March 29, 2004
07:48 AM dublin time
i guess i'm currently doing that bit of hibernating i was talking about.
though in retrospect, hibernation is definitely the wrong word. instead try, mad manic mental busy long hours in front of this damned machine trying to crank out some decent project work for about a gazillion projects [college, work, personal] that need doing right now.
actually, some of them don't even need doing right now, i just reckoned i was in such a high gear it was a good time to get stuff done.
i'm very silly.
[link]March 19, 2004
10:15 PM dublin time
on st patrick's day, aonghus and i did as all good irish people should - we dressed in green and went to a party and drank one hundred shots of beer in one hundred minutes.
there may also have been a leprechaun involved somewhere along the way.
March 18, 2004
06:01 PM dublin time
after all my anticipation, this was the sight that greeted me when i got to the site of the luminarium:
it had to be taken down early due to high winds :(
March 16, 2004
10:59 AM dublin time
today was always going to be unproductive in terms of work/study; i have college from nine til four then yoga from seven to half eight and then a fantastic leprechaun party in celebration of st. patrick's day to attend. in fact the party is going to be so fantastic that i was considering skipping yoga in order to prepare for it.
so when i discovered that it's the college rag day today, which means no classes, which could mean stay at home [i'm a mature student , i don't participate in rag day antics], i thought i might get a bit of project work done.
but i've just found out that there's a luminarium in town and today's it's last day. ooh er. this is a drop everything type situation. i gots to get to see this. project work can wait!
i experienced my first luminarium in waterford, during the spraoi festival. when we were in melbourne and heard one was in the neighbourhood we happily queued in the blazing australian sun to see it [photos amongst these].
luminariums are large tents inflated with light and gentle music. it could be akin to returning to the womb. it could be like hiding under the sheets listening to your walkman. it's being bathed in quiet colours. in ireland it's probably being irritated by whingey toddlers and hyperactive ten year olds. but i'm still going in to see it.
March 15, 2004
03:35 PM dublin time
i may have to go into hibernation for the next couple of weeks - i have three projects and various assignments all due in before the first of april. and i haven't even begun to think about one of the projects.
we'll see how things go, but it's likely that i'll be pretty quiet until then - not that things get much better after that - just slightly less hectic.
but it's not all bad. one of the projects is probablly gonna involve play dough.
let the fun begin!
[link]March 10, 2004
11:37 AM dublin time
we kept it pretty low key for aonghus' birthday.
aonghus had to be in work for 8.00am today so we didn't blow off our yoga class and go boozing. instead we got some take away from the local greasy chipper [burgers and chips and coke, oh my!] and had an early night.
aonghus' parents are taking us out to a thai restaurant for dinner tonight and i think there's a plan for drinks on friday, so he's doing the right thing and spreading the celebrations out a bit!
and in case you were wondering what age he is, i think that given the fact that he went to bed at 11.00pm on his birthday answers that one for you.
[link]March 09, 2004
08:23 AM dublin time
happy birthday aonghus!
[link]March 03, 2004
11:00 PM dublin time
i stumbled on the front steps of my college the other day. nothing serious, just stubbed my toe and caught myself by banging my arm into the door frame. there's a pathetic yellowy bruise on there now.
but the reason i stumbled at all was because of something that's happened to me once or twice before - i started thinking about what i was doing. mid step, instead of just letting my feet do what they were doing, i tried to figure out, using my head [silly triona] which step i should be aiming for next. i really should just let my feet get on with the job, but i think my head thought it was helping.
[link]March 01, 2004
10:02 PM dublin time
is it strange that i absolutely detest it when someone reads over my shoulder when i'm at the computer? it irritates me intensely. i get totally and irrationally cross with aonghus when he does it, and usually snap at him. it feels like someone is peering into my brain analysing not just my thought, but my thought processes. not just what i'm doing but why i'm doing it. it feels intrusive. i'm not good with intrusive.
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