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September 25, 2009

Decisions

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.

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good luck dude! with all these babes you'll be livin it
ooowwwwww yaaaaaaaaaaa DDDDD
- 9/25/2009 2:58 AM
- oulck
good luck on your job interview. and fuck me that's a lot of beer. I could sure use a beer right now. my day has not been the best. :-/

ps. some of those girls...not that cute. you would need the beer for that. ;p buenas noches.
Keep your passions young, you are young, growing age does'nt mean you are old, one of local poet says, Translation, What happened if my hair getting white, I Still have heart with young passions:) and best of luck for ongoing.
- 9/25/2009 3:04 AM
- PeaceSearcher
@TheSecretLifeOfPandas -No, darling you are so cute:)
- 9/25/2009 3:06 AM
- PeaceSearcher
Sounds like you worked out a schedule for a fun day! My grandparents were from Germany...so, lots of sausages, sauerkraut, etc, at our family gatherings! Have a good day and let us know how things go!!!!

HUGS, C.

PS...translation of the last two sentences?!?!?
- 9/25/2009 3:12 AM
- Anonymous
Good luck with the job opportunity!
Where pray tell can one partake of such bier festivities as you describe above?
- 9/25/2009 4:21 AM
- UR_MUSE
Cops from London? I live near London. London Ontario. To the east of here is a city called Cambridge. (I looked on the Google maps to see what area you're near.

Oktoberfest is a blast around here too. Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest is an annual nine-day festival in the twin cities of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Based on the original German Oktoberfest, it is billed as Canada's Greatest Bavarian Festival, and is the largest Oktoberfest celebration outside Germany. Come up here to this one for a week. I'll be your designated driver. hehehehehehehehe

I tried to put a link to it but it didn't work. I read that last year almost a million people showed up for it.

What the heck kind of spider bit you? Sounds nasty. I hate spiders more than I hate bees and wasps. ick. Anyways, good luck with the new job!
- 9/25/2009 5:15 AM
- dikdoktor
The first pic sells it for me.....to be honest, all you had to do was mention beer & bratwurst
- 9/25/2009 7:26 AM
- bluezbrewsbbqz
Bierleichen, what a fabulous word. Silly germans
- 9/25/2009 9:45 AM
- NoGraySunflowers
Decisions are like beer. No matter what you choose if you take too many of them you end up in a coma. I hope now you can take decisions easier. Cheers!
- 9/25/2009 9:51 AM
- windoftheforest
ugh i'd die if i drank 2 of those.
- 9/25/2009 11:54 AM
- Chinese_Sait0u
Dasssss boooooot. I bought my friend a boot for Christmas this past year. He was very appreciative and tried it out that night. =]
- 9/25/2009 12:28 PM
- twistedmistletoe
Wow! That's a lot of beer!!
- 9/25/2009 1:08 PM
- florida2008
Beer, beer, beer!!

No commute is awesome, I wish I could work a few blocks from my house. Good luck at the interview.
- 9/25/2009 2:53 PM
- AlterEgo909
To my knowledge I have never been to an Octoberfest. But it looks fun (minus the beer i'm not a beer drinker).
- 9/25/2009 3:00 PM
- NightlyDreams
@oulck -

Oh both plans fell through but the weekend is long and Monday is fast approaching.
@TheSecretLifeOfPandas -

Well the job interview fell through because the guy I was supposed to talk with was out sick. I bet he was secretly at Oktoberfest. Yes that is a lot of beer. Oh and whether or not girls are attractive...there's an old saying, "Beauty is in the eyes of the beer holder."
@PeaceSearcher -

Thank you
@carolinaatnight -

Both fell through for me. The guy I was supposed to talk with was out sick and it is raining so as much as I enjoy beer, I don't think it is wise to stand in a cold rain drinking.

Oh and the German was that I don't condone drunken driving just trying to point out that I was more responsible now than in the days of my youth.
hahahahaha. beerholder. win.
@UR_MUSE -

Well, I will have to find out more on Monday; the guy I was supposed to speak with was out sick.
Oktoberfest in La Crosse, WI. It's a blast and also home to the former G. Heileman Brewery as well as the world's largest six pack.
@dikdoktor -

London, England. They were interviewing them on the news.
I don't know how many people show up for this Oktoberfest but it is a blast. Plus there are two universities and one large tech school in the town so that makes things larger plus La Crosse is also home to the world's largest six pack of beer as well as a Guinness record for most bars on one street.
I have no clue what the spider was. It was black and about the size of a quarter. I was grilling and felt it crawl on my leg and then as I was about to brush it off with my burning hot spatula it bit me. My leg almost doubled in size and I could barely walk on it. I was given so many antibiotics and the doctors said I was lucky to keep it.
good luck with the interview
- 9/25/2009 4:55 PM
- BranmacFeabhail
@NoGraySunflowers -

They have some of the greatest words in any spoken language. I love the word "Sheisse". It can mean so many different things.
@godfatherofgreenbay - Plus, they are always so much fun to say. Especially that one.
- 9/25/2009 4:59 PM
- NoGraySunflowers
@windoftheforest -

Thanks...the decisions were easy today. Interview=guy calls in sick...beer drinking=raining outside and I don't feel right with standing in rain to drink. I'll just stay in tonight and have a few.
@Chinese_Sait0u -

I think Das Boot contains like 2 liters of beer. I once raced someone drinking from Das Boot. It was fun but not so wise.
@twistedmistletoe -

Oh I wish I had a better story as to how I got my Boot. I would write it but I don't know if they closed the investigation.
@florida2008 -

Benjamin Franklin once said, "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
@AlterEgo909 -

Well I have to wait until Monday because the guy I was supposed to talk with was out sick. I have this strange feeling that maybe he was at Oktoberfest.

The only bad part about walking to work is when it gets below zero and -40F with the windchill.
@NightlyDreams -

Beer is what makes it so much fun. Oh there is also a lot of dancing and having great time with friends...Gemütlichkeit is a German word for happiness.
@BranmacFeabhail -

Ugh...postponed until Monday. The dude called in sick.
@godfatherofgreenbay -

I've been seeing reports about black widow spiders moving north - they come in with shipments of grapes and other fruits. A lady near here found one in her fridge a few weeks back. Yuck! I was just trying to figure out where you lived when I mentioned London and Cambridge. Give me a clue for crying out loud! Maybe I've driven by or through your area. I like driving and have gone lots of different ways on the way back to Calgary from here. I know one thing for sure, there's a ton of lakes and places I'd love to go fishing and visit in your state. And Minnesota. and Michigan. And North and South Dakota. And Idaho. And - all over you're country. You wouldn't believe how bad I feel because I can't get into the USA anymore. All because of something over 30 years ago. I almost married a German girl from Kitchener back in 1988. Oktoberfest was a lot of fun for us many years. She died last year and I'm kind of missing her - even after she and her crack head friends robbed my house while I was in the hospital.
- 9/25/2009 5:37 PM
- dikdoktor
@dikdoktor -

See the Oktoberfest celebration is in La Crosse, WI. I live about 60-65 miles southeast and am probably halfway between La Crosse and Madison. I consider Wisconsin Dells my hometown even though I don't technically live there.
@godfatherofgreenbay - I'm sorry your plans fell through. Can you reschedule the interview?! Thanks for the translation. I have done volunteer work for Mothers Against Drunk Driviers...so I appreciate your thoughts and attitude.

BTW: Funny post I recommended today. A friend had a funny beer related post.
- 9/25/2009 6:08 PM
- Anonymous
@carolinaatnight -

Yeah, I'll probably go in on Monday.

No, problem. I should have put it in English but I just wanted to explain myself.
@godfatherofgreenbay -

fail. well, don't get anxious or anything.
- 9/25/2009 7:15 PM
- BranmacFeabhail
Mmm...drunken frauleins! Hot!!!!
@BranmacFeabhail -

Yeah that is what I am thinking
@Another_Perfect_Wonder -

Yes, one of the best things about Oktoberfest
ahh what?! ur gonna miss boobs like that girls left one in that pink shirt for a job interview!?! haha congrats on the interview and good luck! : )
- 9/26/2009 1:40 AM
- darkarin88
@darkarin88 -

I have to wait until Monday now.
@godfatherofgreenbay -

He probably was at Oktoberfest lol
- 9/26/2009 8:44 AM
- AlterEgo909
Hell. I'd travel to Minnesota to see a bunch of drunken floozies showing cleavages like that.
- 9/26/2009 10:05 AM
- curiousdwk
good luck!

BTW, I wish I could drink beer but it never sounds so appealing like wine for me lol
- 9/26/2009 12:24 PM
- starrynite45
@curiousdwk -

Well some of these are from Munich's Oktoberfest but still...
@starrynite45 -

I have problems with wine, no matter how little I drink it always gives me a headache.
Why people like this thingy so much? I for one never touch and taste any alcohol drinks in my life.
@RestlessButterfly -

Well some people like beer and it is a big party and just a fun celebration.
I'm possibly late, but good luck with the interview, and how I wish I could partake in the festivities!! Beer is good for the soul, lol.
- 9/28/2009 12:01 PM
- spicyhotcoffee
@spicyhotcoffee -

Well I went in today and the guy was so busy that I stood outside his office for about an hour and we spoke for some time. It seems like I am the only person who has applied so that is good. He gave me some apps I have to fill out and return tomorrow so I have my fingers crossed.

Yeah, I wish I had someone to go with me but of course if we both celebrated then we would need a designated driver.