15 seconds of fame
Yesterday I was interviewed for German MTV. I was hanging around in front of the Reichstag to see if I could catch the Calvin interim group after their tour, cause they're in town this week. (I didn't see them.) This guy with a microphone came running up, three guys and a camera behind him, and started asking questions. I told him about the Calvin group, how I live in Berlin now, blah blah--all in German. Then he asked me my favorite song, a question which I can never answer properly, even without the added strain of trying not to make too many grammatical mistakes on TV. Every song title I ever knew immediately vanished from my head, but he wouldn't believe that I don't have a favorite song, so finally I blurted out something by Coldplay. I have no idea where that came from; they're definitely not my favorite. But most of the stuff I listen to would never be on MTV. Later I wished I'd said my favorite song was "99 Luftballoons", but of course you never think of the clever answers on the spot. (Or maybe you're one of those people who actually does, and if that's the case, then I kind of hate you, but also want to be you.) Oh well. I don't have a TV anyway.
Internet's broken at home, but when we get it running again I'll post pics from Copenhagen.
Internet's broken at home, but when we get it running again I'll post pics from Copenhagen.
Labels: Berlin life
