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Holy Cow I’m White and Nerdy
This morning while channel surfing, I landed briefly on Viva, where I found out that Ridin’ by Chamillionaire was Germany’s #1 downloaded ring tone of 2006. First I thought, are there really enough people downloading ring tones to warrant the constant, unending ring tone commercials on MTV, Viva, and Comedy Central? I guess it must be a popular past time for German teens and preteens. Rainer says that our child will never download a ring tone. I told him, “Good luck with that.” Second, I remembered the hilarious Weird Al video White & Nerdy and ended up buying it off ITunes.
The original, Ridin’ by Chamillionaire
And the parody, White & Nerdy by Weird Al Yankovic
And just how nerdy am I? I don’t know any Klingon, but vector calculus certainly CAN be fun! Well, I liked it anyways. I even did it at work sometimes just to pass the time - you know, deriving posterior distributions and such. Or maybe that’s not something I should admit to. And are they still teaching Pascal? I think around when I was a junior in college I heard the intro programming classes switched to teaching Java instead.
Also in my channel surfing, I found a show Besser Essen (Better Eating), on Pro7, which was clearly based on a US Learning Channel show whose name I don’t remember. Anyways, they both have the same format and use age progression software to show how your kids will look in 10 years if they do or don’t change their habits.
And the Super Bowl will be airing this Sunday starting at 11:40pm on ARD for any fans or late owls out there.
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Which OS are you?
Apparently I’m Linux. That’s cool, a little more complicated than the rest of the pack, but very reliable, I can handle that. (I think it’s because I’m a little bit anal, like, I really do on occasion pull out a level to make sure all the paintings in the house are straight).
The Farmer on my Doorstep
I just had the most unusual visitor. First, there was frantic ringing of my doorbell. I thought, who could that be, since the postman always rings once. Upon answering, there was a shrunken little old man who started cutting up apples and speaking to me much too quickly in deepest Bayerisch. I said (in German, of course), “Wait, I don’t speak German very well, can you speak more slowly.” Which he did, but still speaking Bayerisch, and get this, I actually understood him! Anyways, he was cutting up apples and started handing me slices, “Jonagold!” he’d shout, then “Gala!” and so on and so forth. I was a little suspicious, but I love apples so how could I resist? (Yes, I wouldn’t do too well as a fairy tale princess). Eventually, he got to his sales pitch. Over there in his truck, were kilos upon kilos of delicious, organically grown apples that I could have for the low low price of 23 Euro for a 14 kilo crate, that if kept in the dark, off the floor, would last 10-12 weeks. Maybe I’m a sucker, actually, probably I’m a sucker, but I went for it. They were pretty yummy apples (and Charlie agrees). The farmer smiled as he delivered the crate, making sure it was not set on a flat surface, then informed me that he’d be back in April. “Aha,” Rainer said when I called to inform him of my purchase, “Now we’ll never get rid of this guy.” So tell me, just how badly ripped off was I? And where are they getting fresh picked apples from at the end of January?
Oh and speaking of odd visitors, I completely forgot to inform you of the Jehovah’s Witnesses who stopped by last week. I’ve been visited three times during my almost five years in Germany and I have to say, these last guys (wusses, really) were a serious disappointment. I didn’t even have to pull out my scary bible knowledge to frighten them away!
Oh that was seriously lame
At 6pm CET the Pearl Jam tickets for the Munich concert went on sale, and the ticket server promptly crashed. I stayed up until midnight, checking in every few minutes with no change. At 7:45 am this morning, the tickets are sold out. I was physically and mentally incapable of staying up all night to wait for them to fix their servers. This sucks. I also never received my Christmas single. I seriously doubt I will be renewing this fan club membership, so far I have gotten zip from it.
I’ll be back
Unfortunately, during an ill-conceived (yes, on my part) construction experiment that took place Friday, I injured my dominant (right) hand. And yes, pliers and IKEA products were involved. Anyways, at the moment it’s not that much fun using a mouse. I’ll be back when the bruising and blood blisters abate. Take care!
Just to make you a little more jealous
The view of Laaber this afternoonIt’s just not fair
Pearl Jam is playing in Munich on June 12. I guess it wouldn’t be the best idea to hit a rock concert while 8 months pregnant. Durn durn durn!
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