Life is all about how you perceive it. I'm sure some philosopher said something like that. If they didn't...well, let's face it, they must just suck at philosophizing. I'm not even a philosopher and I came up with that.
In the spirit of perspective, I bring you two versions of my day. You may choose whichever path you like. (Bold type is for the optimist, italic is for the pessimist and regular is just sort of neutral stuff.)
Got up kind of late and wasted most of the morning doing nothing.
Got up kind of late and wasted most of the morning doing nothing.
Blew off a BBQ with some old family friends because it would have been crawling with kids and I wasn't much in the mood for a bunch of kids. Also wasn't in the mood to be surrounded by a bunch of churchy husband/wife combos.
Decided I wanted to have some to myself to just relax and not do much of anything. So, I sent my regards and blew off the 'cue.
Hopped in my car and saw that German Fest was in full swing.
It was hard to find a parking spot and had to walk down to the goings on.
Found a parking spot and walked down to the goings on, enjoying the sun warming my face.
Live oompah music was going and people were having a good time.
Got a Gyro (yes, a Gyro at a German Fest...don't ask...it's been a question of mine for three years) and had to search for somewhere to sit down and eat it.
Got a Gyro (yes, a Gyro at a German Fest...don't ask...it's been a question of mine for three years) and got helped by one of the cutest girls ever. Okay, maybe that's an stretch, but anyone who knows me will tell you that I can fall in love 100 times a day and often do. It's called living in the moment dude. Found a cool spot out of the main fray and sat down to one of the best fuckin' Gyros ever. (This is actually not an exageration. The same stand is alway there and it's run by real Greeks who make awesome Gyros. These are even better than the Gyros I ate in the Latin Quarter in Paris and those were pretty damn good. I get at least one every year - usually they're all I eat on German Fest weekend.) Also, the girls are always really cute too. I don't know how they do it but it's truly amazing.
The Gyro was so big I could hardly finish it.
The Gyro was so big I could hardly finish it. (It was way bigger than every other Gyro I saw. Obviously the Hot Greek Girl (HHG) who took my order and made it really wanted me and expressed it through her food. That is so awesome!
Went on my way to finish errands.
Stopped at computer store to get a video capture card and maybe a case.
They didn't have a video capture card that was supported in Linux. Bastards! Guess I won't be building a Linux powereed PVR this weekend. Thanks for nothing Milwaukee PC.
They didn't have a video capture card that was supported in Linux, so I just bought some memory. Now I've got lots of RAM. Go ahead and be jealous if you want.
Went to the book store.
They didn't have what I was looking for. Bastards!
They didn't have what I was looking for. Bought a different cool book. Hah!
I could go on more, but now it's getting to be evening and I think I'm going to go back and get my Fest on.
I'll probably get another Gyro too. No I'm not hungry yet - but what does that have to do with anything? Not a thing if HGG is still working that's for sure.
I will likely also drink beer. They at least have good beer down there. It's not beer I really like much (which I guess makes it bad good beer) but it's still better than Bud. Hmmm, maybe HGG would like to join me for a bad good beer...
Prost!
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Pick your own version...
Posted by Shawn at 6:38 PM
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"Live oompah music was going and people were having a good time."
You pessimist, you ;).
Do they have a German fest every weekend in that crazy town of yours?
Alles Deutsch...alles die Zeit. All German...all the time.
No, that's not actually true. There's just a crazy-ass oompah band that plays at everything.
This is the 'real' German Fest...not to be confused with German Night, which is a whole other thing. German Fest goes all weekend long.
Which means what? You guessed it...more gyros baby. Even if I didn't love them and the girls serving them, I would still love the fact that they're gyros at a German Fest.
That's whacked, but not nearly as whacked as when I went to The Dalles Cherry Festival and discovered there was nothing there with any cherries in it. That was truly whacked. How can you have a Cherry Festival with no fucking cherries?!?
Sounds like fun! We have our "German-American Fest" in Lincoln Square in a few weeks. Doubt they'll have Gyros served by cute girls. It used to be called Oktoberfest, but I think too many people asked why it was in September :-D
L -I hadn't heard about your authentic German Septemberfest before.
I have wanted to get down to the Christmas market in December and in three years have failed completely. Where else can I get Gluhwein? Nowhere else, that's where. And how much do I love Gluhwein in the winter? A lot.
This year...I swear...
Okay, maybe that's an stretch, but anyone who knows me will tell you that I can fall in love 100 times a day and often do.
Me too. You ought to see this barista that's being trained by the other barista. It's too cute. Both are hot.
They didn't have a video capture card that was supported in Linux.
How I long for the day when I hear "if only they supported this card in Windows. Oh well, I'll have to buy some more RAM or something."
Ohhh, the Chriskindlemart (german christmas fest) is SO worth the trip. It's FUN FUN - but really freakin COLD.
I think the German fest is sponsored by the Chicago Brauhaus - great german restaurant.
Sweet... I've been trying to figure out why in a city once known as Little Munich, there is no Christkindlmarkt here. It's just seems odd...
I always plan on going down to the one in Chicago, but then every year I miss the opportunity. It's like I'm in a Greek myth or something. A giant Gorgon bars my path and I'm blown by contrary winds to the Island of Lesbos or something. And any blowing on the Island of Lesbos is not happening to me, so that's just flat out unfun...
Yeah, but at least you get to watch!
Also, dunno how far you are from Kenosha, but you could always take the train in on a weekday evening (much easier than weekends in my opinion), rather than drive from cheeseland. It's definitely worth going to.
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