Please note before I begin, *NONE* of us were drunk! We'd had a couple of pints each, nothing to make us lose our minds or anything...
So, my friend's mother was giving me a lift home last night, we were already at the place we were to meet her and she was delayed, so I went into a nearby shop to get some food whilst my friends headed towards a random pub to use the bathroom. When I got back, there was still no sign of them, so I rang one..
"Around the corner, outside the pub, we have a stool!"
Was about all the answer I got, sure enough, around the corner they were standing around a stool. I used the facilities of the establishment and left, the others had turned the corner ahead of me *with* the stool.
An entertaining twenty minutes then occurred. I sat on the stool, to demonstrate its worth, whilst one friend chased people along the street trying to sell the stool to them, claiming that it was 200 years old amongst other things, and my other two friends stool beside me alternately splitting their sides laughing or yelling at the people to buy the stool.
We *almost* sold it to a couple. The wife claimed that she would exchange the tux her husband was wearing for it but we got greedy and asked for what was in the suit. At that point the hubby hurried his laughing wife past.
When our lift finally arrived the stool got transported across the road and into the boot. Who knows where its adventures will take it next ... most likely it'll be smashed at the next party..
-d
Friday, April 20, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
Grrrrrrrr
*growls at having to create a new gmail account just to leave a God damn comment on someone else's blog*
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
The Irish Politicians
Now, I'm no Politics fan, but I saw something funny and felt like sharing!
On the walk down to my bus there's a huge poster with a picture of Bertie Ahern standing and joking with two average looking people who appear to be in their 60's or 70's. He's acting as the friend to the people, someone you can trust.
Yesterday morning, some graffitti artist named Mongo, drew red devil horns on Bertie and dollar signs in his eyes. This was mildly amusing, I did enjoy the dollar signs..
This morning, the billboard had been freshly redone, sending Bertie back to his former glory. :D Aaaaahhh the vanity!
I just hope that Mongo sets up war with the billboardists and starts re-defacing those billboards as soon as they're fixed. *That* would be a good waste of the taxpayers money!
In other news, my landlady is calling by tonight, *YIKES*
-d
On the walk down to my bus there's a huge poster with a picture of Bertie Ahern standing and joking with two average looking people who appear to be in their 60's or 70's. He's acting as the friend to the people, someone you can trust.
Yesterday morning, some graffitti artist named Mongo, drew red devil horns on Bertie and dollar signs in his eyes. This was mildly amusing, I did enjoy the dollar signs..
This morning, the billboard had been freshly redone, sending Bertie back to his former glory. :D Aaaaahhh the vanity!
I just hope that Mongo sets up war with the billboardists and starts re-defacing those billboards as soon as they're fixed. *That* would be a good waste of the taxpayers money!
In other news, my landlady is calling by tonight, *YIKES*
-d
Friday, March 30, 2007
Voting For Webcomics
This is so cool. A guy I know, let's call him Adam, has been keeping a webcomic for two years now. He's been steadily building up readership and his artwork has drastically (excuse the pun) improved. He's now been nominated for an Eagle Award, which is awesome! If you have a spare minute, could you give him your vote? Here is the form, he's down at number 27, Drastic Comics.
Thanks!
Durshka
Thanks!
Durshka
Friday, February 09, 2007
Vivid Dreams
I love remembering my dreams, there's a certain gleam in my eye as I try to figure out just exactly what they could mean, so I love remembering them, and for that to happen, they have to be vivid! I don't remember all of last night's dream, but what I do was very odd. The following excerpt is from the latter part of the dream...
For some reason, I had magic (now this wasn't exceptional, before bed I read a book involving witches and vampires), it took some concentration, but I was able to disappear somewhere and reappear somewhere else. When I reappeared, I was standing on a path near a bridge, the bridge was one of the old Dublin bridges across the Liffey and therefore had loads of traffic across it. In the river, there were two guys who work in the same company as me. I have never before spoken to these guys, I don't know their names, I only know them to see. Anyways, they were standing on these greenish grey rocks, waving at someone off to the side, when I noticed that one of the rocks had spikes down its back and its head poked out of the water. I screamed at the two guys who hadn't realised that they were standing on crocodiles, they looked down at their feet just as the crocs started to slide away and jump backwards with their jaws wide open. The two guys managed to jump to safety on some grey rocks just in the nick of time (if the crocs had spun the opposite way they'd have been caught). As the crocs slid back beneath the water, I saw one of the grey rocks move and screamed again, but not in time.
A giant great white shark rose up, again in a looping jump, and just managed to catch the man's leg in his teeth. I furiously tried to concentrate enough to think of a spell that would save the guy's life, when I heard honking behind me. A car was coming up on the inside lane, bashing through the river wall and other cars, heading straight for me. I couldn't gather my thoughts enough to disappear and reappear somewhere else, besides which, I had nothing but cars, crocodiles and sharks in every direction, bar one. Gathering the tendrils of thought, I quickly rose straight up in the air, out of the way of the onrushing car, I was so close to being hurled into the river by it that I felt it scrap my legs as I shot upwards. I looked down on the scene below me and I saw the white shark swimming past, upside for some reason, with the guy still trapped underwater, his leg in the shark's mouth, which was odd because that shark was big enough to swallow him whole! He was very dead, and totally beyond my help. Damn that car.
That's pretty much when I woke up, aren't dreams fun?!
-d
For some reason, I had magic (now this wasn't exceptional, before bed I read a book involving witches and vampires), it took some concentration, but I was able to disappear somewhere and reappear somewhere else. When I reappeared, I was standing on a path near a bridge, the bridge was one of the old Dublin bridges across the Liffey and therefore had loads of traffic across it. In the river, there were two guys who work in the same company as me. I have never before spoken to these guys, I don't know their names, I only know them to see. Anyways, they were standing on these greenish grey rocks, waving at someone off to the side, when I noticed that one of the rocks had spikes down its back and its head poked out of the water. I screamed at the two guys who hadn't realised that they were standing on crocodiles, they looked down at their feet just as the crocs started to slide away and jump backwards with their jaws wide open. The two guys managed to jump to safety on some grey rocks just in the nick of time (if the crocs had spun the opposite way they'd have been caught). As the crocs slid back beneath the water, I saw one of the grey rocks move and screamed again, but not in time.
A giant great white shark rose up, again in a looping jump, and just managed to catch the man's leg in his teeth. I furiously tried to concentrate enough to think of a spell that would save the guy's life, when I heard honking behind me. A car was coming up on the inside lane, bashing through the river wall and other cars, heading straight for me. I couldn't gather my thoughts enough to disappear and reappear somewhere else, besides which, I had nothing but cars, crocodiles and sharks in every direction, bar one. Gathering the tendrils of thought, I quickly rose straight up in the air, out of the way of the onrushing car, I was so close to being hurled into the river by it that I felt it scrap my legs as I shot upwards. I looked down on the scene below me and I saw the white shark swimming past, upside for some reason, with the guy still trapped underwater, his leg in the shark's mouth, which was odd because that shark was big enough to swallow him whole! He was very dead, and totally beyond my help. Damn that car.
That's pretty much when I woke up, aren't dreams fun?!
-d
Monday, January 29, 2007
You know it's been a bad lunch when...
You arrive back to work with a MacDonalds under your arm.
So my friend's girlfriend told us we should really try out The Bailey for lunch. She told us that it had a good lunch menu and that he wouldn't be hard pushed to find something he'd like on it. This is to a guy who likes good normal wholesome Irish food and nothing else! The menu had very little of that. When the waitress appeared, we all looked in our wallets and decided that a tenner for food we weren't even interested in wasn't a good choice, so we ordered tea, black coffee and a latte. He decided to ask for a ham and cheese sandwich, which wasn't on the menu but which we all hoped they could whip up. Apparently they don't do the whole "specialised sandwiches" there, so he had to settle for a chicken roll which apparently tasted like "chicken poo". Due to the rest of us only having drinks, we had to move to a less comfortable out of the way table, even though there were only about four other groups in the place and no real need for extra lunch table space.
As we sat down, the waitress double checked our drinks orders;
Her: So that was two cappucinos and a tea right?
Us: No, a black coffee, a tea and a latte
Her: Ok, a black coffee, a tea and a cappucino.
Us: No, no cappucino, just a latte!
When she arrived back she had a black coffee and two lattes, honestly, if you can't remember the drinks we ordered after we've told you three times, GET A PEN AND PAPER!!
We drank our expensive drinks whilst my friend picked at his expensive roll then decided he'd had enough and we asked for the bill. The waitress came over to my friend and started quizzing him about why he had barely touched his food. She behaved kinda like the stern mother who forces you to eat all of your greens. I can understand her being concerned over him barely touching it in case the food was bad, but to come over saying "why haven't you eaten your food?!!" was a bit over the top, she should have kept it simply to "did you not enjoy your meal sir?" or some such thing instead of giving him the third degree.
So after finally escaping, and feeling that all of the waiting staff must hate us since we didn't eat anything off of their *superb* :/ menu, we left, knowing that we will never go back there again! I ended up queuing in MacDonalds knowing that at least I would eat and afford the crap they served up.
The Bailey gets four unanimous thumbs down!
-d
So my friend's girlfriend told us we should really try out The Bailey for lunch. She told us that it had a good lunch menu and that he wouldn't be hard pushed to find something he'd like on it. This is to a guy who likes good normal wholesome Irish food and nothing else! The menu had very little of that. When the waitress appeared, we all looked in our wallets and decided that a tenner for food we weren't even interested in wasn't a good choice, so we ordered tea, black coffee and a latte. He decided to ask for a ham and cheese sandwich, which wasn't on the menu but which we all hoped they could whip up. Apparently they don't do the whole "specialised sandwiches" there, so he had to settle for a chicken roll which apparently tasted like "chicken poo". Due to the rest of us only having drinks, we had to move to a less comfortable out of the way table, even though there were only about four other groups in the place and no real need for extra lunch table space.
As we sat down, the waitress double checked our drinks orders;
Her: So that was two cappucinos and a tea right?
Us: No, a black coffee, a tea and a latte
Her: Ok, a black coffee, a tea and a cappucino.
Us: No, no cappucino, just a latte!
When she arrived back she had a black coffee and two lattes, honestly, if you can't remember the drinks we ordered after we've told you three times, GET A PEN AND PAPER!!
We drank our expensive drinks whilst my friend picked at his expensive roll then decided he'd had enough and we asked for the bill. The waitress came over to my friend and started quizzing him about why he had barely touched his food. She behaved kinda like the stern mother who forces you to eat all of your greens. I can understand her being concerned over him barely touching it in case the food was bad, but to come over saying "why haven't you eaten your food?!!" was a bit over the top, she should have kept it simply to "did you not enjoy your meal sir?" or some such thing instead of giving him the third degree.
So after finally escaping, and feeling that all of the waiting staff must hate us since we didn't eat anything off of their *superb* :/ menu, we left, knowing that we will never go back there again! I ended up queuing in MacDonalds knowing that at least I would eat and afford the crap they served up.
The Bailey gets four unanimous thumbs down!
-d
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Work Work Work
They've made me be busy :(
It only took a year and two months, but I now have stuff to do, alas my freedom-loving days are gone!
In other news, I'm going snowboarding! :D Unfortunately I'm horribly unfit so I also get to go to the gym :/ Ah well, maybe I'll soon be healthy enough for Taekwon-do!
-d
Also: I'll be over in London seeing NIN in March!! *squeeeeeeee*
It only took a year and two months, but I now have stuff to do, alas my freedom-loving days are gone!
In other news, I'm going snowboarding! :D Unfortunately I'm horribly unfit so I also get to go to the gym :/ Ah well, maybe I'll soon be healthy enough for Taekwon-do!
-d
Also: I'll be over in London seeing NIN in March!! *squeeeeeeee*
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Boredom, you have made me reach new lows
So, at the moment, *all* of my friends are considering making webcomics...but their webcomics are detailed, and well drawn...probably not so well thought out but...they're getting there!
Anyhews, after listening to the Little Gamers give a talk on how their comic is aboot taking the piss out of their friends, how they come up with ideas at random and how they can't draw to save their lives ... I thought "I could do that!"
Well, truth is I'm far too lazy, plus there's the problem with not being able to draw, although I'm certain improvement would be had, improvement from nothing ain't all that great... However, I've been reading through Machall's archives too. One style of drawing which Ian McConville employs isn't all that difficult. I know that mine wouldn't be quite so good, or even a quarter as good...but it could have potential...
Lastly, I think I could get a years supply out of things Ivan has said in the last ten minutes, to anyone! (including his ma) so jokes wouldn't be a problem....
Then again, I'd have to get over supreme laziness and actually set up a domain deelie...and pay money for it :( Hrmmm....google ads.... *ahem* but it'd be effort...
Without further ado, here be the first mock-up, very mock-up, MSPaint (it's all I've got in work) mock-up .... oh, and it also totally rips off this. Let's hope Adam doesn't mind! Especially if I give him some shameless plugs :D
-d
Anyhews, after listening to the Little Gamers give a talk on how their comic is aboot taking the piss out of their friends, how they come up with ideas at random and how they can't draw to save their lives ... I thought "I could do that!"
Well, truth is I'm far too lazy, plus there's the problem with not being able to draw, although I'm certain improvement would be had, improvement from nothing ain't all that great... However, I've been reading through Machall's archives too. One style of drawing which Ian McConville employs isn't all that difficult. I know that mine wouldn't be quite so good, or even a quarter as good...but it could have potential...
Lastly, I think I could get a years supply out of things Ivan has said in the last ten minutes, to anyone! (including his ma) so jokes wouldn't be a problem....
Then again, I'd have to get over supreme laziness and actually set up a domain deelie...and pay money for it :( Hrmmm....google ads.... *ahem* but it'd be effort...
Without further ado, here be the first mock-up, very mock-up, MSPaint (it's all I've got in work) mock-up .... oh, and it also totally rips off this. Let's hope Adam doesn't mind! Especially if I give him some shameless plugs :D
-d
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Awesome-ness
Opeth were awesome! That's all that can be said. Yesterday was the third time I've seen them this year, and they were amazing again!
Unfortunately there were some drawbacks, namely, the crowd. Now, I don't mean all of the crowd, just ... a select few .... who all seemed to be standing around us.
There were the two annoying girls standing behind me who chattered constantly aboot the most mundane rubbish whilst the lead singer was cracking jokes. I turned and looked at them once or twice and they shut up, but continued on soon afterwards (apparently I can give dirty looks, I personally don't think I can).
Then, the ravers. A gang of aboot five guys and two girls. They were completely out of place, bar the girls, who seemed to be the only reason the guys went to an Opeth gig in the first place. Seriously, not a clue had they! On one occasion, I had cleared myself a nice wee headbanging space (apparently I headbang using the "thrust", meh, it stops my neck from falling to bits the next day, and it's not antisocial if I have my space..), when one of those buffoons decided to crowd in on it! No bother, I carried on knowing that he'd clear me some room in a bit, when I saw a fist coming towards me! Instant taekwondo guard up and a swift right straight for his ribs, but I pulled it because either he was just locking fists with his buddy, or his buddy had stopped him from punching me. I'm still not sure which, but after that he cleared a space for me and I carried on with my guard up. After this, one of the couples had the *nerve* to start necking during Windowpane! Honestly, that is a beautiful song, very melodic and gentle and just ... beautiful! Yet all I could see during it was two people sucking the faces off of each other! If I had a guy I was dating in an Opeth gig, and he did that to me, he'd be punched! Later on, that chick fecked off to the jacks (with waaaaaaay more hand gestures than necessary) and left yer man by himself. He started doing his own little rave dance, poking his finger in the air and moving his hands in a zig-zag manner...dude! That shit's gonna get you killed at a metal gig!
Long story short...I love Ivan :D In 3 mins, between the pair of us, all those annoying little shits got taken out! I turned to Ivan, we bounced off of each other, I bounced off of eof and used the momentum to bounce into the annoying loud-mouths behind me. According to eof, I didn't hit him all that hard, but I sent those two girls flying! >:) In this space of time, Ivan had crashed through the couple in front of him and a few of their friends, so I galloped after him, crashing into the couple on the left and the guy who'd tried to punch me and sending them flying. Then we were right past and had a straight line through to the center and the pit.
It was magical!
\m/
-d
Unfortunately there were some drawbacks, namely, the crowd. Now, I don't mean all of the crowd, just ... a select few .... who all seemed to be standing around us.
There were the two annoying girls standing behind me who chattered constantly aboot the most mundane rubbish whilst the lead singer was cracking jokes. I turned and looked at them once or twice and they shut up, but continued on soon afterwards (apparently I can give dirty looks, I personally don't think I can).
Then, the ravers. A gang of aboot five guys and two girls. They were completely out of place, bar the girls, who seemed to be the only reason the guys went to an Opeth gig in the first place. Seriously, not a clue had they! On one occasion, I had cleared myself a nice wee headbanging space (apparently I headbang using the "thrust", meh, it stops my neck from falling to bits the next day, and it's not antisocial if I have my space..), when one of those buffoons decided to crowd in on it! No bother, I carried on knowing that he'd clear me some room in a bit, when I saw a fist coming towards me! Instant taekwondo guard up and a swift right straight for his ribs, but I pulled it because either he was just locking fists with his buddy, or his buddy had stopped him from punching me. I'm still not sure which, but after that he cleared a space for me and I carried on with my guard up. After this, one of the couples had the *nerve* to start necking during Windowpane! Honestly, that is a beautiful song, very melodic and gentle and just ... beautiful! Yet all I could see during it was two people sucking the faces off of each other! If I had a guy I was dating in an Opeth gig, and he did that to me, he'd be punched! Later on, that chick fecked off to the jacks (with waaaaaaay more hand gestures than necessary) and left yer man by himself. He started doing his own little rave dance, poking his finger in the air and moving his hands in a zig-zag manner...dude! That shit's gonna get you killed at a metal gig!
Long story short...I love Ivan :D In 3 mins, between the pair of us, all those annoying little shits got taken out! I turned to Ivan, we bounced off of each other, I bounced off of eof and used the momentum to bounce into the annoying loud-mouths behind me. According to eof, I didn't hit him all that hard, but I sent those two girls flying! >:) In this space of time, Ivan had crashed through the couple in front of him and a few of their friends, so I galloped after him, crashing into the couple on the left and the guy who'd tried to punch me and sending them flying. Then we were right past and had a straight line through to the center and the pit.
It was magical!
\m/
-d
Friday, November 10, 2006
Hello officer, isn't it a nice evening?
It's funny how some things will remind you of other things. Take just now, for instance, when opening a bag of dry roasted peanuts, I couldn't help but notice that they smelt exactly like peanut butter.
In other news, I'm hungover as fuck.
-d
In other news, I'm hungover as fuck.
-d
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
The gig last night
On crowdsurfing:
Crowdsurfing is great, but guys, don't ask the girl beside you to give you a hoist up, I may be strong for a girl, but I'm not Xena! If this girl is nice, and laughs in your face whilst getting some other guys to help her hoist you up, do *NOT* leap up and throw both your knees directly into the air! Knees connecting with chins do not make for a pleasant taste in my mouth after I've bitten a chunk of flesh out of either side of my tongue.
On Dermo:
What can I say, the man's an idiot!
On Gill:
I didn't see her during the gig, I can only assume that she was hidden near the bar cradling a whiskey whilst singing offkey.
On my brother:
Beast of the pit.
On his friend:
What a shame, what a shame.
On the guy who sold him a seated ticket instead of standing:
Arsehole!
On the bouncers who wouldn't let him downstairs:
Bastards!
On the stupid American bitch I fucked across the pit:
You were annoying, it was funny, get over it!
On the drunken Celtic fans who thought they were hard men at the start of the gig:
I hope you've learned your lesson now.
On the pit in general:
Brilliant effort one and all!
On the big guy in the white t-shirt with glasses:
Congrats, but fuck me! You were big!
On the guy I teamed up with to shove the big guy with glasses away every time he came near us:
Thanks!
On the girls who got up on stage and giggled whilst looking out of place:
Pfft! Wusses!
On the guys who stopped all moshing even though there was now a girl-free pit (first time all night):
For shame guys, quit yer oogling and get back to the important things!
On the guys who got up on stage:
GRRRR!!! \m/
On the idiot who stage dived:
As my brothers said:
He missed the crowd.
He missed crossing the barrier.
He didn't miss the ground.
Gravity will always give a helpful hand.
On the Dropkick Murphys:
Awesome guys, just .... awesome!
PS: On the big guy from the Slayer mosh pit who asked me if I was "staaaartin' somethin'":
Always :D
PPS: On my best friend:
Happy Birthday :)
Crowdsurfing is great, but guys, don't ask the girl beside you to give you a hoist up, I may be strong for a girl, but I'm not Xena! If this girl is nice, and laughs in your face whilst getting some other guys to help her hoist you up, do *NOT* leap up and throw both your knees directly into the air! Knees connecting with chins do not make for a pleasant taste in my mouth after I've bitten a chunk of flesh out of either side of my tongue.
On Dermo:
What can I say, the man's an idiot!
On Gill:
I didn't see her during the gig, I can only assume that she was hidden near the bar cradling a whiskey whilst singing offkey.
On my brother:
Beast of the pit.
On his friend:
What a shame, what a shame.
On the guy who sold him a seated ticket instead of standing:
Arsehole!
On the bouncers who wouldn't let him downstairs:
Bastards!
On the stupid American bitch I fucked across the pit:
You were annoying, it was funny, get over it!
On the drunken Celtic fans who thought they were hard men at the start of the gig:
I hope you've learned your lesson now.
On the pit in general:
Brilliant effort one and all!
On the big guy in the white t-shirt with glasses:
Congrats, but fuck me! You were big!
On the guy I teamed up with to shove the big guy with glasses away every time he came near us:
Thanks!
On the girls who got up on stage and giggled whilst looking out of place:
Pfft! Wusses!
On the guys who stopped all moshing even though there was now a girl-free pit (first time all night):
For shame guys, quit yer oogling and get back to the important things!
On the guys who got up on stage:
GRRRR!!! \m/
On the idiot who stage dived:
As my brothers said:
He missed the crowd.
He missed crossing the barrier.
He didn't miss the ground.
Gravity will always give a helpful hand.
On the Dropkick Murphys:
Awesome guys, just .... awesome!
PS: On the big guy from the Slayer mosh pit who asked me if I was "staaaartin' somethin'":
Always :D
PPS: On my best friend:
Happy Birthday :)
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Busy busy busy...
Firstly, since I last posted, I have learnt that you shouldn't really give small children coffee... It was amusing but um...heh heh, nah, it was amusing! ;)
Secondly, um...I'm very busy atm. It's annoying really, but in the good kind of a way! This month is my gig month. Sure, sure, I know, so was June, but have you *seen* the line-up?! Awesome! I've already been to see American Headcharge/Panic Cell/Twin Method in the Voodoo Lounge last Friday, though I arrived late and missed Twin Method. The other two I must say were quite enjoyable, unfortunately I didn't appreciate the full experience as I'd already had a good bit to drink... From what I could tell through the haze, they were good!
Saturday, I saw Borat. Although some parts of this movie were funny...it could not be saved, do NOT go to see this!! It's awful!! At times, it's painful, I did not need to disgust my eyes and brain with this thing. Some people will find this amusing, but you know what, I'm not one of them, and those who do...if you've seen it, you know what bit in particular I'm talking aboot, perverted!
Thankfully my senses were able to rectify themselves with an unplanned Nathan Fillion marathon. It started by me innocently switching channels and having a Buffy episode with him in it come on, it continued by seeing Serenity on Sky movies and finished up by staying up late to watch Slither in a mate's house.
Sunday dawned, I tidied my room some and headed into town and off to The Point Depot. Slaaaaaaayeeeeerrrr!!! Apologies, The Unholy Alliance is what I meant to say ;P I arrived in time to see Lamb of God and In Flames, possibly Children of Bodom, I was at the bar...and then on came Slayer \m/ Out to the mosh pit with me! I bumped into a guy from taekwondo I knew and away! :D It was excellent, not half long enough though, I wasn't even close to fainting when they finished up!! It was great, I'm covered in bruises, my knee is somehow fucked, but recovering *and* I got a pair of fingerless Slayer gloves!! At Download, last summer, I went around three different sales booths and the Download fingerless gloves were all gone! I was crushed (I love fingerless gloves). They were the first thing I noticed on the Slayer sales booth as I came in the door! The second thing I saw was the guy take them off the display and sell off the last pair, crushed-ness :( Thankfully, a second booth still had them, so up I galloped and them I bought! :D Happy mosher!!! :D
So, my plans for this week...well, went to see The Last Kiss last night. It was fairly predictable, but an enjoyable watch nonetheless, oh, and maybe slightly depressing...actually, it kinda reminded me of Scrubs, I know, Zach Braff is the first clue, but still..Scrubs is funny and goofy most of the time, but every now and again you're brought back to the reality of working in a hospital where things go wrong and people die.. The Last Kiss was the more serious side of Scrubs, and of Zach Braff. It was interesting, but also depressing to watch, but still, just a movie, and not Scrubs, cos Scrubs is just awesome! :D
Tonight, 'tis Dropkick's night! I've never seen them live but I've heard so much about it that I'm very *very* excited!! Here's hoping that my knee is in one piece, for apparently the moshes are insane, the music is excellent and you can KISS ME, I'M SHITFACED!!!!
Oh, and um, the rest of the week is gonna be filled with going-away parties, graduation parties, birthday parties, Christening parties, going to Waterford and being back up in time for Monday when I'll be off to see Opeth and Paradise Lost.
It's all happening in Dublin, and it's all happening now ..... 'cept for the bits that are down in Waterford....
-d
Secondly, um...I'm very busy atm. It's annoying really, but in the good kind of a way! This month is my gig month. Sure, sure, I know, so was June, but have you *seen* the line-up?! Awesome! I've already been to see American Headcharge/Panic Cell/Twin Method in the Voodoo Lounge last Friday, though I arrived late and missed Twin Method. The other two I must say were quite enjoyable, unfortunately I didn't appreciate the full experience as I'd already had a good bit to drink... From what I could tell through the haze, they were good!
Saturday, I saw Borat. Although some parts of this movie were funny...it could not be saved, do NOT go to see this!! It's awful!! At times, it's painful, I did not need to disgust my eyes and brain with this thing. Some people will find this amusing, but you know what, I'm not one of them, and those who do...if you've seen it, you know what bit in particular I'm talking aboot, perverted!
Thankfully my senses were able to rectify themselves with an unplanned Nathan Fillion marathon. It started by me innocently switching channels and having a Buffy episode with him in it come on, it continued by seeing Serenity on Sky movies and finished up by staying up late to watch Slither in a mate's house.
Sunday dawned, I tidied my room some and headed into town and off to The Point Depot. Slaaaaaaayeeeeerrrr!!! Apologies, The Unholy Alliance is what I meant to say ;P I arrived in time to see Lamb of God and In Flames, possibly Children of Bodom, I was at the bar...and then on came Slayer \m/ Out to the mosh pit with me! I bumped into a guy from taekwondo I knew and away! :D It was excellent, not half long enough though, I wasn't even close to fainting when they finished up!! It was great, I'm covered in bruises, my knee is somehow fucked, but recovering *and* I got a pair of fingerless Slayer gloves!! At Download, last summer, I went around three different sales booths and the Download fingerless gloves were all gone! I was crushed (I love fingerless gloves). They were the first thing I noticed on the Slayer sales booth as I came in the door! The second thing I saw was the guy take them off the display and sell off the last pair, crushed-ness :( Thankfully, a second booth still had them, so up I galloped and them I bought! :D Happy mosher!!! :D
So, my plans for this week...well, went to see The Last Kiss last night. It was fairly predictable, but an enjoyable watch nonetheless, oh, and maybe slightly depressing...actually, it kinda reminded me of Scrubs, I know, Zach Braff is the first clue, but still..Scrubs is funny and goofy most of the time, but every now and again you're brought back to the reality of working in a hospital where things go wrong and people die.. The Last Kiss was the more serious side of Scrubs, and of Zach Braff. It was interesting, but also depressing to watch, but still, just a movie, and not Scrubs, cos Scrubs is just awesome! :D
Tonight, 'tis Dropkick's night! I've never seen them live but I've heard so much about it that I'm very *very* excited!! Here's hoping that my knee is in one piece, for apparently the moshes are insane, the music is excellent and you can KISS ME, I'M SHITFACED!!!!
Oh, and um, the rest of the week is gonna be filled with going-away parties, graduation parties, birthday parties, Christening parties, going to Waterford and being back up in time for Monday when I'll be off to see Opeth and Paradise Lost.
It's all happening in Dublin, and it's all happening now ..... 'cept for the bits that are down in Waterford....
-d
Friday, October 13, 2006
Wow it's been a while...
See, this is why I never keep a diary, I wander off and lose interest :)
So, in recent news, I got a pet, and he is only adorable! He's a four month old bearded dragon and I called him Gir, yes, he's just that cute! He was only 6inches long when I got him, aboot a month ago, but he's up to 8inches now, growing steadily and eating lots of crickets and a few greens. My parents haven't met him yet but already hate him >:D My mom tried to convince me the other day that I should be careful or he'll try to jump into my mouth...emmmmm......NO! He damn well understands that you shouldn't leap into the mouth of something bigger than you, it's a good way to get dead!
So, aside from my adorable little guy... I've rejoined taekwondo! It was aboot time really, what with the being out for bloody ages! Of course, after the first session my arm muscles and *especially* my leg muscles ached! Oh, and I managed to somehow sprain my ankle without realizing...it's healed up already though, it was only a light sprain...
The song currently stuck in my head is Awakening, by these guys. I was at The Village on Wednesday night to see them :D Obviously enough I was late into work the next day, oh, and my boss caught me napping...whoopsie!! Thank the great fluffy Heavens that it's Friday...1, 2, 3 .... DRIIIINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
***EDIT*** Hehe, unlucky for some!
-d
So, in recent news, I got a pet, and he is only adorable! He's a four month old bearded dragon and I called him Gir, yes, he's just that cute! He was only 6inches long when I got him, aboot a month ago, but he's up to 8inches now, growing steadily and eating lots of crickets and a few greens. My parents haven't met him yet but already hate him >:D My mom tried to convince me the other day that I should be careful or he'll try to jump into my mouth...emmmmm......NO! He damn well understands that you shouldn't leap into the mouth of something bigger than you, it's a good way to get dead!
So, aside from my adorable little guy... I've rejoined taekwondo! It was aboot time really, what with the being out for bloody ages! Of course, after the first session my arm muscles and *especially* my leg muscles ached! Oh, and I managed to somehow sprain my ankle without realizing...it's healed up already though, it was only a light sprain...
The song currently stuck in my head is Awakening, by these guys. I was at The Village on Wednesday night to see them :D Obviously enough I was late into work the next day, oh, and my boss caught me napping...whoopsie!! Thank the great fluffy Heavens that it's Friday...1, 2, 3 .... DRIIIINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
***EDIT*** Hehe, unlucky for some!
-d
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Random Drunks
Random annoying drunks who interrupt conversations to give their own opinions are awesome.
That is all.
-d
That is all.
-d
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Moving Blues
I think I'm dying, I really think I am. Not even this coffee is waking me up! After an exhausting week, starting last Thursday there's still no end of things for me to do! I'm moving flat so, starting on Thursday, I had to pack up all my stuff and start moving it. Of course the lift in my new place broke and since I'm on the third floor, up four flights of stairs with me and my boxes. This went on on Thursday and Friday evening after work, then early Saturday morning. Saturday evening I did some cleaning, Sunday morning I did more packing and cleaning, during the afternoon I brought another load of stuff over, this time sans car. Monday was taken over because my old roommate from Austria was in Ireland so I went to see her, accidentally staying out late, so what I really needed was some rest!
Not a hope! I couldn't sleep last night with the lads already moved out even though we'd done a major cleaning session and I was exhausted. Then my alarm started beeping at 6:30 this morning and I had to get up and do two trips with my rucksack full of food and added things I'd forgotten over to the new flat. Got back just in time to let in yer wan that I was giving the keys back to. She went around the whole flat and told me it was filthy. We have to reclean the lads' bathroom, my shower, all the skirting boards, the hall and sitting room floor, the entire kitchen and all the countertops otherwise she was gonna take 340e (roughly) out of our deposit to pay for cleaners :( I'm exhausted and was hoping to go over to my new place this evening to sort out my stuff, but now I don't have a chance cos I'll have to spend the evening cleaning and *then* go meet my folks who decided to come up to Dublin to visit just when I don't have any free time :/ Shoot me? Please?
Durshka out.
Not a hope! I couldn't sleep last night with the lads already moved out even though we'd done a major cleaning session and I was exhausted. Then my alarm started beeping at 6:30 this morning and I had to get up and do two trips with my rucksack full of food and added things I'd forgotten over to the new flat. Got back just in time to let in yer wan that I was giving the keys back to. She went around the whole flat and told me it was filthy. We have to reclean the lads' bathroom, my shower, all the skirting boards, the hall and sitting room floor, the entire kitchen and all the countertops otherwise she was gonna take 340e (roughly) out of our deposit to pay for cleaners :( I'm exhausted and was hoping to go over to my new place this evening to sort out my stuff, but now I don't have a chance cos I'll have to spend the evening cleaning and *then* go meet my folks who decided to come up to Dublin to visit just when I don't have any free time :/ Shoot me? Please?
Durshka out.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Isn't he so cute?!
This is Dave (he prefers to be called Daidie), doesn't he make the most adorable six foot two clown you ever did see?!! (Note: blurred due to using a camera phone)
-d
-d
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Good Morning Sunshine!
So this morning I awoke from a dream which had a spider handgliding around my room. Entertaining as this was I'm terrified of spiders so not all that great. Anyways, I woke up and looked up to see a spider three sizes the size of a normal daddy long legs spider crawling across my ceiling. Now I don't know if I actually saw it or not, I'm very short sighted. Basically, it terrified me and I've been sleeping on the couch since then waiting for my flatmate to get up and check the top of my wardrobe for me. It makes vague sense because my rucksack from Austria had another hidden spider which eventually vanished and I don't know how big those scary foreign spiders get. I'm just hoping I imagined it.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Spraoi!!
This weekend saw me eloping down to Waterford for the Spraoi festival. It was a good laugh! I got to meet up with a bunch of friends I hadn't seen in ages as well as watch a life-size puppet show and some aerial acrobatics. This was all topped off by a scary nighttime parade (which terrified my friend's 20 month old son 'til he was brought back from the barrier) and a fireworks display.
On to the nights out! Friday I stayed in Dublin as 'twas my friend's house warming party, and a beautiful place it was too. The night managed to go smoothly and we all got merrily drunk. At aboot 3am we were all kicked out, and since lil' Ivan lives far away he ended up on my couch. Now, do you imagine that little shit let me sleep?!! Oooooohhh nooooo, he kept me up 'til 6am talking aboot serial killers! >:( Now, all that I wouldn't mind 'cept I had to get up at 9:30am to get the bus to Waterford :/
Anyhews, the Saturday night was a laugh, my friend (with the 20 month old son) was having a baby shower for her soon-to-be-born daughter. So, drinks at her place! Then out to the pub with her youngest brother and another of her friends. I kept bumping into people I knew, the terrors of small towns, and eventually bumped into my neighbour. He's friends with my older brothers and has been away in the states for a while (so has forgotten proper etiquette). He ended up walking me home (since the others lived in the opposite direction and sure he's my neighbour and my brother's friend and he should know better than to lay a finger on me!! Bah!!) Fecken eegit hit on me the entire way up the road and tried to kiss me (yes, I counted!) five times!! He just wasn't taking no for an answer, no matter how much I laughed at how pathetic he was! He even tried texting me the next day calling me "maneater" and inviting me out for a drink! Just because I didn't want to kiss the guy would *not* make me a maneater! Now I'm just wondering should I tell my brothers or not, they'd probably go for him and I hardly need *that* on my conscience! *sigh* Why are men so dumb?!!
-d
On to the nights out! Friday I stayed in Dublin as 'twas my friend's house warming party, and a beautiful place it was too. The night managed to go smoothly and we all got merrily drunk. At aboot 3am we were all kicked out, and since lil' Ivan lives far away he ended up on my couch. Now, do you imagine that little shit let me sleep?!! Oooooohhh nooooo, he kept me up 'til 6am talking aboot serial killers! >:( Now, all that I wouldn't mind 'cept I had to get up at 9:30am to get the bus to Waterford :/
Anyhews, the Saturday night was a laugh, my friend (with the 20 month old son) was having a baby shower for her soon-to-be-born daughter. So, drinks at her place! Then out to the pub with her youngest brother and another of her friends. I kept bumping into people I knew, the terrors of small towns, and eventually bumped into my neighbour. He's friends with my older brothers and has been away in the states for a while (so has forgotten proper etiquette). He ended up walking me home (since the others lived in the opposite direction and sure he's my neighbour and my brother's friend and he should know better than to lay a finger on me!! Bah!!) Fecken eegit hit on me the entire way up the road and tried to kiss me (yes, I counted!) five times!! He just wasn't taking no for an answer, no matter how much I laughed at how pathetic he was! He even tried texting me the next day calling me "maneater" and inviting me out for a drink! Just because I didn't want to kiss the guy would *not* make me a maneater! Now I'm just wondering should I tell my brothers or not, they'd probably go for him and I hardly need *that* on my conscience! *sigh* Why are men so dumb?!!
-d
Friday, August 04, 2006
Forgetfulness
Have you ever gone through one of those times when you're completely forgetful. I'm not talking about forgetting where you left your bag or shit once in a while then saying "Oh! I'm so forgetful! Hah hah!!" I'm talking about those times when it doesn't rain but it pours. I'm generally good at keeping track of things. My room may be a complete pigsty, but *I* know where everything is, and I mean everything! However, these enchanting moments where my memory works perfectly are also accompanied by times when my brain just goes to sleep. It only happens periodically, but now and again I'll just forget anything that's not tied to me!
This week was one of those! The other day, whilst in the midst of this I tried to leave my flat to go to work. I was going to cycle in, so I'm in the basement when I realise that I've forgotten my helmet, and have to go back for it. This was then followed by going in and out of my flat three times because I kept forgetting things. I eventually left and realised that I'd left all my rings behind, but by that stage...fuck it!
Today, as I left my flat I made sure I had everything...ummmm...not quite! I left my damn wallet behind me! This contained any money that was in it, all my cards (with which to get money) and my keycard to get in and out of work :/ BOLLOXED!!
Thus far, I can get into work through the very out of the way back door, ie: the bike shed, which I have a key for but can barely get in cos the lock's so stiff, and I went to the bank, knew the teller and could get out money...
So what else have I forgotten...oh yeah!! My friend's having a baby shower this weekend and I need to get her new baby a gift but neglected to get out enough money to pay for it... Wonder if I'd have enough time to get it tomorrow morning when I'm hungover and heading for a bus...
Durshka out.
This week was one of those! The other day, whilst in the midst of this I tried to leave my flat to go to work. I was going to cycle in, so I'm in the basement when I realise that I've forgotten my helmet, and have to go back for it. This was then followed by going in and out of my flat three times because I kept forgetting things. I eventually left and realised that I'd left all my rings behind, but by that stage...fuck it!
Today, as I left my flat I made sure I had everything...ummmm...not quite! I left my damn wallet behind me! This contained any money that was in it, all my cards (with which to get money) and my keycard to get in and out of work :/ BOLLOXED!!
Thus far, I can get into work through the very out of the way back door, ie: the bike shed, which I have a key for but can barely get in cos the lock's so stiff, and I went to the bank, knew the teller and could get out money...
So what else have I forgotten...oh yeah!! My friend's having a baby shower this weekend and I need to get her new baby a gift but neglected to get out enough money to pay for it... Wonder if I'd have enough time to get it tomorrow morning when I'm hungover and heading for a bus...
Durshka out.
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