Large Bear Shakes Hands. Later, Small Child Mauled to Death
The View From our Coordinator's Lake House
Today is the day our final cast members arrive. Lucy and Susan are the last addition to our rag-tag crew of young adventurers. Time to really go to work. For the last few days in Berlin, the crew and cast have been working together to secure the vehicles for the caravan. On Tuesday, I drove a Suzuki with a 1.1 engine from a used car lot back to our hostle in Mitte, Berlin. I would relate the experience to every 16 year old's first time on an interstate. The experience of driving a $150 car through a busy foreign city is quite invigorating.
We have already experienced a few set backs in the production schedule. Our Renault, a French car similar to an old Saab, has already broken down and has spent the last 3 days at our production coordinators house. Ask a mechanic if they know what a demobilizer and see how they respond.
Another wrench in the works presented itself a few days ago when our director had a meeting at a local bar. A local Berliner by the name of Illa overheard some of the details and immediately threw herself at the mercy of our vagabond court. At the moment, the discussion is whether our not we would have enough space between the 3 cast cars to accommodate our new German friend. After meeting with Illa, a sense of utter confusion came over me as I discussed the project with one of our cast members. What the hell are we all doing? Ever since our overly vocal, hilariously stereotypical Englishman cast member arrived, he has been spouting off knowledge about African foreign relations. Whether it be Angolan insurgents, border wars in the North of Burkina Faso, or the absolutely awful conditions of South Africa at the moment. Can we say a murder rate of 20,000 per year? Wonderful.
To end this entry on a high note, I would like the reader to know that all precautions are being taken. At the moment we are 12. With the possibility of rising to a bakers dozen. We are one car down and we haven't even started the trip, but we will push on. Our mechanic is en route to the Renault shop located an hour outside of Berlin. The two final additions to our crew arrive this afternoon, and excitement is at an all time high. As it stands, things look good. We have graffiti artists coming tonight and tomorrow to paint our cars, and we are on the road Monday.
Cash, Money, Dollar Dollar Bill y'all.
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