Can anyone out there

Understand all those dark desires and

Needs that I as a man crave

No one out there gets it

I am searching for the one

Lately that has been difficult

Impossible as some may say

No matches, no love

Gonna be alone the rest of my days

Unless by sheer luck…maybe

Some day but not today

Inspired by Song of Songs 7:2 שררך אגן הסהר אל יחסר המזג

I can't sleep right now because I am thinking.  Tomorrow is big day.  I have an opportunity for a job outside of the teaching world.  I have been subbing for some time now and it hasn't been the most fulfilling work but I do get to set my own schedule and get to travel.  The job is in my hometown and it would take away a commute, it's about 3 or 4 blocks from my house.  Anyway if I go for it, I may end up staying out of teaching.  I don't know.  So either I go to this job interview or I become a Bierleichen (beer zombie).  Oktoberfest kicks off tomorrow morning and I live near one of the largest celebrations in America.  One time in high school my German class was invited for the tapping of the golden keg and we sang "Ein Prosit Ein Prosit Der Gemütlichkeit (hey I remembered the umlaut).  Later that day a couple classmates and I snuck into the beer gardens and we got plastered.  Anyway I really want to go because they make such a huge deal of this celebration.  The local news station interrupts broadcast to air the transport of the tap to the beer gardens for the tapping of the golden keg.  The procession is much like how they do the Olympic torch except they have people running through the streets carrying a beer tap.  Open intoxicant laws are thrown out the window and the police get drunk right along with the festgoers.  The last time I was in that town during Oktoberfest I was at a redlight and I was offered a beerbong.  Oh and this year they had to hire police officers from London because they are expecting record numbers of people.  Nothing like a recession to bring record numbers of people wanting to get drunk.  Then I can see sites like this:

Ok so the last two weren't from Oktoberfest but they were from a pretty kick-ass wedding reception that I couldn't partake of because I was bit by a spider and couldn't mix alcohol with my medicines because I wanted to keep my leg from being amputated.

OK, I think I have my mind made up.  I'm going to go to the job interview, go to the grocery store, get some bratwurst and sauerkraut, and have my own Oktoberfest in my backyard.  I just hope someone wakes me up in case I pass out.  Also it would suck going alone because then I wouldn't have a designated driver...god, I am getting old.

Ich würde nie Alkohol im Strassenverkehr verzeihen. Ich unterstreiche gerade, dass ich jetzt verantwortlicher als an den Tagen meiner Jugend bin.