diff -r e440e94a874b -r cf4b80992451 thirdparty/google_appengine/google/appengine/api/app_logging.py
--- a/thirdparty/google_appengine/google/appengine/api/app_logging.py	Mon Sep 07 20:26:39 2009 +0200
+++ b/thirdparty/google_appengine/google/appengine/api/app_logging.py	Mon Sep 07 20:27:37 2009 +0200
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@
     StreamHandler.emit()."""
     try:
       message = self._AppLogsMessage(record)
-      self.stream.write(message.encode("UTF-8"))
+      if isinstance(message, unicode):
+        message = message.encode("UTF-8")
+      self.stream.write(message)
       self.flush()
     except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
       raise