Bum-bum-ba-DUM!!! It is Thursday, so what I have I done so far with this glorious week???? Well, we'll go backwards. I just got home from a cappella practice where we recorded our rendition of "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds. We did it for the play "The Breakfast Club" that the Theater Society is doing next week; apparently they are going to play it as the play starts. Neato burrito!
Going back some more, last night we were bored, and I mean really bored. So we grabbed a camera and did two things: 1. an amazing lip-syncing version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" and 2. a puppet show. The puppet show had some inspiration--namely, this little beauty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffo3_fO_RA8
Oh yes, we had a little sock puppet of DWAYNE..."THE ROCK"...JOHNSON. Uh, yep. Moving on. Before that all went down, I made more pancakes and worked on homework all day.
Tuesday was pretty uneventful and I would go as far as to say that I can't actually remember doing anything that day except for going to a finance tutorial...hmm...
p.s. here is our sweet vid
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
L..O..N..D..O..N
Last Thursday I shipped out for London on the 3:30 a.m. bus. Terrible hour. Anywho, we left Galway, rode the bus to Shannon, hitched a plane to London, and BAM! there we were. Because none of us really slept the night before, we checked into our hostel and slept most of the day. While we were there, we were out and about all over the place. The first thing we did was go to King's Cross Station. Yep, Harry Potter geeks ;) and the pictures should explain the rest. I'll put them up chronologically through the trip.
Platform 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station
The Marble Arch
The changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. This was made infinitely cooler because the marching guards played music from Star Wars.
Big Ben
The London Eye. We went as the sun was setting and it was GORGEOUS!
The Tower Bridge. It is technically considered a ship for some reason. Hmm...
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
The Wobley Bridge with St. Paul's Cathedral in the background. The Tate Modern Art Museum is so right there and it is one of the strangest places that I have ever been. Back to the bridge--at the beginning of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, this is the bridge that gets snapped.
The National Gallery on Trafalgar Square. It also happened to be the Chinese New Year, so it was PACKED. Neato burrito.
Platform 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station
The Marble Arch
The changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. This was made infinitely cooler because the marching guards played music from Star Wars.
Big Ben
The London Eye. We went as the sun was setting and it was GORGEOUS!
The Tower Bridge. It is technically considered a ship for some reason. Hmm...
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
The Wobley Bridge with St. Paul's Cathedral in the background. The Tate Modern Art Museum is so right there and it is one of the strangest places that I have ever been. Back to the bridge--at the beginning of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, this is the bridge that gets snapped.
The National Gallery on Trafalgar Square. It also happened to be the Chinese New Year, so it was PACKED. Neato burrito.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Maybe We Can Sleep In, I'll Make You Banana Pancakes
Haha, just kidding, no sleeping in and no bananas. But we did make pancakes. Here's the story--tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, which means that today is Pancake Tuesday. So, today we made pancakes, which normally I really, really don't like, but the ones we made were DELICIOUS and smothered in Nutella...I think they were more like thick crepes than pancakes...Anywho, we fried these puppies up in a pan and this is a video of my amazing pancake-flipping skills. I hope you enjoy it.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
XOXO...Yep...It's That Time Again
*The little date right above this line says the 15th, but it is 1:33 am and I have not yet gone to bed, so really, it is still Valentine's Day :)
So here we are, the exact middle of the month of February--aah, Valentine's Day. The wonderful day of the year to show your significant other how much they mean to you. On that note, I think that it is aptly nicknamed 'Singles Awareness Day'. Indeed. Let's go through a brief history of the V-Days that I have experienced and see why that is so. Here we go:
-Up to the 4th grade: These were all pretty much the same. Make nifty little construction paper card holders and when that fateful day arrived, give everyone in the class their Valentine card. Pair that with a class party that included sugar cookies and an afternoon of games and it was a brilliant time! I liked this stage--tons of lovely little cards to go around and also tons of sugar. Nothing bad so far. Moving on.
-5th Grade: Giving cards to everyone stopped being mandatory. I did get cards from all of my friends of course. But who else??? Ooh, the one boy who had held my attention for the last year. Heck yes. I remember this card and I have no idea why. It had a picture of two dogs on it (maybe that's why I remember it, what do dogs have to do with Valentines Day?). Anywho, I have no idea what it said, I think my little prepubescent emotions had taken over my ability to read, so all cognitive ability was gone at that point. Haha :) Next.
-6th through Sophmore year: Oh goodness. The awkward years. Not gonna lie, these were a little rough. During this time, giving out the little cards with The Ninja Turtles or Disney Princesses was not "cool", so where did that leave all of the little hormone-stricken junior high students? Oh yes, the carnations. Spend $1.50 to buy one for that special person and all of your dreams could come true. Brutal. To sum this up, every year I did get a carnation from my best friend. This in itself kept me every year from the brutality of being one of the people without a flower being delivered to them in the middle of class. Because it was a small school, everyone knew who did and didn't get a flower. I made it through that phase relatively without incident. Next.
-Junior year: I actually can't remember what happened this year. I know that I had a boyfriend and he got me something. What that something was, I can only venture a guess. I think it may have been something shiny and expensive. Let's see...looking at pictures from my birthday two weeks later and...I am wearing a necklace--the something shiny was a snazzy necklace. So that was my junior year. Next.
-Senior year: I still had the same boyfriend, but he had graduated the year before, so while I wasn't single, I definitely didn't go out and do anything because he was on the other side of the country at this point. However, [little sidenote] I'd always thought it would be nifty to find a note in a bottle (kind of lame, but still would be totally sweet). Being the thoughtful guy that he was, he sent me a note in a bottle and had it delivered to the school. It was really sweet and it made my day :) Next.
-College: Oh joy. This should sum it up nicely. Freshman year: Single. Sophmore year: Technically single. It was either the next day or a couple days later that I had an "official" boyfriend. Junior year: Still single.
So, kids, what have we learned from this????? Pretty much nothing. I wasn't really trying to make this a lesson, so learning nothing fits pretty well :) However, while being single on Valentine's Day does raise awareness of the lack of a relationship that some of us might have, for those of you who are in a healthy, functioning relationship, congratulations and I hope you and your little love bird have a great day :)
As for (all the single ladies, all the single ladies! If you like it then you should have put a ring on it! Just kidding.) those of you who are free to do whatever you little hearts desire on this beautiful day, best of luck. Try not to go to the movies or to dinner unless it is with a large group of other wonderfully free people. If you go by yourself, you will get stared at and these will be stares of pity. I'm just sayin'...don't do it ;)
Moving on, so what DID I actually do to celebrate this gloriously nauseating holiday??? Caused some old-school rumpus of course! Yesterday, my roommates and I hatched a play to heart attack the neighbor boys that are in the other half of the house [Please note that combined between the three of us, we have only ever talked to them twice, but we were bored]. So, we spent 30 minutes cutting out colorful construction paper hearts and BAM we were set. All incognito-like we snuck around the hedges and alas, they were not home. Because of this we took our sweet time and got it all finished. Now to wait. We went home (being stereotypical single girls) and watched the Notebook. Nothing like a sappy chick flick right before Valentine's Day, eh? ;) Anywho, they never showed. So tonight while we were toodling around the house what did we hear, but a very loud TV on the other side of the wall. Victory. They were home. I'm going to skip to the end of the story. It was REALLY hot in our TV room which is in the front of our house and my roommate was opening the window. While she was doing this, one of the neighbors was walking up the driveway and when she noticed him, she let out an absolutely BLOOD CURDLING scream and ran upstairs. As such, I had to answer the door. He was very curious as to why we were creeping out the front window. Then he was wondering if we had seen any "dodgey" people hanging out in front of our house. Dodgey people indeed ;)
So that was my weekend in a glorious little nutshell. Peace out.
So here we are, the exact middle of the month of February--aah, Valentine's Day. The wonderful day of the year to show your significant other how much they mean to you. On that note, I think that it is aptly nicknamed 'Singles Awareness Day'. Indeed. Let's go through a brief history of the V-Days that I have experienced and see why that is so. Here we go:
-Up to the 4th grade: These were all pretty much the same. Make nifty little construction paper card holders and when that fateful day arrived, give everyone in the class their Valentine card. Pair that with a class party that included sugar cookies and an afternoon of games and it was a brilliant time! I liked this stage--tons of lovely little cards to go around and also tons of sugar. Nothing bad so far. Moving on.
-5th Grade: Giving cards to everyone stopped being mandatory. I did get cards from all of my friends of course. But who else??? Ooh, the one boy who had held my attention for the last year. Heck yes. I remember this card and I have no idea why. It had a picture of two dogs on it (maybe that's why I remember it, what do dogs have to do with Valentines Day?). Anywho, I have no idea what it said, I think my little prepubescent emotions had taken over my ability to read, so all cognitive ability was gone at that point. Haha :) Next.
-6th through Sophmore year: Oh goodness. The awkward years. Not gonna lie, these were a little rough. During this time, giving out the little cards with The Ninja Turtles or Disney Princesses was not "cool", so where did that leave all of the little hormone-stricken junior high students? Oh yes, the carnations. Spend $1.50 to buy one for that special person and all of your dreams could come true. Brutal. To sum this up, every year I did get a carnation from my best friend. This in itself kept me every year from the brutality of being one of the people without a flower being delivered to them in the middle of class. Because it was a small school, everyone knew who did and didn't get a flower. I made it through that phase relatively without incident. Next.
-Junior year: I actually can't remember what happened this year. I know that I had a boyfriend and he got me something. What that something was, I can only venture a guess. I think it may have been something shiny and expensive. Let's see...looking at pictures from my birthday two weeks later and...I am wearing a necklace--the something shiny was a snazzy necklace. So that was my junior year. Next.
-Senior year: I still had the same boyfriend, but he had graduated the year before, so while I wasn't single, I definitely didn't go out and do anything because he was on the other side of the country at this point. However, [little sidenote] I'd always thought it would be nifty to find a note in a bottle (kind of lame, but still would be totally sweet). Being the thoughtful guy that he was, he sent me a note in a bottle and had it delivered to the school. It was really sweet and it made my day :) Next.
-College: Oh joy. This should sum it up nicely. Freshman year: Single. Sophmore year: Technically single. It was either the next day or a couple days later that I had an "official" boyfriend. Junior year: Still single.
So, kids, what have we learned from this????? Pretty much nothing. I wasn't really trying to make this a lesson, so learning nothing fits pretty well :) However, while being single on Valentine's Day does raise awareness of the lack of a relationship that some of us might have, for those of you who are in a healthy, functioning relationship, congratulations and I hope you and your little love bird have a great day :)
As for (all the single ladies, all the single ladies! If you like it then you should have put a ring on it! Just kidding.) those of you who are free to do whatever you little hearts desire on this beautiful day, best of luck. Try not to go to the movies or to dinner unless it is with a large group of other wonderfully free people. If you go by yourself, you will get stared at and these will be stares of pity. I'm just sayin'...don't do it ;)
Moving on, so what DID I actually do to celebrate this gloriously nauseating holiday??? Caused some old-school rumpus of course! Yesterday, my roommates and I hatched a play to heart attack the neighbor boys that are in the other half of the house [Please note that combined between the three of us, we have only ever talked to them twice, but we were bored]. So, we spent 30 minutes cutting out colorful construction paper hearts and BAM we were set. All incognito-like we snuck around the hedges and alas, they were not home. Because of this we took our sweet time and got it all finished. Now to wait. We went home (being stereotypical single girls) and watched the Notebook. Nothing like a sappy chick flick right before Valentine's Day, eh? ;) Anywho, they never showed. So tonight while we were toodling around the house what did we hear, but a very loud TV on the other side of the wall. Victory. They were home. I'm going to skip to the end of the story. It was REALLY hot in our TV room which is in the front of our house and my roommate was opening the window. While she was doing this, one of the neighbors was walking up the driveway and when she noticed him, she let out an absolutely BLOOD CURDLING scream and ran upstairs. As such, I had to answer the door. He was very curious as to why we were creeping out the front window. Then he was wondering if we had seen any "dodgey" people hanging out in front of our house. Dodgey people indeed ;)
So that was my weekend in a glorious little nutshell. Peace out.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Playing Superheroes!
Yesterday I went to class and then went and played human chess. Because my wardrobe as of the moment does not include anything remotely resembling a superhero outfit, I had to improvise. What did I do? Threw on a bunch of really colorful clothes (complete with bright purple tights and yellow legwarmers :D) and was Captain Technicolor! My superpowers included me attacking people with a highlighter when I killed them. Unfortunately, even as the queen I was killed early in the game...BY A PAWN. Lame. Anywho, later that night, I went to a BaconSoc meeting. I walked in and everyone was watching Explosm shorts (best society ever? I think so.). Moving on. We started the meeting and two of the members had to leave because they were doing a stand-up show. Being the supportive people we are, the rest of us went to watch them and their comedic debut. That all went well, THEN after they and a professional comedian were done, there was an improv show. Neato gang.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Telepathic Pterodactyls
That's right. Telepathic pterodactyls. I just watched Avater (in 3D, nonetheless) and I've decided that I want a nice little flying friend that can read my mind. That would be super. Moving on, today I went to the musical, "The Wiz". It was pretty good; I went because I am volunteering with intellectually disabled college age students, so a bunch of the volunteers took a bunch of students. Neato. Anywho, for this production, all of the actors had southern accents. Irish impressions of southern accents are actually pretty impressive, but there is something slightly amiss about the twang they have ;) Moving on, after that I came home and did homework. I had a date tonight (hence going to Avatar) and it was fun. Now I'm at home working on homework again. Oh joy :)
Oh and by the way, "Rock & Roll" by Eric Hutchinson is a great song. It's on my iTunes right now and it makes me inexplicably happy. Hmmm... :)
Oh and by the way, "Rock & Roll" by Eric Hutchinson is a great song. It's on my iTunes right now and it makes me inexplicably happy. Hmmm... :)
Monday, February 8, 2010
Smooching the....
Ok peeps, after a week of being AWOL I will expound on the savage wanderings that I have taken. Last week was "Go Green" Week for NUIG. Because I have TONS of free time, I decided to volunteer. It's not one of the causes that is generally on the top of my list, but it's a good one nonetheless, so I helped out with that. Next item of business, last week it was my roommates birthday and she wanted to go home for the weekend, so Thursday afternoon came and we caught the 2 o'clock bus out of here!! Woo! We went down to Cork and stayed with her sister and brother-in-law.
On Friday we went swimming. Here is how it all went down: I stepped into the pool and promptly stepped back out. I figured, 'Hey, I've been cold for the last month, why on earth am I getting voluntarily into a cold pool?', so instead I sat in the glorious, glorious sauna. I usually even like saunas, but it was warm :) Anywho, later that night two other girls from Galway came down and we all (us four and one of my roommates friends) went to the Blarney Castle on Saturday. Yes, this is the castle that houses the Blarney Stone. And you'd better believe that I smooched that beast. After that we wandered around the shopping center for awhile and ended up in the English market, which was sa-weeet! The the two chicas from Galway left and we went home and took a nap. Later that night, we were with some of my roomies friends, and because I'd never been there, they decided to take me to Kinsale. This is a little touristy town outside of Cork and right near the water. We went pretty late at night so it was completely dark out and we went to a castle. The kind with a moat. In the dark it was kinda creepy ;) Then we hopped around town for a little bit and then came home.
Sunday was pretty chill and on Sunday night we went to someones house and just played games for awhile. Then at 11 or 12 the Superbowl came on. It was strange that it was in the middle of the night. Anywho, we were there and all sorts of rumpus went down and then we went home. Today we took my roommate to get her ears pierced. Neato! After that we caught the bus home again. When we finally got home we made some delicious tuna salad and watched a movie.
That was my past week in a nutshell. I'll post pictures tomorrow (later today technically in Irish time). However, it is a ridiculous hour of the morning and I really should be asleep. Noches.
*I am now awake and it is not a ridiculous hour of the morning anymore, so here are the pictures :)
Cork
The English Market
Smooching the Blarney Stone
The Blarney Castle
Kinsale
On Friday we went swimming. Here is how it all went down: I stepped into the pool and promptly stepped back out. I figured, 'Hey, I've been cold for the last month, why on earth am I getting voluntarily into a cold pool?', so instead I sat in the glorious, glorious sauna. I usually even like saunas, but it was warm :) Anywho, later that night two other girls from Galway came down and we all (us four and one of my roommates friends) went to the Blarney Castle on Saturday. Yes, this is the castle that houses the Blarney Stone. And you'd better believe that I smooched that beast. After that we wandered around the shopping center for awhile and ended up in the English market, which was sa-weeet! The the two chicas from Galway left and we went home and took a nap. Later that night, we were with some of my roomies friends, and because I'd never been there, they decided to take me to Kinsale. This is a little touristy town outside of Cork and right near the water. We went pretty late at night so it was completely dark out and we went to a castle. The kind with a moat. In the dark it was kinda creepy ;) Then we hopped around town for a little bit and then came home.
Sunday was pretty chill and on Sunday night we went to someones house and just played games for awhile. Then at 11 or 12 the Superbowl came on. It was strange that it was in the middle of the night. Anywho, we were there and all sorts of rumpus went down and then we went home. Today we took my roommate to get her ears pierced. Neato! After that we caught the bus home again. When we finally got home we made some delicious tuna salad and watched a movie.
That was my past week in a nutshell. I'll post pictures tomorrow (later today technically in Irish time). However, it is a ridiculous hour of the morning and I really should be asleep. Noches.
*I am now awake and it is not a ridiculous hour of the morning anymore, so here are the pictures :)
Cork
The English Market
Smooching the Blarney Stone
The Blarney Castle
Kinsale
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