Recrudescence

And just like that my voracious thirst for knowledge is back.

After spending the entire Sunday cooped up at home (save for the one hour I was out hearing mass), I've suddenly found myself actually reading a lot of articles and not just the headlines on my Google Reader feed.

What rekindled this love affair for the yet-to-be-known was perhaps an article I read on Cebu Pacific bagging flight entitlements to Papua New Guinea.  I know a really nice person from PNG and it would be great if I could pay her a visit in my twenties.  It would actually be nice to visit my friends from around Asia-Pacific even for a weekend.

What's holding me back? I'm of legal age. I have a job. My parents shouldn't see it as a problem if I decide to go abroad for the weekend.

So it's settled then.  Slightly quoting a One Direction song, tonight, and in the future nights and days to come, I will get some and live while I'm young.

Rosenrot by Rammstein

Artist: Rammstein

Album: Rosenrot

Genre: Industrial Metal, Metal

Release: 2009

Tracks: 

1. Benzin 
2. Mann gegen Mann 
3. Rosenrot 
4. Spring 
5. Wo bist du 
6. Stirb nicht vor mir (feat. Sharleen Spiteri) 
7. Zerstören 
8. Hilf mir 
9. Te quiero Puta! 
10. Feuer und Wasser 
11. Ein Lied 

In the dead of night, I used to lie awake and cut myself to the beat of Rammstein songs in full volume.  Mr. Santos, our next-door-neighbor, furiously rang our doorbell at 1 AM one day to complain about that racket coming from my stereo.  The knob of my door could only turn so much as I valued my privacy.  It took them a good few minutes to find the spare key to my room and when they finally got in, they found me lying in a pool of my own blood.

That's how intense Rammstein is with all the screams and heavy guitar strummings topped with clashing hi-hats and cymbals.  Rammstein is not for the faint of heart.  But I would recommend this album to those interested in learning German.  Till Lindemann's lyrics are, aside from pretty angry, pretty straightforward as well.  He annunciates each word in a slow and clear manner, perfect for the untrained ears of aspiring Germanophones.

I would recommend tracks 4 and 5, Wo bist du and Stirb nicht vor mir respectively.  These are my favorite tracks and are not too metal.  They have the easiest, yet most intense lyrics to boot:

Ich suche dich unter jedem Stein.
Wo bist du?
Ich schlafe mit einem Messer ein.
Wo bist du?

Alle Häuser sind verschneit,
Und in den Fenstern Kerzenlicht.
Dort liegen sie zu zweit.
Und ich,
Ich warte nur auf dich

See? German metal songs can even teach you about the dativ Kasus and trennbare Verben.  So start learning Deutsch with Rammstein today!

Disclaimer: Of course, the part about me cutting myself and lying in a pool of my own blood was all made up.