Clisare

Ellens Dance Dare Attempt Two!

2012-02-19T19:59:00.000Z

News Review: Chris Brown at the Grammys and Valentines Day

2012-02-15T23:18:00.000Z

Dare Clare Cheeky Street Interviews

2012-02-13T20:27:00.000Z

News Review: Bebo and Christina Aguilera bleeding all over the shop

2012-02-01T23:05:00.000Z

News Review: Heidi Klum and Nicki Minaj

2012-01-26T00:43:00.000Z

Why I Punched a Stranger

2012-01-23T23:15:00.000Z

Why I Punched a Stranger

Dare Clare Cheese Challenge

2012-01-23T19:21:00.000Z

Dare Clare Tequila Challenge

2012-01-23T18:18:00.000Z

Shite Irish Girls Say Techno Remix - "Out For The Shift"

2012-01-20T20:33:00.000Z

News Review SOPA and Golden Globes

2012-01-19T02:53:00.002Z

News Review SOPA and Golden Globes

2012-01-19T02:53:00.001Z

News Review SOPA and Golden Globes

2012-01-19T02:53:00.000Z

Reply to Ellen's Dance Dare

2012-01-16T20:21:00.000Z

Dare Clare Racing Challenge

2012-01-16T20:19:00.000Z

Shit Irish Lads Say- Official Sequel!!

2012-01-16T02:35:00.000Z

News Review: Blue Ivy and Netflix

2012-01-13T00:36:00.000Z

Shite Irish Girls Say

2012-01-09T00:01:00.000Z

News Review- Katy Perry + Bank Job

2012-01-04T18:47:00.000Z

Dare Clare Creamcracker Challenge

2012-01-04T02:54:00.000Z

A YOUTUBING DECEMBER

2012-01-02T13:44:00.000Z

PROJECT FOR AWESOME - Saint Vincent de Paul (Ireland)

2011-12-19T00:46:00.000Z

Nicolas Cage's message for Twitter Spam Bots

2011-12-15T04:42:00.000Z

send this to anyone who spams your Twitter.

The Final Challenge [Tube Trials Ep. 212]

2011-12-13T00:08:00.000Z

I'm in the final of a YouTube gameshow called Tube Trials!

Please go to this video and comment with who you want to win! My username is Clisare! I've worked really hard all season and would love your support! x

Rick Perry- Strong Official Video HD Version

2011-12-10T02:33:00.000Z

Trolololol!

Dare Clare McDonalds Drive Thru Challenge

2011-11-01T04:15:00.000Z

Dare Clare- Bungee Rocket

2011-10-23T22:42:00.000+01:00

Discover #Aras11

2011-10-20T23:57:00.000+01:00

Don't put up posters in my town, will ya?!

Im on TUBE TRIALS!

2011-10-17T11:50:00.000+01:00

Never Say No To The Weird Dog Thing

2011-10-08T13:05:00.000+01:00

Independent #aras11 Candidate Clisare Launches Irish Presidential Campai...

2011-10-08T03:10:00.000+01:00

Dare Clare: Bad Jokes Water Balloon

2011-10-02T00:08:00.000+01:00

Dare Clare; Count 1-100 in Irish

2011-09-26T02:49:00.000+01:00

Dare Clare Bad Busking

2011-09-21T14:03:00.000+01:00

Finally its up!!

Dare Clare Creamy Vlog Challenge

2011-09-13T03:01:00.000+01:00

How to bring Electric Picnic to you

2011-09-09T03:43:00.000+01:00

Dare Clare Monday- Interactive Video!

2011-09-06T21:00:00.000+01:00

Doing a questions video Please leave questions in the comments!

2011-09-06T18:16:00.000+01:00

Copycat game

2011-09-01T18:48:00.000+01:00

March for Marraige

2011-09-01T15:49:00.000+01:00

Dare Clare Jedward 3 Store Challenge

2011-08-23T17:27:00.000+01:00

Things you can do when you're unemployed

2011-08-20T13:45:00.000+01:00

Update

2011-08-19T19:23:00.002+01:00

Ugh room cleaning suuuuuuucks.

Im so addicted to checking the views on my videos. They seem to get to 200 quite quickly then slow down. Please share/tweet my latest video and help the views get going. I really wanna get youtube partnered so i can pimp my channel properly but i dont want it to take four years like it did for some youtubers!

Also, I'm thinking of doing a parody video of a popular song. Any ideas?

Mischief not managed yet, judging by the state of this room!
Peace out

Updates

2011-08-19T12:13:00.003+01:00

So yesterday (thursday) I was supposed to put up news/reviews but I didn't. I have the video all finito but I had to go and check that the owner of the video I "reviewed" (read: took the piss out of) knew that I was going to take this piss out of it when he agreed to let me review it. Just in case! Don't wanna hurt any feelings and/or get murdered! So might post it next week.

Heres a video in the interim of a dog that I know howling as we pass a church. This dog is super funny. She also howls to ice-cream truck but its more of a song its got a bit of a tune to it.

Tomorrow is Saturday and that means "Things you can get away with doing when you are unemployed" will be going up! It's a good one!

Mischief managed

Peace out x

The My Feelings Song

2011-08-17T23:31:00.001+01:00

This is a song that I wrote. It's not about anyone in particular. *shifty eyes*. The best part about this song is that it can be used in any situation with a small tweak. Eg. "Sorry you got dumped, sorry you're a fat slut" or "hope your snake slithers away, hope your boyfriends not gay" ITS SO VERSATILE!

Best video yet

2011-08-17T11:34:00.001+01:00

Howdy ho, neigboureenos!

2011-08-16T13:23:00.002+01:00

Hello!

I got delayed putting up both my saturday and monday videos- great start!! They're done now and iMovie is working its little ass off to export them so I can upload them. I just wanted to make sure the "things to do when you're unemployed" video was good, no point rushing it. And I didn't get a chance on Monday to edit the dare video because I was driving the length and breath of the country! (well, from dublin to mayo but it takes FOUR HOURS!) and then went out to dinner for the girls' birthdays.

I think I'll upload the Monday video now and get cracking on the next video. I didn't get any questions for the Tuesday video so I'm debating whether or not to make up questions for the laugh or just not to put a video up.

OMG - I just realised it's tuesday! I have TWO DailyGrace videos to watch and THREE JamesMitchellTV ones!

Will post videos as soon as they are rendered!

Mischief managed x

Youtube!

2011-08-12T20:41:00.004+01:00

Big announcement- I've finally decided on the format my youtubing is going to take!

Monday - Dare Clare - leave a dare in a comment and I have to pick one and do it!

Tuesday- Question Clare - I'll answer questions left in comments!

Wednesday - Clare's vlog

Thursday - Clare's news reviews - Where I talk about one news story and do one review!

Friday - Follow Friday - Where I recommend some new/up and coming youtubers to subscribe to!

Saturday- Video Feature Day - where I do a feature vid, like the Discover Ireland video or the What I would have done at Oxegen video.

So that's it!

Tomorrow is the first feature video, it's going to be called "Things to do when you're unemployed"!

Peace out!

I'm back!

2011-08-11T11:54:00.001+01:00

After an almost two year long absence, Im back! I'm also on youtube! Here's my first video, please blog/tweet/spread it and help me get started back into the blogging/vlogging game!

Quick update, too much internet today

2009-08-23T14:31:00.007+01:00

We are in Laos now, we picked up a few lads on the way and created an international travelling band of mentallers, and after mad minibuses and many,many,many songs we are here in Laos, and I love it. The poverty is really apparent but the place is so cool,theres one bar that plays friends episodes all the time,one that plays family guy,one that sells weed and opium and mushrooms and lets not forget we are going tubing tomorrow.

The travel here was so much fun with our new mini-group. Its madness, I can just imagine telling people- yeah, it was us three irish, two upperclass english and four israeli's! (We managed to ditch the Aussie and the quiet spanish captain bringdown). But the israelis speak perfect english in these mad (what I originally thought were french) accents, and Ben the medic is a ledgend. He got demoted in the army because he brought in a bong to demonstrate the respitory system. They have all served their compulsory three years in the army at the ripe old age of 22, and I cant get my head around that. They all, especially Ben, struck me as much older. Probably because of what they have done, seen and in Bens case,how wise he comes across. We all, (except Laursface and Big C because they were dying from the night before) got absolutely trashed the night before the second minibus out of three. Well everyone was definetly drinking but to be honest I wouldnt know how anyone else was, I was smashed. The bar we were in was directly across from my hostel, and when I said I was going home the boys were like, are you ok do you know where you are? and I was like, yeah, and promptly turned right and up the road. Or so Im told. One of the israelis then got me back and walked me to my room, and I was all, "you better not be planning to do bad things to me, you better just be walking me home" which was quite embarrasing the next morning because the poor fella has a girlfriend that he calls every day and his intentions were quite pure.

The two english dudes are cool. One seems really 'stiff upper lip jolly ho', and the other is a bit more laid back, a lot more craic. The posher one does not get my humor at all, last night when we had all been smoking- and me and Laursface were totally baked- I made a succession of jokes which made me bawl tears, I was laughing so hard, and he just kept going "I dont understand how that is funny. Why are you laughing at your own jokes?" and I was like, "cause I'm fucking hilarious, man!!" Even in the sober light of day today I was still laughing. There were so many incidents last night, like the one with the fan (too long to explain) that were just SO funny. I think we are going to that bar again tonight. The best joke of the night was when Laursface accidentally broke ur mans glasses and I said "can I tell people she asked for your lunch money first?" and everyone started to piss themselves, even the other english guy and the israelis got the joke, but he just couldnt seem to get it.

Laursface and Big C did mushies today, and I stayed in bed and slept off the travel and the partying. They are going to do them again before we leave and Im in two minds. Should I try them, because Im young and in thailand? Or should I keep my squeaky clean record? I don't really want to experience it.. Im on the internet now because they are sleeping them off and the rest of the gang is nowhere to be found.

Speak of the devil!- Just seen the israelis there, they told me they and the english boys went tubing today which is where they were all day, i said ill call over to them soon. They are up for tubing again tomorrow which means everyone will be at it,should be good. they had to change room aswell cause they flooded theirs,which is also why I couldnt find them at any point in the day.

Back from the trek

2009-08-19T13:58:00.003+01:00

Just back from the trek. It was the hardest, best, most bizarre, most beautiful, most surreal, most fun, most rewarding experience of my life and I will never ever forget it.
We trekked for a total of ten hours over the three days, four,four and two, and lived with tribe people and had showers IN the waterfalls, rode elephants and did bamboo rafting (and our raft got stuck in the rapids and we got swept away but it was only a small one so we just grabbed onto the nearest trees and were laughing our holes off while S went flying down the river and eventually grabbed onto the rock,we were roaring laughing) and just had the most amazing time. I am covered in blisters and insect bites and each one makes me happy,I feel almost like they are badges of honour. I am so proud of myself. It was difficult and it was hard work, and I did it all by myself. And no-one can ever take that away from me. It was my accomplishment,and no-one will ever understand how hard it was,or how amazing it was, and how much it means to me that I did it. I feel like I've grown up so much in three days and after two weeks of backpacking I'm beginning to get a sense of who I am and I feel like I am slowly finding whatever it was I was looking for. I love thailand so much.

Better go soon, all the cool people I trekked with are waiting in the bar for me, we are going to dinner then going to the night bazaar,then for a few drinks to celebrate and to say goodbye as we all go our seperate ways in the morning.

Koh Phi Phi

2009-08-13T05:36:00.005+01:00

Didnt realise my blog was offline still, its back online now.

We went on a day trip yest, three monkeys went fucking nuts and attacked me and bit the shit out of my arms and my knee, had to go to the hospital to get cleaned up and get a rabies shot. I have to get 4 more at various intervals in the next month. I was taking it like a trooper till they handed me a thing to read about rabies that said 'rabies is fatal once infection begins' and then I started to cry. Hopefully all the shots will work and I will live to see my next holiday. Although Id say being bit by THREE monkeys raises the odds of getting rabies somewhat. but im trying not to think about it.

Snorkelling yesterday was amazing,, i found it nervewracking putting my face under the water for the first time but it was so cool once i did it. Got some amazing photos, love the oul' waterproof cam. went to the beach from the film 'the beach' aswell, it was very picturesque.
Phi Phi is the nicest place so far, we are so close to everything and the water is so blue and so warm. Im getting a whopper tan here, its really just the sunburn healing but whatever, im happy out cause my legs are like black. The only complaint I have is that there are bugs EVERYWHERE in our room, but they are only them little things so I dont really care. have to have a shower every morning to wash them off me though.

The other night we were out and there was a ladyboy show on. They are mad, these giant, collosal women. We got pics with them but the sort of left me there and I ended up paying loads because these two massive men women had me cornered,so after I got away I started to cry because they had just LEFT me,and I even HEARD Big C say "they are going to bleed Clara for all she is worth" but we sorted it out, although Im still very pissed about it, especially since Big C didnt pay a CENT. Was so drunk that night, 4 buckets was unnecessary.

We are going cliff jumping in an hour or so, I am absolutely terrified.

I love it here

2009-08-10T16:03:00.006+01:00

I was lying across the comfy chairs in the vip room (that I paid 40baht extra to be allowed into, which is 80c so it was well worth it) on the boat leaving Koh Phangan, I had only got 5hours sleep the night before because I had been drinking and then had to get up at 6am, I was wearing a windbreaker and my canterburys over my genie pants cause I was a bit cold, I was listening to my mp3 and I was so comfy and I just thought - "I am so happy. I think this is the happiest I have ever been. I dont think I've ever been so just genuinely happy."

Just finished Krabi tonight, went kayaking, touching elephants and feeding these mad fish and swinging from ropes into rivers today. It was great. Met the biggest bunch of english knobs, a guy who talked like goldmember, a guy who talked like the chinese guy from southpark, got served lunch by a ladyboy and I fell off the rope into the river so funnily that we all laughed till we cried.

On to Ko Phi Phi tomorrow, roll on snorkelling, henna tattoos and whatever else takes our fancy. Hoping to jetski, bungee jump, elephant trek and rock climb at some point in the remaining three weeks.

Krabi next

2009-08-08T07:11:00.004+01:00

sorry about that abrupt-ness of the end of the last post (good england!!) but I was writing that, then I stopped to ring the 'rents and R, and while I was on the phone to the latter I got very lightheaded and dizzy and the world was tilting quite a bit. (The last thing is happening right now, it seems to happen to me quite a bit here but only the odd time and never really that bad.) So anyway I had to drop the phone, burn the post and go get food, cause I realised I hadnt eaten in 24 hours. The full moon will do that to you!

I did the limbo at the full moon, there was a MASSIVE skipping rope between two platforms and you could jump in like in the primary school game, only the rope was on fire. I was like, no thank you! There was a Poi show and loads more it was epic. Ur man who owned where we were staying was hanging around us and I thought he was trying to get up on me because he kept trying to buy me shots and like coming over to me and on the way out of one of the beachside clubs he put his hands on my hips and that freaked me out. Not a huge fan of people I dont know touching me on waist or hips. But he left when we refused to buy him mushrooms, thank god.

On the way home, I had my feet up on the back of the drivers cabin cause the 4x4 was practically at a 45 degree angle. Was a bit nerve wracking, especially cause that whiskey had made me feel very sick.but the ride home was a laugh, there was this aussie girl and her boyfriend had thrown her over his shoulder in the full moon and broke her finger, so she was really pissed with him it was so funny. And at the end, I was like, whats yer names? and he said LINDSAY! and Laursface goes, Lindsay? and he was like 'yeah i know its a girls name' and I hadnt heard so when I went Lindsay? he was like, 'yeah, shut up'. hilarious. So Laursface goes "Bye, ladies!" and we nearly split ourselves laughing. I said 'His parents were probably like, hey, hey, you know what would be REALLY funny??" and we laughed for ages.

Last night the ant population exploded in our bathroom and they were all over the toilet and they were climbing my legs when I was trying to pee. little annoying. I blasted them out of it with the hose. Then when we woke up this morning there was a GIANT snakeskin in Laursface's bedroom. Which means there was a giant snake slithering around while we slept, which I'd rather not think about, thanks. Lets not forget the huntsman spider, size of my hand, in their room a few days ago. You get used to the bugs but snakes, no thank you.

Sunburn is much better, when i went into the chemist and she seen how burnt I was, she cut 4 branches off an actual aloe vera plant and gave them to me for free, it did wonders. There are no such thing as perscriptions here you can get any form of drugs you want from the chemist. They sell the pill, painkillers, penicillin, all over the counter. Wish it was like that in Ireland.

Some one stole our ticket to Krabi today, but we rang the people and they said they had a record of our booking anyway so it was cool. thank god. We are in Chalaklom now, heading to Bantai beach soon to stay the night, getting picked up at 6.30am, boat and bus to Kabi. Should only take around 6 hours, hopefully.

The fellas who worked in bottle beach were just cracked. They barely ever sleep, stay up partying with the guests till like 6 but are up at 8. they catch 40 winks in the day when they can,id say they are on so many drugs to stay awake.

Everyone here is so nice, and so helpful, and so cool, and I feel really taken care of. Cant wait to get to Krabi and go kayaking, we havent done much adventury stuff because we had to wait till my sunburn healed, but Im ok enough now, I have at least got full mobility back in my legs.

We are trying to book somewhere to stay for tonight, looks like it'll be cosy bungalows in Banthai. Cool.

Oh, gonna get picked up in 20 minutes, Laursface just booked it, gotta go. Laters xx

2009-08-07T09:50:00.002+01:00

So Im in Koh Phangan, and Im a little hungover after the full moon party, which was amazing. We went there in an offroad 4x4, literally off-road, it was a dirt track carved into mountains, and we were all sitting in the back of an open truck clinging on for dear life, it was the most exciting thing to ever happen to me in my life. I can never describe it. It was WILD.

Im used to the toilets here now, they were the one thing I was surprised by when I arrived. They are squatting holes you squat over, and wash yourself with a hose after. At first, this upset me but now Im used to it. and my legs are going to be so strong when i come home!

Right I have to go, I havent eaten in 24 hours and Im very lightheaded!

Thailand!!

2009-08-02T05:42:00.002+01:00

Right so Im in thailand.
Its lovely, sort of like if mexico was really, really nice. Thats the only way i can think to describe it. its so colorful and everyone is so helpful and the food is lovely and so is our hotel. Its very hot. like heavy hot, but Im getting used to it and heat over cold any day. Its like 2 showers a day min sort of heat, but i love it. The tuk-tuks are cool, like them 7up free ride mini things in dublin only way more kitchy and colorful and rickety. Everything is so cheap, we got big bottles of water for the equivalent of 12c. 500 baht is ten euro, and they tend to deal in 50s and 100s so everything is cheap. I really like it here, and cant wait to travel around the country. The adventure starts properly tomorrow with travelling to the island for the full moon party, where we will have our first buckets! (L cant drink till monday shes on meds for an insect bite.)
Better go, off to get breakfast and then buy loadsa stuff from the stalls!
Oh and my atm card works here too which is a huge relief!

Later xx

Under Pressure

2009-07-29T03:25:00.004+01:00

Im trying to type up my work experience diary. I have to hand it in thurs but I'd love to hand it in tomorrow and go spend time with R. But I am only 14 entries into 38, so I don't know will it happen. Plus I haven't packed, stress! Of course procrastinating on the internet does not help. I'm on a "break". I wish I had a can of red bull and a bottle of coke, I'd be sorted. Its been so long since I had my exam superjuice that I'd say I'd get it done in about fifteen minutes.

Home to see the girls before thailand.

2009-07-27T23:12:00.004+01:00

I went to a party on friday, it was good craic. Everyone was very drunk, and there were some falls and some arguments and some tears and some messiness and some scandal, and from what I hear, some housepainting was required afterwards as a result. Good times.

I went home to the West on Sunday, and out with the girls. Mom came out with us, I was so happy to be out with her for the first time in ages! The whole gang was out, 50pence, Mom, Lolly, Podge, Candy, Romeo and Juliet. The town was jammers.
In the nightclub Candy was doing her usual thing- "lap?" She always wants to do "laps" of the nightclub, where she walks around and around. I get that she is not drinking and she's bored but as Lolly said 'She'd have 50 stone lost off ya by the end of the night'. When we refused, (we had gotten good seats by the dancefloor) she got annoyed and left. She sat out in her car for the last of the night, and Lolly called her sister to give us a lift home instead. Candy then gave us a lift up the town once we came out but turfed us out down the street from 'Smacks with a 'get out of the car.', and then drove off.
Some fella was going nuts in Smacks, throwing shit around and smacking people with a mop, and after we got soaked a couple of times Lolly rang the guards off Mom's phone. She's so bold! Afterwards Sister drove us around town. We went to the 24hour and I spilt tea all over the floor, the counter and my legs, and Lolly and Sister laughed so hard they had to run out of the shop. Mom said she had never seen Lolly laugh so hard. On the way home we came across a fight that we wanted to see, so Sister kept throwing her coffee cup at Lolly so she could do a quick u-turn and go back for another gawk. Eventually she just pulled up opposite. Im sure the Merc wasn't half obvious! It was a really good night. 50pence was ringing us telling us to hurry home, so we made up a story about how we got pulled over. When we got home, Mom and Lolly and Sister were too tired to keep going so they went home, so it ended up being just me and 50pence so I pulled out the couch bed and cranked up the computer and we watched family guy while he finished his beers and I conked. You should have heard the farts out of 50pence the next morning, I had never heard anything like them. My throat felt like it had been cut it was so sore, so shouting at him was quite painful but I did it anyway.
At one point I was having a vivid dream where I was exactly where I was in real life only awake, and 50pence was bugging me to get a takeaway, so I sort of half woke up and I roared 'WE'LL FUCKING GET ONE IN A MINUTE!" and 50pence, startled, said 'get what?' and I said "a take-away!" He had no idea what I was raving about, Mom laughed when I told her. Mom and Lolly called over early and we all went hunting for the thief, but gave up after ten minutes and went to get food instead.
I got the bus back at 6, Im back in the East now. I have lots of things to do over the next few days to get ready for Asia, and quite a bit of college work to finish and hand in before Friday. I am going to be run off my feet for the next few days. I am half nervous, half excited.

I thought I'd update this

2009-07-23T03:12:00.002+01:00

Places I want to visit. (Italic is done)

Amsterdam
London
Rome
Milan
Paris (but want to live there)
Venice
Berlin
Edinburgh

San Diego(lived there)
Arizona
Mexico
Thailand
Australia(but want to live there)
Las Vegas

A surprise package arrived for me today

2009-07-21T19:25:00.004+01:00

I got a package today. It was a surprise, it was from my 'long lost auntie'. I haven't heard from her since she had a big fight with Dad and moved out, I must have been around ten or so.
She used to be my favourite auntie but she was really mean to Dad and she took over my room.
She says that she sent it three months ago, in time for my birthday, and "when it wasn't acknowledged I thought nothing of it as young people do things differently these days" (ouch) but that it was sent back to her recently because of wrong address. She says "As far as I remember, your address is-" which made me laugh, because if I lived in South Africa, it wouldnt be 3 South Africa Road, South Africa.
Her writing is lovely, I had never seen it before. I told Dad to guess who it was from and as soon as he saw the writing he guessed it. He told me that she had written him many 'nasty' letters over the years and that is how he knew it was her writing.
Anyway, I wrote her a thank you card because as Dad said "I wont have her say one word against you!" and I'll send it tomorrow.
The present was a pen. An expensive pen, and don't get me wrong I really am grateful because she remembered my birthday and it's the thought that counts, but..it's a pen.
I'm still baffled as to how she knew it was my birthday, she disappeared from my life over ten years ago.
Im watching Zach and Miri make a porno, and its so awkward its very funny. Im just waiting for Megavideo to let me watch the last bit.

I'd say he was practising this for ages

2009-07-10T00:58:00.003+01:00

Heres some pics I took over the few days

2009-07-08T22:13:00.003+01:00

Just because I've been without a PC for a few days, and didnt get a chance to put them up.

Roadtrip!

2009-07-08T20:54:00.013+01:00

Went on a roadtrip to where the girls go to college on sunday night, it was great craic. Podge was driving, an on the way home L gave directions so we got totally lost but it was hilarious. Sure only took us 9 hours to get home between the messing, the stopping, sitting around and driving in circles/the wrong direction!!

The night before, we all went out and Deuces Wild were playing, what a surprise! and they are SO good live.

Me and L went home early, cause she was pig and wanted to and I went too because I had borrowed Podges shoes and my feet were killing me and I wasnt getting drunk no matter how hard I tried, and I had two bottles of bulmers in front of me to get through. You know when you are so sick of cider, and you just cant drink any more? i had that. So I gave the new bottle to Lolly and the other away and we went, I was so happy cause I was starved. the food exploded out of the bag on the way outa the taxi, and when i picked it up i got curry on my new cardie and dress how annoying. Mam washed em for me when I got home though so it was ok in the end.

There was four of us in the bed when the girls came home, and even though it was a double bed it was a tight squeeze. We stayed up for ages, jibing each other and laughing and talking and trying to wake L to move over (she had passed out when we came in and somehow slept through us all roaring)! Eventually she woke up and P fell asleep shortly after, but the messing went on till after 5am. Lolly was thumping everyone when they tried to sleep, she gets violent when shes drunk, we were shouting at her to fuck off, all in all it was brilliant craic with my best friends.
The next morning we were all wrecked, L woke earliest and we lay squashed in bed for ages having the morning after chat and taking pics of each other all morning-y and horrible.

Before we left we hit Penneys and Podge and I discussed how much we love sarcasm. I got shorts, a zebra print miniskirt, leggings and Uggs.

On the way home we made about a million stops, detours, got food a million times, got lost on Ls directions and it only took us 9 hours to do a 3hour drive, including both the messing around and the getting lost. We finally found a shortcut we had used on the way up at one point, and we went down it and the road was closed till 7pm on weekdays. Honestly, who closes a road? We tried to go around but all the roads that led off that one led to roads which turned into driveways into houses, so we had to double back to the main road. We were dying laughing, at the time it seemed like the funniest thing ever.

It was a really fun roadtrip. Me and Lolly slept in the back alot while L and Podge were chatting away. Hangovers hit me and Lolly worse, I think.

Didnt make it to Galway cause of the raging hangover but I would do it again. (And will try to make the next SU night out.)

Fancy Dress

2009-07-04T16:32:00.005+01:00

Today me and Mam went around looking for stuff for my costume for my cousins 21st on Saturday. Its cops and robbers themed, but she's the only cop, she wants everyone else to be robbers. Its a great idea, and if everyone makes an effort then the pictures will look fantastic, and with all the stuff on offer in Penneys(Primark) theres really no excuse.

So I'll be wearing a black and white stripy top, black leggings, black ankle boots or white heels (havent decided yet) a black mask, handcuffs dangling from my wrist and a ball and chain around my ankle, only the ball will be a balloon so I dont trip over it. Oh, and I'll have a binbag with a big dollar sign painted on it. I was going to go as the hamburglar but it involved a hat, red gloves, red tie with burgers, red shoes... too much effort. Plus I dont want to stand out in the photos, wouldnt want to ruin the effect she is going for.

When I used to visit when I was younger, as soon as they heard I was the 'country cousin' (like from that book about the mice, shes the town mouse im the country mouse) they asked with stupid questions like 'have you electricity?', laughed at my accent, and repeated stuff I said in an exaggerated imitation of my accent. That got very annoying after a while.

Whatever, if it happens this time, I'll just do what I used to do when I was 17, tell them "no, I don't have electricity, does everyone not read by candlelight?Yeah I live on a farm. And yeah, I have a tractor, everyone does where Im from. I have a red massey 590, she's a beaut."

PS-
Actually no-body jibed my accent and I had a really good night with her friends they're all really nice! I stand corrected! They all remembered me from when we were young because I used to say "cry me a river" all the time, how embarrasing!!

Remember when I went to Amsterdam?

2009-07-03T22:38:00.001+01:00

Well, here's the video, I finally got around to making it.

Gossip

2009-07-03T22:10:00.004+01:00

I went out last night. Good night. We hit the usual pubs before heading to the usual nightclub. I was just so happy to be out, with my friends (some of whom I felt like I hadn't seen in AGES!) and as usual, the craic was mighty. It was one of those nights where you think you aren't drunk but you were, that great drunk stage where you are just having so much fun. Plus I really love that nightclub.

There was drama towards the end, though, one of our lad friends rang Lolly (she would kill me if she heard me calling her that, I tried to start that as a nickname before and she hated it) and was like, 'what is your problem with my girlfriend?'

His girlfriend came up to us in the club, abit overly friendly I thought, for someone the gang barely knows and someone I don't know at all, and Lolly was completely normal to her, having the craic. Then she went off with her friends and we were like 'see ya later!' I said, 'who was that?' (Im not home much so I had only seen this girl once before- in the same top, I might add, get some new clothes) but she had had her hair up so I didnt recognise her last night with her hair down. She told me it was his girlfriend, and then told me how she had cheated on him last week. I was shocked, and asked had anyone told him, and she said that yeah, he knew but they are still together. I found that weird. but whatever.

So on the way home she gets this call, and she cant figure out what he is raving on about. He said 'apparently you were sticking your fingers up behind her and being a bitch to her', which is the complete opposite of what happened. In fairness, sticking fingers up behind people is much more my thing, and getting caught doing it too, so much so I had to think- 'was it me?' but I didnt do it to anyone last night, I was in such good form, and sure I wasn't told that she was a cheater till she had left so I would have had no call to do it anyway. I remember everything from last night and no-one did that to her. But I'll do it in future, the bitch. How dare she ring him, and make up stories about one of his BEST FRIENDS- a girl he has been friends with since BABY INFANTS. (we live in a small town, we all know each other since baby infants, most of the girls used to play with each other even before that cause their parents were friends.) Anyway, Lolly was really upset/angry about this and I totally understood. Fred text him and said 'you better think about what side you take' etc.

I haven't heard anything back today yet so I don't know has there been any developments in the drama. Fred sent me a FB asking how my head was, as did 50pence, and no-one has heard from Lolly yet. I think she's working today. I must send her a text to see what the story is.

God I love the country- never a dull moment!!

Dentist

2009-07-03T16:47:00.006+01:00

I went to the dentist today.

I had built myself up to be scared of the injection so I was nervous. She put it in the bottom of my mouth, and I thought that was it, but she came back with it to put in the top and I panicked. She did it and said shed be back in a while, and I tried not to cry. Then she left and as I felt it hit my tongue, I panicked, my breathing became laboured and tears came out. It passed after a minute or two of me trying to breathe slowly. My mother told me later that it sounded like I had just had a small anxiety attack.

There was decay in my tooth on the bottom, so she had to drill it out. It was sore, even throught the anestesia, and I kept pulling away without meaning to, instinct i suppose. She even gave me more anestesia right into the tooth which didnt really help. When the drill was done she said "all done now, pet, im sorry about that now I dont know why that tooth is so sensitive". I said "It's ok" in that gaspy, hard to talk voice you get when you are crying and trying to breathe. I was a little embarrased, if she hasnt seen the tears rolling down the side of my face she def knew I was crying with the way I said that. I was trying to hide it but I did a terrible job.

She said it would be sensitive for about a week- read: hurt like hell for ages. She told me to go buy sensodyne so I did. I got the pro-enamel 'recession busting' pack with the toothpaste, a toothbrush and mouthwash for 9.20.

Its sort of wearing off now. I cried a bit in the car at first, feeling sorry for myself. Im a bit of a baby. Mam said 'you're not a baby, you're just sensitive'. Same thing really. It feels really wierd when its wearing off, its like the pain is sort of poking through. I hope it doesnt hurt too much. If it does I'll prob cry again.

Oh well, its over now, all fillings done no more dentist, Im very happy about that.

***update- its now 10.40 and my tooth is aching. It hurts to open my mouth wider than to talk, so eating is difficult, plus cant chew anything on that side or its agony. Mam convinced me to put Aloe Vera on it but it only made it worse. Strus.

***update- its now 1.06am and I can open my mouth fully again but my tooth is agony. I dont know how I'll sleep with this.

I miss mitching business class.

2009-06-29T03:34:00.008+01:00

I found someones blog that I know, and Im a bit disappointed they are following my friends blogs but not mine. Not that I think my blog would be of any intrest to them... but thats just it.

Its funny how few friends I will come out of this experience having. At the start of the year, I would have said I would come out with 7, but now that number is down to one, or two. Maybe not even... And it is disappointing when I think of all the people that couldn't care less about me, don't notice me, quietly hate me and bitch about me, or openly hate me and spend their energy ignoring me in social situations or throwing catty comments around. It takes so much energy to try to be noticed, or to tiptoe around someone, or to hate someone back. It really does.

You know.... I was upset, thinking that if I went to Oz I would miss out, but now I just.... amn't interested.

Literally, the ones I care about I met in a small room with a couch, and a big room with a stage, both of which really had nothing to do with anything. And I know they care about me too, at least a handful of them. And in the end thats more important than anyone in the room with all the computers acting like I matter.

Self induced Heatwave

2009-06-24T18:47:00.002+01:00

I'm in my room, watching the big bang theory, beside a WIDE open window, contorting myself into various uncomfortable positions to get the air from the over-worked fan over as much of my legs and up my shorts as possible. I am ROASTING!!

I have been to San Diego, I have been to Australia, I am no stranger to heat, but I still maintain it was ridiculous to install a stove in the hottest month of perhaps all (irish) time, and then have to run it all day to "test" it!!

Well it's testing me, I'll tell you that for nothing!!

I like the Lady again.

2009-06-22T02:12:00.004+01:00

Musical geniuses are usually very strange, they put their whole being into their playing, and leave people speechless with their performances.

I am beginning to think Lady Gaga may be our generations musical genius. If you are not convinced by this performance, (because she is roaring more than singing) check out some of her other live performances. She can play that piano. I love her songs, but her talent is truely being wasted on dance tracks.

Plus she's absolutely mental.

I spent a week in the West

2009-06-21T21:46:00.008+01:00

Good week at home, few nights out. Thursday night I went out sober, and Longnecks is just not good when you are sober. I know that sounds bad, but whatever, it's not. I have a friend who doesn't drink, I don't know how she can bear to be in Longnecks sober every single weekend. This fella I know-from-'round-but-don't-really-know shook my hand on thursday and nearly broke it. Not only did the ring I was wearing DIG into my hand, the strength of the grip he had made me scream out and the drunkard didn't let go for ages, of course, "whats wrong with ya?" It took all I had not to cry. Thursday resulted in a food fight in Supermacs, as most nights end really, which in turn ended in a lad taking it too far and trying to fling a plant at me and the girls before getting stopped by some nice fella who must have realised that hitting girls with a plant is not cool.

Friday night was better, finally got my loyalty card for the nightclub, then onto Supermacs where it was mostly us girls so no food fight.
The most exciting goss from the week is that one of the girls from my year, who is gorgeous, is now with one of the lads from the year below, who isn't.

Saturday I got a few hours work off my friend cause they were short staffed, serving five courses to a 320 person wedding. It was ok but by the end my feet were killing me. It was worth it in the end though when we got the money, and in fairness, we couldn't have been working with nicer people. The fella from the kitchen came out after and told us all "Great job guys, thanks, ye were brilliant". How nice was that?! It was organised really well, too.
I was in this thing that was done for the top table where a line of us brought out the main course with a dome on, walked behind them, put it down, picture was taken, and then with a flourish, we took off the dome. It was a nice touch.
The wedding in question had menus, candles, and bags of mints all with the bride and grooms name on, and special covers made for the chairs and sashes on them aswell. I thought it was a bit much to be honest.

Oh yeah, my friends little sister had her baby, seen him last monday, he was so tiny I thought I'd break him if I picked him up. So cute.

Right, I got a new pink MP3 player a week ago, to replace the one that broke a year ago, and now that I'm back in the company of my laptop Im off to spend a few hours putting all my songs on it.

Peace x

Same old home.

2009-06-16T23:24:00.006+01:00

I went out with the girls last night, had a bit of a drunken argument with them because one of them took a picture up my skirt and then the other one proceeded to show it to every fella in the pub. I caught her when she was showing it to the bouncer and flipped out. I just didnt think that was cool. There was no reason for it, it was just meanness. It started because they were like, "oh your skirts so short." (I didnt think it was that short, it was a high waisted pleated skirt.) I hate when they do stuff like that. And one of them called me a slut when I told her about going to see a sex show in Amsterdam. That annoyed me alot, I mean its not like I was in it! But I said it to her later and she apologised, well not apologised, but said she didn't mean it, which I decided to believe. Also, they were calling me 'thick' all night, and I knew they were joking but it was a bit annoying. Especially because its not true.

I went to the cinema with my Mam tonight, we saw "The Hangover". It was ok, typical kinda boy film where the women are the bad guys and marraige is the worst thing in the world, and theres lots of violence and nudity etc. Probably would have enjoyed it more had I not been there with my mother!

Rug is home in t- 20 days. Im very excited about this. My parent has said he can even stay over in my house, and he can drive down to me, its all very exciting. Im just really excited to spend time with him.

Im so sick of Megan Fox

2009-06-15T19:28:00.005+01:00

I really wish Megan Fox would just f off already.
Every celeb blogger in the world is raving about how hot she is, and how she can do no wrong, and the superficial said, and i quote, "she looks like she was made by an angry god just to piss off every woman that isn't Megan Fox."

I dont think shes that hot. She can be, but check out the tinker hair in these two pics of her at different events...

(Plus shes covered in tattoos...and shes got clubbed thumbs.)

Transformers Premiere thing in Asia somewhere with tinker ponytail

MTV Movie Awards with greasy roots and bushy ends

Plus, to make it worse, she says she "loves being told she's hot". If she was modest, it wouldnt be so bad. I mean, Ive only ever met one person in the world who says "I know" seriously when you tell them if they look good, and its the most annoying thing ever. Megan strikes me as the type.

Amsterdam was awesome

2009-06-12T15:33:00.005+01:00

Shmokin', drinkin', fightin'.....

Ah it was great. We went to some awesome coffee shops, a peep show, a sex show and had a gawk in a kinda scary sex shop. Good times.

Most memorable convo's of the trip:

"Want some chicken?"
"No, I don't eat chicken off the bone."
"What? But it IS on the bone!!"

"Wow..."
"What?"
"You know the starship enterprise? Well when you look through this hammock, it looks like a tunnel into another universe, like in the starship enterprise. I can see everything in 3D"

"He had so much extra skin"
"How do you know it was extra?"
"It had to be! That's not normal!"
"So you are saying if your boyfriend had saggy balls that you wouldn't go out with him?"
"Yes"

Good times.

Political politics

2009-06-06T03:08:00.003+01:00

Some political humor:
Click
(he really likes the labour party, clearly.)

Some more political humor:
click

and finally;
Click

(its all english politics, but its 3.18 in the morning and Im tired, and I just finished watching "He's just not that into you" and it was so good.)

Oh, in case u dont get it, the reason for all the politics humor is because I forgot to vote today.

Theres no internet in mayo so I had lots of real people fun

2009-06-02T23:01:00.003+01:00

I met up with everyone, we went to the beach, to one of the bessies 21sts, soaked up the sun, beers and chat and fun and it was the most fun Ive had in a while. back again on friday, going to the volvo race in Gaillimh with the girls. cant wait.

Going to the gym tomorrow...lets see how long that lasts.

Planning a lady Gaga style outfit, although nothing I plan looks like anything she would wear. In fact, most things I plan look like Katy Perry so I might just embrace it and go as a katy perry with lightning on her face. The birthday girl is doing lightning though so I may have to do flowers or something else like that. This theme is difficult! Looking forward to it though.

Thinking about Sea Sessions. Sounds awesome.

Hurry up, amsterdam, lets go already.

Well...

2009-05-27T17:46:00.002+01:00

Im hiding in my room, watching the US office (which is really good) in order to put off telling Dad that I want to take a year out and go to Australia.

Happy Africa Day

2009-05-25T00:58:00.005+01:00

Africa day was today, it was so much fun.

I was so tired by the end from jumping round so much.

Acts you might know that played at the free open air concert;
Cathy Davey, Paddy Casey, Republic Of Loose, Kila, Liam O Mhaoilain (from Hothouse Flowers). Also an african Gospel Choir with a few token Irish, and an African band. Great day.
There was even a "rap tent" but I didnt get to hear any rap i went over too late. There was also a trampoline thing and me and Caoi said we would come back when all the kids were gone home so the queue would be smaller and then we were having so much fun we forgot.
Maybe next year!
It was a beautiful day, the sun was splitting the stones, and our feet were filthy by the end of the day cause we were hopping around and dancing our asses off barefoot.
We finished it all off with some Captain America's, and then I got my bus home.

Best Sunday for as long as I can remember.

Lady Gaga is a poor mans Christina Aguilera

2009-05-23T15:25:00.002+01:00

Look at this video, and tell me Lady Gaga didnt get the idea for her style off Christina Aguilera. (who is much prettier).

Every good thing has to end

2009-05-20T22:46:00.002+01:00

I personally think Scrubs should have ended with that perfect finale, without coming back without JD and elliot.
Same with One Tree Hill. OTH without Lucas and Peyton?
The producers are milking these cows dry.
Shows, without the main characters about which they were written, are just sad.

I'll probably still watch them though.

Amsterdam.

2009-05-20T21:47:00.005+01:00

It looks like Im going to be in Amsterdam for a week at the start of June.

I was going there from 8th-10th June, but just found out Windmill windup is on from 11th-14th. So might just stay there and play in windup, providing other people are going from OCS. the problem is that I might get lost. But I might be willing to take that risk. Because it will be fun. And Id rather be off gallivanting than sitting at home, pining!

I dont get this.

2009-05-20T21:44:00.002+01:00

Click here

What do they mean, "she is taking over Lauren Conrads role as Lauren Conrad"?
or "the producers are planning a romance between her and Justin Bobby"??

So they have finally admitted it is fake, then?

And is everyone going to call her Lauren, or will she still be called Kristen?

Im so confused.

Post Secret

2009-05-19T15:59:00.001+01:00

They were reading out Post Secret on the radio today.

I just thought that was interesting.

Panic Over

2009-05-05T18:39:00.003+01:00

So I got my hair fixed in Peter Mark, and it only cost me €35 euro. which is only €10 more than I pay at home in the local hairdressers, and it's Peter Mark. They also do fringe trims for €5, and once you get your hair cut there if you ask for the same person its free. If I had known that, I would have just gone there in the first place.

I love getting my hair done. Normally I don't let my mother stroke my hair because she rubs my hair on the top of my head, and that makes your hair greasy, or at least thats what my hairdresser friend told me. I love when boys stroke my hair, or anyone plays with the ends of it. But I really love getting it done. I just close my eyes and let them away. I love when they brush it down my back and I can feel the brush on my back. It just feels lovely to be pampered.

I really liked Peter Mark, the girl was Polish, great english, beautiful and really nice. She did a great job fixing what I had done to my fringe, and now you can't tell it was ever different, chunky lengths. And I felt really pampered in Peter Mark, I had no appointment but didnt have to wait, the hair wash was lovely, (I love that bit but sometimes they attack your head and it hurts, but today it was lovely) she kept telling me how my hair was in such good condition and it was a lovely colour, and they gave me tea and custard creams and good magazines.

Most of all, when she asked what I wanted done, before I even said anything, she said "You're hair is beautiful that length, I think you should keep the length."

Finally, a hairdresser that gets me.

I think sometimes the camera does lie, or at least stretch the truth

2009-05-05T14:27:00.002+01:00

Its things like this that make me realise you can make any place the most beautiful place in the world with the right angle and the right light.

Photos never really reflect the experience. When I go travelling, i'll take photos but not as many. You miss things when you are too busy looking through the lens instead of enjoying the real life version.

I should have just paid the money.

2009-05-05T10:48:00.002+01:00

Normally I trim my own fringe, and there is no problem.

But of course, you should never do it with an event coming up, something will always go wrong.

What kills me is that I had it perfect. Just the way I wanted it. And I thought, oh a bit shorter.

I'm going to have to go to Peter Mark later and ask them to fix it. So I end up paying the €50 for a trim that I cut my own fringe in order to avoid. If they cant fix it, I'll just clip it back with hairspray, it will be fine.

I cried for ages last night, but I cant let this ruin my big 21st party. You only get one.

I had completely forgotten....

2009-05-05T00:53:00.004+01:00

that I had put that whoopee cushion under that chair.

Brilliant!!

Mother......

2009-05-04T22:15:00.009+01:00

Mam got my friend Karen to steal my phone, get R's number, texted him and offered to pay flights if he would come home and surprise me for my 21st. He couldnt get time off work, but I will never forget that she did that. It would have been the greatest present ever, and it was the one thing I really wanted and she knew that. She really is the best mother ever, and I should really appreciate her more than I do.

So I set the kitchen on fire.

2009-05-04T00:56:00.003+01:00

I left the oil on the hob too long, and it started to hiss. When I lifted the lid, loads of smoke came out. I picked it up to take off the hob and it burst into flames. I went "fuck!" and put it down, and did what anyone who was surprised with flames would do, threw a glass of water on it. It exploded, the flames went higher than me and caught onto the cupboards. I shouted "fuck fuck fuck oh my god no what do I do?!". The flames dropped and I blew the ones on the hob out, the ones on the cupboards didnt catch on, they just died, and the pot put itself out. This all happened in the space of 90 seconds, but it scared the living shit out of me. All I could think was "the house is going to burn down and it's all my fault". and oddly, "what will R think". You mean, apart from that I'm a spastic who can't even cook popcorn without almost burning the house down. Also, how mad everyone would be at me.

I scrubbed the black smoke crap off the hob, the cupboards and the oven cover thing. I have yet to scrub it off the roof. I'll do it tomorrow when Im not as freaked out. It looks worse than it is.

This explains everything

2009-04-23T12:20:00.002+01:00

I found these and had to share

2009-04-22T14:44:00.006+01:00

This freaked me out when I found it, because a night or two before I had had a dream about "the Game".

PS
Blog Post I enjoyed.

Slubberguts

2009-04-22T10:19:00.008+01:00

Slubberguts was last nite, great night. Poor Sticky came the worst out of it and have everyone laugh till they cried over it.

Had a "lovely" convo with the boys, I dont know how I always manage to get into conversations about the most disgusting things with boys, it seems to happen every time I go out. Its funny, but I think Ive heard quite enough about 'Strawberry Swirls' and 'Bucking Broncos' to last a lifetime!

We all went back to Toyboys house, who took to walking around in nothing but a labcoat and jocks. Why, who knows!

Im definetly going to put some pics of slubberguts up here, its an amazing game. Heres how you play:

Two lines of players a good distance from each other, spaced out.
An empty can in front of you, and a full one at the back.
If someone hits your front can with a frisbee, you have to take a sip from your back can. If someone hits your back can, you have to down it. (which is far more likely than ud think!) Then you put a new full can at the back and put the new empty at the front with the other one. As the game progresses, people have cans upon cans at the front which leads to some spectaclar "explosions" when a frisbee smashes into a can pyramid.

My jeans ripped at the crotch again, for the third time, sewing jeans does not work. But I was at a frisbee event, so of course got them ripped off me and now have a pair of jeans with only one leg. It was very funny though.

Loy stayed on my couch* last nite, he had no way back to bray so just winged it and hoped someone would let him stay. We were chatting in the kitchen for ages. *by couch, I mean two chairs pushed together because F's friend had already claimed the couch.

Buggy got credit carded last night and he "hurt his leg" when he was struggling. I was jibing him, "oh fake an injury to regain some dignity"- He didnt seem to find that very funny. But I did! And everyone else did. He hit me across the head at one point he got so defensive.

I hope I win "Most Valuable Female Beginner", seeing as Im the only remaining female beginner. DEFAULT! DEFAULT! DEFAULT!

I can see why Slubberguts is only played once a year, everyone was LOCKED. Toyboys house was mauled, and everyone went abit mad. I did a beer bong involving a scuba diving mask, and got cider all in my hair. I did think I was going to drown in cider. Great night.

Some quotes!!

-"Where are they going?"
-"Off to have sex with a pizza"

-"Fake an injury to get some dignity back then?"

-"Hey, Buggy, where did your "limp" go?"

-"CAMEL TOE, CAMEL TOE"

And lets not forget toyboy and Orgys hilarious dancing to early Britney, N*Sync, Backstreet Boys and general 90s pop choons!!

An EXTREMELY productive day so far!!!!

2009-04-20T12:10:00.006+01:00

I just found the GREATEST BLOG EVER.

Why Women Hate Men

I have been PISSING myself laughing for the last 15 minutes, there are tears pouring down my face. Although I will have to stop reading it because I am in work and I literally cannot read it without exploding into laughter. Your one across the partition gave me the evil eye just there, but I couldn't stop.

Class blog.
This post is beyond brilliant, I laughed the whole way through and my make up is down my face I cried with laughter so much.

Dirty Talk

"The fairies did it" as my mother would say..

2009-04-20T00:23:00.011+01:00

I am sick of 'the fairies' eating my food. Someone ate a FULL PACKET of kinder maxis I had in my cupboard, and didnt even say anything, got rid of the packet and all. It just 'disappeared'. That was a while ago. But last week I got a chocolate rabbit for easter, and I ate his ears. When I went back to eat more, only his body was left, his head had 'disappeared'. Same when I came back after this weekend, his body was gone and all thats left was his ass. I didnt feel like eating it just so no-one else could, so instead I took it out and licked it. All over. And rewrapped it, wrapped it in a plastic bag and put it back. Eat away, food fairies!!

I love this song

2009-04-12T17:56:00.003+01:00

Cool-Aid man

2009-04-02T13:51:00.001+01:00

I finally found it.

the commercial which makes my tshirt make sense. This ad made me snort with laughter in work, when im supposed to be entering poxy surveys into the system. Almost busted.

Songs I listened to on my way to work this morning

2009-03-30T14:32:00.002+01:00

Not everyone's cup of tea, I suppose.

My mother almost kills me

2009-03-30T10:43:00.009+01:00

My mother said the strangest thing yesterday, and it was so random I nearly choked on my roast beef.
"-"
"Yeah?"
"Remember when you were in LC and I dropped you out to J's house and you said you were going to watch the match but his father went off somewhere else?"
"WHAT?"
"Did anything happen that day?"

Cue choking on my behalf.

"WHAT?? like WHAT exactly??!" *angry face*
"Just... nothing. I've just always wondered about that day, I think about it sometimes and think maybe I shouldn't have let you go."
"Give me some credit, I was 17, seeing the boy for two months, I have a little more self respect than that."

Truth be told, nothing did happen that day. I can barely remember it, but we actually did watch the match, in a stifling blanket of awkwardness. We barely spoke. God it was awkward.

I don't think she believed me though.

Moobgate

2009-03-29T19:51:00.005+01:00

"the taoiseach is not thought to have posed for the paintings"

cracks me up everytime.

Also, the fact that someone wants to buy it, and "experts have estimated it's value at zero."
"Is the frame not worth anything?"
"It's a modern frame, so, no. In a word"

Also your one from the gallery clearly thinks it's hilarious.
Which it is.

Get a sense of humor, Biffo.

The story is, so far:

Someone hung two politically satirical paintings in two of Ireland's national art gallerys, depicting the taoiseach as a fat man with man boobs. RTE did a piece about it on the news. I saw the broadcast, (above). And while I though it was hilarious, I soon forgot about it, like most of the human intrest news pieces, like kittens in need of a home or whatever. Ur man rang today FM and said, "it was me". It was Conor Casby, who lectures in DIT Bolton Street. (ledgend of a lecturer!) (*thanks for that info E!) anyways, the police showed up at Today FM demanding to know who it was,)and today FM kept their journalistic integrity, fair play) RTE was forced to apologise,(losing their journalistic integrity) it was banned from discussion in the Dáil, Casby handed himself in, police seized a number of satirical paintings of political leaders(I laughed when I heard that, this guy is my hero!!) and as a result has become all anyone can talk about and Conor Casby is now famous. It also shows that Brian Cowen has NO sense of humor about himself.

What he should have done was laughed, bought the painting, and then burnt it in a ritual ceremony or whatever the hell he wanted, but played the media game and used the publicity to show himself as someone who can take a joke, and eveyone would have been like, oh that Cowen, such a card, he is a great man he can laugh at himself."

Here's the apology:

Also, see harry Browne's article about this in the Irish Times. (Harry Browne also lectures in DIT, but in Aungier Street, and happens to be one of my favourite lecturers.) And I thought his article was very good.

Im the one in the yellow jacket, the pink sunglasses, and once or twice, the pink hoody.

2009-03-24T22:55:00.004Z

Sunny outdid herself again.

God I love this gal, shes so talented!!

(This was when we went to Berlin with the Media Soc.)

More crazy dreams

2009-02-09T11:04:00.002Z

I keep having dreams about my teeth falling out and getting broken. Ive had at least four of those dreams in the past week. Its my one fear, I love my teeth. The fact there is a tiny invisible chip in my right front tooth kills me, more than anything I want to get it fixed, so when I dream about my beautiful, straight teeth that took FOUR years of braces falling out it freaks me out so much!!! Apparently dreaming about teeth falling out means you're anxious about something, but what Im most anxious about is losing my teeth!!!!!