Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Perhaps a it of study would not go astray

Finally i get the chance to sit down and blog. I do not like queuing so i dont use the computers at college, i am rarely at home and i do not like to blog at work so chances to blog are hard to come-by. I made myself sit down today and sort some stuff out. I sent a few emails, sorted out some capoeira stuff, checked out some classes in limerick and now i am blogging, congratulation to me.

I had a mid-term last week and i went into full hermit mode and spent Sunday, Monday and most of Tuesday in my room speed-reading thought books. Joan came over Tuesday night and we got talking and since i was sick to death of studying i convinced herself and Liam ton come down to the Stables afor karoke night. We had a few sociable drinks and then went home to sleep before the exam at 9 the next morning. Well thats what i did, Joan was wasted and ran around her sitting room in the underwear and Liam had to study god-bless-em. thats what you get for playing Madden all weekend while i was being very Studious.

Thursday then was the class party which went well enough, congrats to Mike and Sinead for a job well done. The bus was a good laugh and we stopped off at Empty Pockets in Ennis for a few cheap drinks before going to Galway and heading to Cuba's. It was a good night but got a bit messy in the end when one of the girls got drunk and went missin. Thankfully i am not a class rep so i did not have to worry about her. Leave her behind i say. We eventually drove the bus around and found her but several people were of short temper at tis stage. I had hoped to sleep on the bus as i had a class the next morning but i ended up talking [read: grunting] to this chatterbox beside me til we got home at 5. I was sober and not much of a happy bunny. I had been drinking since 7 but when you spread it out over that long a period it kind has no effect.

The next night was Anna'a birthday and we were going to Trinity Rooms. I was a bit worried that i would spend the night surrounded by ladies, admitedly very pretty ladies, so i asked Eoin to some along with his friends from home. I find you have to have a mix when you go out, All-Guy nights are nearly as boring but not as uncomfortable as being out with all women. It was not that bad though, i knew all of Anna's friends and her broter and his friends were out as well. Trinity rooms had a make-over since i saw it last and it was pretty cool. The bass was making my eyes vibrate and the glasses fall off the table. I may put up some photoes when i get the chance.

The night after was Triona's 21st which was a good laugh. Between herself and her friend Claire she seems to know someone from every social circle in Limerick and it was only after that i found out that Jen and Pa had both been invited but thought that they would not know anyone there and did not come. It was an....eventful night and it a pity i had to leave early, i missed Rock The Boat which is always a good laugh. There is still the ISI Cristmas party si suppose. Yet again and for the third time in a row Sinead followed me out. Seriously Sinead i am not interested, stop trying to get me drunk and take advantage of me.

Thew next night i was just not in the mood to go out to liam bought a slab of beverages and made me stay and drink it, we watched some quality art film and had some nice ethnic toast, then watched some nature documentaries on the lap-top. All in all a good night although i felt a bit poorly the next day, perhaps the toast went down the wrong way.

I am getting off my ass and actually doing some work this week. Essay deadlines are beginning to loom and i have to get cracking. I also skipped out on the gym all last week so i shall have to start that up again.

Tomorrow (Wednesday 16th) however i am going to Dolans for Giveamanakick's new album launch. Ten euroes and there will be a DJ and a pig on a spit. Should be fun.

Saturday, November 05, 2005

iPods suck almost as much as Pa

I am at this very moment talking to my good friend conal on MSN and he is harping on about how great his broadband is. Pity he knows nothing and soon his computer will crash and BURN. I sometimes think that people should not just be allowed get a computer, its like being a parent. People get a new computer and then fill it full of crap, never clean it, never immunise it, let it hand around bad crowds with no protection and let it get slow and stupid. I mean the first thing you should do with a new computer is get an anti-virus and get free internet downloads like Adaware and Spypot, i have not gotten any spyware or pop-ups since last Christmas. And even if once a month they clean and defrag their hard-drive then their computer will last for ageslonger and they wont have to run off to Daddy to get a new one after a few short irritating months.

My brother asked me today why did i not do computer since i can fix most of the bugs that pop up at home but to be honestI actually hate the things though. I spent hours tonight trying to get my sisters iPod up and running before she headed off to Australia tomorrow. TO be fair to her she spent two hours on her own before i came home trying to crack it. That in itself was quite unusual because i am usually the one who does computer stuff in the house but she did everything that i would have done and still no avail. Still i came home and then tried to sort it out, computers are shit, the internet was acting up, as was my computer plus the home computers and the software was manky. I wont even try to explain but i would not reccommend an iPod to anyone, you can get Creative ones that are much easier and more friendly to use. It took more than three hours to change my songs to iPod format as well. Long story short i managed it in the end but now my eyes are killing me from staring at a computer screen and my testicles have been microwaved all evening so no chance of kids for me.

Ya my sis is heading off for a year tomorrow, its weird cuz i have only been back from America little more than a month. We had a big 'Christmas' dinner yesterday cuz it was her birthday and none of us were going to be around for Christmas anyway so we got the Turkey and ham and stuff and had a big gettogether with all the aunts and uncles. Twas a good night, even though all my relatives live in Limerick i do not get to see them all that often, i have not seen my aunt since Christmas. Tonight we just had a closer family sit-in and just messed around and cursed iPods. It will be sad to see her go but if everything goes according to my master plan then she will only be back a month or two next year before i head off on my travels. I think i have gotten much more used to not seeing people for extended periods at this stage. The world is small and we have plenty of time to see people. Rachel our British friend that we met in New Paltz came over on Tuesday and stayed one night before heading home and Liam will be going over to visit her soon as well. I will see them in the future and if you stay in touch then there is no problem. On that note i will of cours ebe ringing my favourite New Zealand girl soon so she need one worry.

The problem wiht not blogging a lot is that there are too many things to talk about when you do, i could write about how i am trying to start a capoeira club in UL at the moment, or Liam and Owen's class Halloween party or Rachels visit but it is late and i am tired so they will have to be described by personal request. I must off to bed be, a shout out to negro-nose in Dublin and to all ye plebs who live through my blog. ...man i'm down with the lingo