a new chapter

so i've been aware for a while that the title of my blog is somewhat misleading. although i did originally move to ireland to live in dublin, in reality i've spent only about 3 weeks there. and i feel like i've sort of started anew again since leaving chugging behind, so i have decided to start a new blog. it'll be called 'Having Moved To Galway', and it'll be at havingmovedtogalway.blogspot.com. surprised?

a few changes

so.... bec and toast have finally left me... turns out i lived with toast for 3 months all up.. spent most of our waking hours together.. she's left a hole in my life that will never be filled... sob... but really, i miss them both. shaved all bec's hair off before she left, so every time she looks at her bald head she can think of me.

found a job in galway.. just working in retail.

also found a house.. i'm now living in an attic, which is pretty deadly. got ocean views from one of my windows (so i've been called out on the 'ocean views' thing.. matt pointed out (fairly) that the view is actually of a road and part of a dock. touché -ed.). rooftop views from the other window...... but it's pretty exciting to have a real home again.. sharing the flat with five other friends; an australian, three canadians and an american, but he's leaving in a couple of months. in my mind the house is called 'the new commonwealth'. it's great to live overseas and have a genuine experience.. you know.. get to know the locals and all that.

will post photos of new place soon.

jonsi's cello bow

this is jonsi from sigur ros' cello bow. a sacred item. the expression on my face is unadulterated glee at the rare opportunity to touch an item of such significance. i actually cried.

sachsenhausen & holocaust memorial

berlin pub crawl

had a stupidly stupid night on halloween. went on a pub crawl in berlin and got a little silly with the free vodka shots between bars. of course i do this the night before a very early flight back to ireland. so i joined a few new clubs that night and the next morning-

1. people who've thrown up in a berlin bar
2. people who've thrown up in a berlin hostel. multiple times.
3. people who've thrown up on a train station
4. people who've thrown up on a train
5. people who've thrown up in an airport directly before an international flight
6. people who've been green

i've never actually seen someone so sick they went green before. i thought it was some sort of stupid english expression. but i actually went green. so i've had my yearly reminder of why i don't drink much. maybe i'll be smart enough to skip it next year.

profundities

love holds no bounds.. but kentucky does
-jarrod on josh's relationship with australian girl

cheese-eating surrender monkeys
-danny on the french (a provoked attack.. he was woken early in a hostel room by several french people chatting loudly and obnoxiously about unimportant nothings)

obligerant
-accidental contraction of oblivious & belligerent by tyson on the berlin pub crawl

look! it's the mr. gay uk convention!
-louie louie to a group of AIB suits that never stop for fundraisers

don't worry, it won't take long.. like most men i finish in under a minute
-darlin' trying to convince people to listen to his charity dialogue

c'm'ere and i'll be lovely t'ye
-another stop

RARRR! i'm a charity monster!! ... no.. not really, i'm actually really lovely
-bec's stop

a churgling of fundraisers
collective noun for a group of fundraisers.. not in common usage

festively plump
bec, apparently

are there five people in this car?/ there must be.. pretty close to it anyway... i've got an idea.. let's all just jump in the car and see what happens
conversation between louie and myself

Berlin Wall

"i am claiming this space. i am defacing the visual record of a history which is not my own. but why not? this site is now a sight which has split from the continuity of berlin culture. it is heritage which belongs to tourist culture. we are recording out own history here now. and i was here." - unknown graffitist, berlin wall.