So its 3am and what better to do then blog. sleep maybe? maybe...
English people love Jargos(Jean-Cargos). I never thought i would see the day this was socially acceptable. Probably the biggest culture difference I have noticed.
My roommate Lou and I are having a joint Birthday party on Monday. Who has a party on a Monday? We do apparently. We have some Swedish friends who are leaving forever on Wednesday so we moved it up. I'm in charge of eggnog so we will see how that goes, ummmmm raw eggs, milk, and whiskey; what a great invention. ( I recently watched a video of Kurt Vonnegut speaking at Ohio State University. He said "do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites, standing for absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.” I kinda still like em though; no?)
Kurt also said, "If you really want to hurt your parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be a homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts." I think Briana heard this one before me.
So anyways... me and Lou went to Asda. Asda is a walmart owned grocery store. It is like a really small meijer, but still 3 times the size of any other grocery store. It was great. (Yes. I just said that something Walmart was great.) It made me feel like I was back in America. That and the PTI podcasts I have been listening to.
I have taken a few drum lessons and can play 'Umbrella' and 'Heat of the Moment' poorly.
i got down to 1 pair of underwear today. whew, that was a close one.
Here are some more videos from Ireland.
In case we die...
Where's the bathroom?
Stumblin and bumblin
Friday, November 30, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Ireland
We knew Dublin was going to be fun when the first thing we saw as we got off the airplane was this.
Turned out we were right.
Irish people are some of the best I have ever met. They are what I imagine the English would be like if they smiled.
Giant spike known as the Spire of Dublin, or its official title the Monument of Light
Its almost 400 ft tall, thats over a 130 Shillelaghs if you are keeping count.
Dublin castle was lame. Don't bother if you go to Dublin.
There were tons of statues, such as this creepy statue. There were also several dragon vs unicorn statues. Don't know whats up with that.
We stopped by the Guiness store house then took a tour of the Jameson distillery. We got to try some wiskey that you can only buy at that distillery which was cool. It tasted like Jameson.
Also if you are ever in Dublin, check out Abracababra. It tastes as amazing as it sounds.
Trinity College was relly cool too. We stopped in to pee.
We went to Kilkenny, a town 2 hours west of Dublin by train, for a night to get out of the city and see the country a bit. While in kilkenny we stumbled on a bachelorette party. They grow 'em big in Kilkenny. there was a lot of woman in their bunny-eared posy. Here is one them singing that song from the Ford commercial. Simply the best...
We visited Kilkenney castle and saw a picture of the guy who inspired the look for captain hook from peter pan. The tour guide also said some other stuff but its not as exciting as Disney cartoons so i wont bore you.
That night we met an archaeologist and IT lady who used to work in production on movie sets and had met River Phoenix. Dan was real excited. I think he has a man crush on River.
The B&B we stayed at was run by an odd old lady. She kept a group of spiders as pets next to the stairs outside our room. She called them her precious. Not really, but maybe, there were a shitload of spiders.
The next day it was back to Dublin where it rained a lot and where we meet a girl from Kansas and a guy from Ontario who were staying at our hostile. We watched some hockey, cause what else do you do with Canucks?
Turned out we were right.
Irish people are some of the best I have ever met. They are what I imagine the English would be like if they smiled.
Giant spike known as the Spire of Dublin, or its official title the Monument of Light
Its almost 400 ft tall, thats over a 130 Shillelaghs if you are keeping count.
Dublin castle was lame. Don't bother if you go to Dublin.
There were tons of statues, such as this creepy statue. There were also several dragon vs unicorn statues. Don't know whats up with that.
We stopped by the Guiness store house then took a tour of the Jameson distillery. We got to try some wiskey that you can only buy at that distillery which was cool. It tasted like Jameson.
Also if you are ever in Dublin, check out Abracababra. It tastes as amazing as it sounds.
Trinity College was relly cool too. We stopped in to pee.
We went to Kilkenny, a town 2 hours west of Dublin by train, for a night to get out of the city and see the country a bit. While in kilkenny we stumbled on a bachelorette party. They grow 'em big in Kilkenny. there was a lot of woman in their bunny-eared posy. Here is one them singing that song from the Ford commercial. Simply the best...
We visited Kilkenney castle and saw a picture of the guy who inspired the look for captain hook from peter pan. The tour guide also said some other stuff but its not as exciting as Disney cartoons so i wont bore you.
That night we met an archaeologist and IT lady who used to work in production on movie sets and had met River Phoenix. Dan was real excited. I think he has a man crush on River.
The B&B we stayed at was run by an odd old lady. She kept a group of spiders as pets next to the stairs outside our room. She called them her precious. Not really, but maybe, there were a shitload of spiders.
The next day it was back to Dublin where it rained a lot and where we meet a girl from Kansas and a guy from Ontario who were staying at our hostile. We watched some hockey, cause what else do you do with Canucks?
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