Okay, I waited until it rained to brag about the fact that I went 30-some straight days without rain. I've now yet to have a day since then without rain. Like I said... law of averages. Luckily it clears up for a few hours in the afternoon on most days, but then is right back at it shortly. It's also been pretty chilly.
Emma has a car and drove me up to Tuam this afternoon to collect mine and Aoife's free bikes. They definitely need some cleaning up and at the least some air, more likely, new tires. And a new seat would be nice. I'm going to try and take mine down to the local bike shop tomorrow and see what they can make of it.
First blogger, then Flickr. Then Skype and Yahoo messenger. Now, I've succumbed to yet another 'net phenomenon. I'm actively updating my account on Facebook, and have already reconnected with a few long-long lost friends. If any of you are on Facebook and I haven't found you yet, look me up.
If I start in on MySpace, please, someone... shoot me.
I tried my hand at cooking quasi-Indian food for the first time tonight. Not bad for a first time attempt, but not great. Nothing too fancy... just a basic curry sauce from a packet over some stir fried chicken and rice, with a couple pre-made naan. The naan made the meal, as it always does with Indian food. They have a lot of other pre-made Indian sauces readily available here, so I think I'll give it another go at some point.
I popped my Galway session cherry last night (Sunday night). I finally took my whistle along to the session at Taaffe's with Conal. I spent most of the time just sitting there, but was asked for a tune and did the hornpipe set (Scully Casey's and Humours of Tullycrine) we learned in class. The session wrapped up with the Tarbolton set, which happens to be the only full set of reels I know. Tonight Conal and I went to The Crane, but not a single tune came up that I knew how to play, and I felt weird about just starting one up uninvited, so I didn't really play the whole night, save for one set on a borrowed bodhran.
I leave for Normandy Wednesday morning. I'm only about 1/6th of the way through "D-Day" by Stephen E. Ambrose. I don't think I'm going to get through the remaining 500+ pages in the next 48 hours.
Conal's flight back home to Philly leaves at about the same time on Wednesday, so we're probably going to catch the bus down to Shannon together. Tomorrow night, though, we party like rock stars.
Tigers are currently down 3-1 to the Red Sox in the bottom of the 6th. The Pistons and Red Wings have the night off to think about what they've done.
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I have been in Virginia for a week and am just now catching up with your blogs. Had to go back to May 8.
I was most impressed with your descriptions of your favorite places/experiences in Italy and Germany. Nice job.
And waddsup with "the Book of Kells at Trinity College"? You have piqued my interest and I am waiting for the followup discussion.
Now, don't you be dissin' myspace! It's incredibly addictive (whether that's bad or good I don't know!), and can be lots of fun. But yeah, you're approaching overload on internet toys!
Have a great trip to Normandy, and good luck with the new bikes. :)
Katie
Does saying 'MySpace is a visually incomprehensible, audially offensive and teeny-bopper infested cesspool' count as a 'diss'?
Hmmm.... Is it a dis when it's a true statement? ;) Honestly, myspace can be either complete crap or really cool. It really depends on whose page you go to.
I've seen some pages that are impossible to read (and take forever to load) because of the really crappy visual "design" and general lack of grammar, punctuation, and spelling. And My God, the "glitter" graphics! The Ugly - It Burns!!! But it's an amazing look at the indivudual's personal style. What's odd is that one page I saw recently that is in the running for "Fugliest Myspace Evah!" belongs to a guy who is supposedly a graphic designer! After seeing what he's done with his myspace page, I would never hire him to do actual work.
Having said all that, I've been having fun keeping in touch with friends, reconnecting with old friends from High School and College, keeping tabs on favorite musicians, and finding new bands.
I figure, as long as I'm having fun, it's a harmless diversion.
But, your mileage may vary! ;)
Katie
Mmmm, Indian food. It's now one of my favorite cuisines and one that Bill is very good at. We haven't had much luck making our own nan yet, but there's not much else Bill can't make to near restuarant quality. When you're back in the state, we'll have you over for a meal.
Jan - I cordially accept! And if he can figure out the trick to naan in the meanwhile, please share! :)
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