird drinks being distributed to the tables, such as "Angler Muck". Everybody's last name was Petersen, even though only half of them were related.

Himmelfahrt! 

That is all.

I have no idea how to make notes on facebook.

jeez, was my last post really in november???

I've decided this is the year I learn how to shuck an oyster. Assuming I don't maim myself tonight with the oyster knife it should be a good party. Got some raclette for backup.

happy new year everybody!

Today I felt SO homesick. I know he won't be able to right all the worlds wrongs but just seeing the 70, 80 year old black people in the audience looking so utterly overwhelmed with emotion...that alone is worth it.

Your results:
You are Mr. Scott

Mr. Scott 80% Will Riker 80% Jean-Luc Picard 75% Geordi LaForge 70% Worf 70% Leonard McCoy (Bones) 55% Data 53% Spock 52% James T. Kirk (Captain) 45% Chekov 45% An Expendable Character (Redshirt) 45% Mr. Sulu 35% Beverly Crusher 35% Uhura 20% Deanna Troi 15%

You are a fun-loving foreigner with an amazing ability to get any job done on time. Often described as a "Miracle Worker".

Click here to take the "Which Star Trek character are you?" quiz...

Short version, here's what I haven't eaten. I love soup, I love sourdough, but for some weird reason I've never had the desire to eat soup out of a sourdough bowl.

2. Nettle tea
5. Crocodile
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal 
46. Fugu
59. Poutine 
63. Kaolin (maybe in toothpaste, I dunno?)
68. Haggis
75. Roadkill
100. Snake 
 
ETA: Oops, and apparently:

"Criollo. A variety of cacao tree that has almost disappeared. It is impossible at the moment to isolate enough to make a chocolate bar. Any mention of Criollo on packaging or promotional material should be translated into Trinitario. Even blue chip companies (ab)use these word. "