Munich is Gonna Be Alright...

KIRSTEN AND i AT THE MOMENT :

So, we are currently both in Ismaning, Germany at Christoph's place, and Kirsten leaves for California on Sunday and i move in with a new host family in Munich after i see her off. It has been absolutely gorgeous here, and a great relief to get a little change. i loved my Gaestgrossmutter, Frau Schoettke, but i was just getting a little stir crazy i think. i learned a lot staying with her, and my roommate Ben Englehart from Detroit worked out great. He's a most excellent gent, and also a Christian so that was cool, and worked out well for us both.

i am taking a class for the month of June in Munich, but my semester in Salzburg is officially done. It has been really great here the past few days; got plugged into the internet after a long time sporadic access, got to hang out with Chris' friends last night and listen to music at his friend Christian's house, and then we went to Simon's house tonight, had barbeque and watched Napoleon Dynamite. Sweet! Chris and his mom Gertrud have a fabulous view from their apartment over Ismaning and the surrounding area--beautiful.

It's almost time for Kindred Fall's radio appearance on the UC Irvine radio station, so i am going to catch that before going to bed. Where am i musically? Who knows? Perhaps i will still be part of Kindred Fall when i return, perhaps not. Either way i pray that i will continue to get better and i hope for the best for Ed and his new crew of hooligans. i hope we can speak again soon...

Why Oregon Rules and California Sucks:

* Taken from USA TODAY'S Across the USA - News From Every State News section.

"California: Los Angeles--Airport commissioners approved $7.7 million in renovations to two Los Angeles International Airport gates to accommodate the 555 passenger Airbus A380. LAX expects to spend a total of $53 million to accommodate the double-decker airliner, which begins service next year.

Oregon: Oregon City--Experts in several Oregon counties are using sentinal chickens as a warning system for the mosquito-bourne West Nile virus. The chickens act as bait for mosquitos that may be carrying the virus. They're a good barometer of the disease because they don't get sick from the virus or infect anything. The birds develop antibodies if bitten by an infected mosquito."

Great. We get millions and millions of dollars spent on airplane traffic and Oregon gets sentinal chickens. Why oh why can't we be as sweet as them?! i mean, at least we oughtta be spending our millions on the production of electric cars to eliminate the gas market, or maybe the production of more efficient electric planes, or maybe that phantom high speed train system from San Francisco to LA and San Diego that never seems to get planned or built. Plus we'll probably get West Nile virus because we don't have any sentinal chickens.

Everyone please do me a favor. Contemplate the term: Sentinal Chickens! You had better be laughing by now, cause you KNOW it's hilarious!