I thought I would explain a bit about who Uri Geller is, since I have a video or two on my blog and it doesn't need to be an inside joke with the guys from Germany. Uri is a magician, a special flavor of magician though, they call themselves "mentalists". He was really popular in the 60's or 70's, mostly because of his "amazing" ability to bend spoons by just rubbing them and thinking really hard. My guess is that his popularity waned when people caught on to the fact that it was fake, but maybe people wanted to see something new.
Back to the point, now he's got his own TV program in Germany, and oh, what a surprise, it's a game show, like every German TV show. It's called "The Next Uri Geller" and it is supposed to search for someone to replace him, from 10 of the top "mentalists" or something. In addition to the silly competition and American Idol-like long, drawn out shows, Uri says he'll do a live illusion every week, and he will even make things happen in the viewers' houses!
The first week, he fixed broken clocks and he made spoons fly off the top of televisions, which is in the video under
www.sachermaningermanyvideos.blogspot.com
To let people know, the video is completely real, I filmed with a real camera, put directly on my real computer, and loaded directly onto the real internet. Nothing about the video itself is altered, although I'm not going to make any promises about the condition of the spoon that evening.
The next week he made peoples tables shake and slide, I felt like I was watching ghost hunters on the Discovery Channel (which is a great show, if you get the chance, much better than Uri Geller) I made a video there too, but it's not worth putting on the site.
Anyway, we'll see if this magician can manage to suck a few million dollars out of this generations pockets, just like he did last time he was popular.
If you're interested, there are some great informational videos on YouTube about him.
-Kevin Sacherman
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Cartoons
The German class decided to put together a class newspaper, and instead me just waiting for the project to be over, I pulled out my pen and whipped up these masterworks. Unlike the last post about my drawings, these were made during the proper homework time (at home) and with the teachers permission, except for maybe a few, but thats beside the point.
This was my first one, it was right after people found out that Iran didn't really have a nuclear program, it translates to, "No, George, no more cookies until you stop lying about the Middle East." I didn't think it was particularly funny, but other people liked it.
This is a Hamburg based joke, at the time I wrote it, the Hamburg cultural museum had just found out that it had bough fake Chinese terra-cotta soldiers, it translates to, "Hey guys, they're made out of chocolate!"
This one is about the new electronic voting machines this year in Hamburg, and how people were unsure about how to use them and such.
This one is my favorite of this bunch, it's about global warming, the newspapers say things like, "Knut is 1" and "Save the earth" and such. Take note of the irony with the airplane.
This was my first one, it was right after people found out that Iran didn't really have a nuclear program, it translates to, "No, George, no more cookies until you stop lying about the Middle East." I didn't think it was particularly funny, but other people liked it.
This is a Hamburg based joke, at the time I wrote it, the Hamburg cultural museum had just found out that it had bough fake Chinese terra-cotta soldiers, it translates to, "Hey guys, they're made out of chocolate!"
This one is about the new electronic voting machines this year in Hamburg, and how people were unsure about how to use them and such.
This one is my favorite of this bunch, it's about global warming, the newspapers say things like, "Knut is 1" and "Save the earth" and such. Take note of the irony with the airplane.
KEGELN!!
I think I have a new favored sport, it's called Kageln, and it involves throwing this little ball down a skiing bowling ally and trying to his this pins that are hanging on strings on the end. It's kinda like a party version of bowling, not so official, a little more old-school. Check out these sweet action pics!
...The open Kegelbahn (like autobahn but for kegeln). I'd compare it to a few feet of fresh pow when the roads are closed and the lifts are open.
The tension was building, as we tallied our own scores by counting how many lights went. Not pictured, the hours of stretching and warming up beforehand.
Host mother at full speed, showing us novices how to throw the ball.
This photo was taken for the sake of training, we need to work on Heiko's form if he wants to make the German Olympic Kegeln team.
My refined and streamlined style blew the competition out of their Lederhosen.
...The open Kegelbahn (like autobahn but for kegeln). I'd compare it to a few feet of fresh pow when the roads are closed and the lifts are open.
The tension was building, as we tallied our own scores by counting how many lights went. Not pictured, the hours of stretching and warming up beforehand.
Host mother at full speed, showing us novices how to throw the ball.
This photo was taken for the sake of training, we need to work on Heiko's form if he wants to make the German Olympic Kegeln team.
My refined and streamlined style blew the competition out of their Lederhosen.
It's been a while...
It's been a while... but now its time to hear some more news!
I'll start here, the Christmas market in Hamburg, a few weeks before Christmas. This place was full to the brim, the area around the main train station and the city hall.
First is my host brother and mother, then my host brother and me, then a shot to show how crowded it was, we wanted to go down there, but that wasn't gonna happen. The last shot is from the Christmas parade that night, it was every Saturday until Christmas in December. Since it's old news, I'll keep it short and end it here.
I'll start here, the Christmas market in Hamburg, a few weeks before Christmas. This place was full to the brim, the area around the main train station and the city hall.
First is my host brother and mother, then my host brother and me, then a shot to show how crowded it was, we wanted to go down there, but that wasn't gonna happen. The last shot is from the Christmas parade that night, it was every Saturday until Christmas in December. Since it's old news, I'll keep it short and end it here.
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