Bodast

I think you will pick up a lot fast either way, but probably more efficiently if you teach yourself some basics with a "German for beginners" type book/website - how the basic grammar works, and some common verbs etc. (When I went to the Czech Rep without knowing any Czech, I picked up a lot of useful stuff, but a lot more after I had properly 'learnt' some from a book.) Also I would recommend listening to bands who sing in German to get used to hearing it and to learn some stuff, but that's only because I love a couple of German bands and learnt all the German I know from them _

Depends if you are looking to ultimately learn the language or just pick up a bit casually and get by, though, because if it's the latter, just go ahead and learn it as it comes

All of them, but if I had to pick one, I'd say Deliverance, for Master's Apprentices.

Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot

How is it? I have never read any of his stuff but I have heard that one in particular would be a useful one to read because it was influential (and a good book anyway).

Right now I am trying to read "You'll Never Walk Alone: Ein Fussballmusikroman" by Florian Weber.

Any band that sings in their own made up language is worthy of some respect

YES. In fact, that's why I dug them out again, I had to do a talk today for my French class and I did it on Kobaian. Though it wasn't really appropriate to what we're studying, it was fun to exclaim, "then, as the music reached its summit, Vander would emerge from behind the drums and start shrieking, screaming and yowling like a magician or a necromancer!"

Hey, did you ever go to that Planet Gong gig in the Netherlands? I seem to remember you talking about it, ages ago..?

After forgetting Magma for many moons, I just remembered them, and they are much better than I remembered!

Anyone likes them? Stupid hippies? Musical pioneers?

That's awesome. Lolcats are one of the greatest delights on the internet, and therefore, anywhere.

I've met Lemmy (and the rest of Motorhead) a couple of times and I met Jon Bon Jovi before he was really famous...but still a dick.

100,000,000 Bon Jovi fans can't be wrong, surely =/

I would feel like the biggest wanker alive if I had to go to hospital from drinking too much.

Correct.

I uh... went to make compensation as regards my life-tab/karma by applying today to volunteer at the hospital though. :O It may seem stupid but one of my stronger beliefs is to maintain peace within the self by giving back what you take.

In the mean time, thanks for your splendid array of stories! I found another good one in my archives:

"And I have been further told by a lady whom I highly honour and esteem, that near Bordeaux and about Castres where she lives, a country woman, a widow of chaste repute, perceiving in herself the first symptoms of breeding, innocently told her neighbours that if she had a husband she should think herself with child; but the causes of suspicion every day more and more increasing, and at last growing up to a manifest proof, the poor woman was reduced to the necessity of causing it to be proclaimed in her parish church, that whoever had done that deed and would frankly confess it, she did not only promise to forgive, but moreover to marry him, if he liked the motion; whereupon a young fellow that served her in the quality of a labourer, encouraged by this proclamation, declared that he had one holiday found her, having taken too much of the bottle, so fast asleep by the chimney and in so indecent a posture, that he could conveniently do his business without waking her; and they yet live together man and wife."

My deepest and most sincere apologies. I should have phrased my first post more carefully to read something like: despite not have a very funny time myself, I would like to hear about yours.

Hey guys,

I just got home from a night in hospital from somehow overdrinking.. they asked me how old I was and I said I was 14, and then they asked when my birthday was and I said, "At the right time... it's at the right time." I spent the rest of my night talking about Juve to the Italian nurse and learning German declensions off my friend who stayed with me.

In short, I feel like a fucking idiot as this is what's meant to happen when you're 15 and then you learn your lesson and it never happens again (messed that one up, huh), but I also realise that this phenomenon can lead to funny scenarios. Tell me about yours!

The Life of Bodast:

Opening Credits: "Straight Up Funk" - 5ive

First Day At School: "Shake That Booty" - Elephant Man

Falling In Love: "Beautiful" - Christina _

First Kiss: "Chao Level Up" - Sonic Adventure Soundtrack =D

(Hate-event: First kiss/Fucked with a knife, that's horrible!)

Breaking Up: Oh Daddy - Fleetwood Mac

Getting Back Together: "Happy Jack" - The Who

Prom: "Real Life Permanent Dream" - Tomorrow

Life: "Digital Love" - Daft Punk

Fight Song: "I Only Want To Be With You" - Bay City Rollers

Mental Breakdown: "Rivfader" - Finntroll

Driving: "Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely" - Backstreet Boys

Graduation: "All in a Mouse's Night" - Genesis

Flashback: "Gimme Gimme Gimme" - Yngwie Malmsteen

Final Good Byes/Moving On: "I'll Be There" - Gerry and the Pacemakers

Wedding: "Judy is a Punk" - The Ramones

Birth of Child: "Honky-Tonk Haven" - John McLaughlin

Final Battle: "Crawling" - Linkin Park

Death Scene: "Mika Yo!" - Finnforest

Funeral Song: "Corporal Clegg" - Pink Floyd

Rememberance Song: "'94 (Novanta Quattro) - Sportfreunde Stiller

End Credits: "Space Truckin'" - Deep Purple

Sportfreunde Stiller - Ein Kompliment

Sportfreunde Stiller - Der Fortschritt

Sportfreunde Stiller - Legenden

Sportfreunde Stiller - Hockey (Feld)

Sportfreunde Stiller - Unterwegs

I have limited tastes when it comes to leaving the house.

I like these idiotic things..

How am I feeling today?

The Move - Brontosaurus

(Ancient; enormous)

Will I get far in life?

Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink

(Pick our fill of punkweed, and smoke it til we bleed... ie. No)

How do my friends see me?

King Crimson - Epitaph including March for No Reason and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

(Errr... dead, pretentious, Mellotron-soaked)

What's my best friend's theme song?

Genesis - Hair on the Arms and Legs [demo version]

(Ha!)

What is the story of my life?

Syd Barrett - Golden Hair

(Like a James Joyce poem? Defo.)

What is/was highschool like?

Kraftwerk - Intermission

(Non-descript but necessary to get onto the next bit)

How can I get ahead in life?

Gorillaz - Rock the House

(is more productive than smoking punkweed)

What is the best thing about me?

Savage Garden - I Want You

( )

How is today going to be?

ELP - Jerusalem

What is in store for this weekend?

The Soft Machine - Virtually, Part 4

(I assume this means I will spend all my time online)

What song describes my parents?

Svadbas - Trci Trci

(Svadbas means wedding, which is fitting. Dunno about the title. Maybe they're secretly Croatian.)

What song descirbes my grandparents?

Ranma - Opening Theme (Season 1)

(Haha. My grandpa is a boy who changes into a girl and my grandma is a man who changes into a panda.)

How is my life going?

De Efteling - Monsieur Cannibale

(je n'veux pas mourir)

What song will they play at my funeral?

Rage Against the Machine - Renegades of Funk

(no!)

How does the world see me?

McFly - Surfer Babe

(For sure.)

Will I have a happy life?

Gilbert O'Sullivan - Mr. Moody's Garden

("Every day's a holiday... Ain't it grand to be alive?" )

What do my friends really think of me?

Goldfrapp - Lovely Head

Do people secretly lust after me?

The Delays - Hey Girl

(Evidently.)

I have one friend who insists that it's okay for me to talk to her all the way home when I'm on the megabus, or indulge in conversation when I have to go buy something in a shop, or to continue our chat about boiz (definitely offensive to old people) when I get to an area with people around, and simply can't understand why I refuse. It's just bad manners!

I've developed a terrible (-y useful) habit of leaving my phone on silent all day, from the moment it wakes me up til the time I go to bed. That's not very useful for when people really need to talk to me, but I do check for texts every hour or two and it pisses me off being contactable every minute of the day.

Nice one on the Books and Beans scenario, by the way. Did she clear off or just give you a dirty look?

Almost all the most attractive parts are in the top half, so bottom half crab for sure.

It might be cute.

Brilliant clip, thank you. Stanshall's a legend.

I get the feeling you're trying to make a point here, but I'm not sure what it is...

That's what I thought...

The Bonzos are awesome but it's not like they invented satire/parody (though they are hilarious ).

We should play that, really! Even if you don't win, you'll end up with some new, noteworthy item.

You're rubiss Stuart.

I bought a bag of rabbit droppings because it's good for your hair.

Well I would have but someone beat my offer.

I can't remember the last time that happened to me. Most pages are suitable for firefox these days.

Yep.. last time I can remember it happening was trying to download something from HMV's site, last year. It's barely an issue at all.

Huang Chuncai

IT'S A TRAP!

The only thing I dislike is when you have to use IE to access certain pages.

My favourite thing about Firefox is the quick searches (tbh maybe you can do that on IE now, but I've never noticed it before) - it makes searching SO much quicker (though I waste the saved time by thinking up more sites to put quicksearches on).

Who's to say? For all I know, deep fried bollocks might be the tastiest thing in the world. They're just meat after all. Chances are we'll never find out though.

Well, they eat animal ones don't they. I almost ate bull testicles in Latvia but I didn't have the... courage.

Oh cool.. I'll maybe see you guys in Oxford.

Either way enjoy yourselves and good luck etc.

I'm not insured on any car, but on Project Gotham Racing my favourite tracks to drive to include

I-E-A-I-A-I-O, Systen of a Down

Ten in 2010, Bad Religion

Sunshinin', the Vines

Trilogy, ELP