Mein Handgelenk

You may have noticed I haven't been making any posts lately, as I promised I would. This is because my wrist hurts so much, that it hurts to type. For those of you that don't know, I broke my wrist Snowboarding while in 12th grade (17 years old), and it hasn't been the same ever since. Every so often it hurts alot. I haven't been able to do push-ups ever since. Anyways, I'm getting off, 'cause I'm in pain. Lates!

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Bilder!

This also doesn't count for my one post for today (but it should!).

Here's all the pictures I've taken while here. I don't take much, as is evident, but there they are. There's also some that haven't been seen before on Facebook. Ooooo!

General Freiburg pictures.
Paris, France
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Straßburg, France
England, Warhammer World, Frankfurt
Colmar, France

There's also a trip I did from Dublin, up to Scotland, and down to London that needs to be uploaded; as well as some Stuttgart stuff. That stuff is currently being uploaded.

I'll post these as links on the sidebar so that people can see them forever, and ever. Unless Google has some Picasa/Blogger functions somewhere.

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P.S. I didn't caption any of the pictures, so it might be a bit confusing, for some. I'll try and caption them one day, but for now just getting them up was pretty cool.

Fotos hochladen

I'm currently uploading all my photos with the magic of Google's Picasa program. I like how Google synchronizes all of it's services together, which makes something like this easy, and means I might be able to say goodbye to things like Photobucket, or Flickr.

I'll post the links to the albums when they're done. This way people who aren't on Facebook can see what the hell I've been doing for nine months.

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P.S. I've also decided that from now until August 20th (when I leave Germany) I'm going to blog once a day. This doesn't count for today. I'll get another one soon. After August 20th, I'll be in New York for a week, then Seattle, then home. Therefore this blog will remain up, but won't be updated. Effectively, it'll be 'Out of Print' (OOP. Not to be confused with OPP, which is something way, way, different (see: Naughty by Nature)). My New York/Seattle adventures will be detailed in my regular blog: Realm of Chaos, which will begin at this time, and continue to be my blog for all eternity.

Eine Reise nach Frankreich

Tomorrow I leave for Paris for four days! During which, Lori and I will be celebrating our birthdays. How nice, oder?

If I can hit an Internet café, or a plain 'ole computer, I'll record something, otherwise you'll just have to wait 'till I get back on Monday. It just occured to me that I haven't posted any pictures on my blog. I'll have to find a photo host in which to dump them, and link them here.

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Fünftes Video

YouTube won't let you upload a 14 minute video so I had to cut it in half. Watch in the following order!





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Bier des Patriotismus

I've found it! The cheapest beer I've ever seen! How can it get much cheaper than 35 cents for 500mL? I defy you to find a cheaper! It's still good too! It's called 5,0 Original and it doesn't suck (you'll be able to tell from the name that it's 5,0%). Unfortunately it's in a can, but I pour it into glasses.

This one celebrates 60 Jahre Bundesrepublik Deutschland (60 Years of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-2009 and still going!)). Notice the German flag on the can.



Here's what the text says:
Nur eine schwarz-rot-geble Dose ! Keine goldene mit aufwendiger Prägung ! Nur eine simple Gestaltung ! Keine teure TV-Werbung ! Diese Ersparnis geht an Sie ! Wir haben so gut wie an allem gespart ! Außer an der Qualität des Bieres ! 5,0 Original ist ein Pilsbier, gebraut nach dem deutschen Reinheitsgebot ! Zutaten: Wasser, Gerstenmalz und Hopfen ! Setzen Sie Ihr Geld besser ein ! Bezahlen Sie jetzt weniger für ein gutes PILS ohne Schnörkel !

Translation:
Only a black-red-yellow can ! No golden one with elaborate imprinting ! Only a simple design ! No expensive TV-ads ! These savings go on to you ! We have saved well on everything ! Other than the quality of the beer ! 5,0 Original is a pilsner beer, brewed according to German purity law ! Contents: water, barley malt and hops ! Use your money better ! Pay less for a good PILS without flourish !

And I only had to look up a few words...

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"Brauchst du etwas zu rauchen?"

When I get bored, I tend to prioritize the useless things I "have to do" over the important things I have to do. For example: Facebook moves high up the list on things I "have to do," even overtaking my essay research. I don't know why, but it appears that free time creates this useless mind-set within me.

I've been back from England for a week and a day, and I'll be damned if I've done anything but jog alot, and buy a book. Oh, I went out to brunch today at this famous Freiburg brunch house.

That's a story in and of itself. After eating brunch happily and leaving, I became light-headed about halfway home. This strange malady led me to take refuge on a park bench for awhile to steady myself. This caused this clean-cut Turkish guy to come a suspiciously long distance from me for a conversation where he asked me in German if I needed anything to smoke. Now, even in my fugue state I knew this was a drug-deal; hell, I am from Vancouver's East Side. This was around 13:00 in broad daylight in a relatively busy park, so I wasn't in any immediate danger, but the cloudiness in my head stopped me from being a smart-ass and I just told him I didn't smoke. Though I was tempted to tell him that I only smoke the finest Afghan heroin laced with Windex.

After a while I felt better, got up, and left to home, where I now feel normal. I guess it was just too much jogging/walking followed by a heavy breakfast, and not enough water.

Thankfully this coming week there's a lot to do (compared to last week) so I wont be as mind-numbingly bored, and might even get this essay done. Well, I should hope so, it's due on Friday.

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