Eisbär

I got to hear a great song today as part of a classmate’s oral presentation on Die Neue Deutsche Welle, a musical movement from the 70s and 80s (with such bands as Nena, Falco, and Kraftwerk).  Here were the lyrics to the song she played:

Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein,

im kalten Polar,

dann musste ich nicht mehr schreien

all das wär so klar.

Eisbären mussen nie weinen.

 

[I’d like to be a polar bear

in the cold arctic

then I wouldn’t have to yell anymore

all of that would be so clear

polar bears never have to cry]

And all of that was set to synthesizers… I guess I just love it when Germans take themselves really seriously and then they go make a song like this… 

Well, not much else has really been going on outside of class, homework, and reading.  That will all change this weekend when I go to Chemnitz to visit Stefanie and Clemens—they’re possibly having a Mafia themed party—what that entails, I don’t exactly know, but a party sounds great right about now.