July 2008
27 posts
wandering
I have been reluctant to post this because I feel like somehow being honest about this would undermine all of the people who said, “I am so jealous of you! You are going to have a great time!” And, I mean, sure, yes, I am. But I’m also… Lonely. And alone. So there’s the flip side of the coin. Eh.
Friday was the first time I cried since I arrived here.
I...
Booty
After Wall-E, my coworker drove me home. Flo-Rida and T-Pain came on the radio. I commented that this song was really ubiquitous, the kind that lingers in your head and remains there, inescapable.
“What are ‘apple-bottom jeans?’” She asked. “Is that something all Americans wear?”
“Oh, no,” I said, not sure how to really explain. “It’s...
More
I’ve been really bad about this whole updating thing lately. I just think there’s so much to say… And also not nearly enough. Last weekend’s Oxegen festival was great, except that I am not much an outdoor person whatsoever and my immune system agrees. Plus, when did I get so old and boring? When 3 a.m. hit and my tentmates were deciding to go find a rave in the campsite, I...
Great success!
I took a new bus to work today and it dropped me off right in front of a Starbucks. Sure, that meant an added five minute walk to my commute but I was blessed with divinity in the form of plain black coffee and a skinny blueberry muffin.
“You know it’s summer in Ireland when the rain gets warmer.”
– Hal Roach
Things To Buy For Oxegen
Turns out I am actually going to Oxegen this weekend. My coworker has offered me a place in her tent so all I have to do is buy some sort of bed thing and a sleeping bag and I should be set. OH WAIT. And plus a ton of other miscellaneous items, which I will put here just so I can keep track.
TOILETRIES
Nice smelling lotion (no showers, ew)
Baby wipes
deodorant
body powder
contact case
...
“Sharing a bathroom with three boys is a quick lesson in the many types of Lynx...”
Food
Marks & Spencers owns my soul.
Pretty much.
I mean, you could go to Tesco and you could buy their prepackaged foods, and I’ve been to Dunnes as well where I had an amazing chicken tikka masala prepackaged and ready-to-eat.
But it won’t be Marks & Spencers.
I swear, just thinking about their food puts little sparkles in my eyes, makes me gaze towards the heavens in rapture.
...
Oxegen →
This might be where I’ll be this weekend, if everything goes according to plan. Check out that line-up, suckas!
One complaint
Coffee.
Any of my friends back home would be able to tell you I’m a hopeless addict. I grew up with it always brewing in my house; my father a conoisseur of the straight stuff, freshly brewed, always taken black. As I grew older and the proliferation of Starbucks took over America I started tentatively, with caramel frappuccinos and mochas with tons of cream. As time went by and I slided...
“When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.”
– James Joyce
Dublin
I’ve been in Dublin for almost a week now, although at times it feels much longer or much shorter, depending on my mental state. I have been bookmarking a few things about my every day life so far, but I’m afraid that it will all disappear into the ether once I start trying to document it. Hopefully not.
I take the 15 bus (or variations thereof A, B, C) to work every day. If there is...
