Macrolog Personal
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Weeknotes #595-601: Watt, Walking, Writing and More Sun 24 Mar 2013
Where to start? February began, as I wrote last time, with my interview with punk rock legend, and my musical hero, Mike Watt. You can read the whole thing here on Thumped if you’ve got a spare half-hour. I...
Weeknotes #584-594 Tue 05 Feb 2013
A busy December — plus a mostly sickness-free Xmas — ploughed into a busy January, and February’s already shaping up to be equally packed. Not that I’m complaining. This month I’m working on a feature that could well be my...
Culturewipe 2012 Mon 31 Dec 2012
I meant to do something like this for last year — to summarise my choice cuts from the previous 12 months of media consumption — but time got away from me in the end, and anyway, who wants to read...
Grant Hart Interviewed Mon 17 Dec 2012
Grant Hart — you know, the dude from Hüsker Dü — played a great full-band set upstairs at Whelan’s on Friday night (and he’s playing Cork tonight, so be there!). Here’s my interview with the man himself for Thumped....
Kurt Ballou Interviewed, Nick Millevoi Reviewed and More Sat 01 Dec 2012
Converge played a stormer here in Dublin last night. You should’ve been there. Ahead of the gig I interviewed guitarist Kurt Ballou for Thumped; it was my first interview in quite a while (even if it was done by...
Weeknotes #574-583 Tue 20 Nov 2012
Not much of an autumn this year; winter came hot (or rather the opposite) on summer’s heels, and now that the clocks have gone back the days have gone black. Bummer. At least I’m getting some writing done: lots of...
Weeknotes #551-573: Productivity Special Sun 02 Sep 2012
Seeing as how it was Blog Day the other day, I thought it’d be a good idea to tidy up this post I’ve had in the works for a number of weeks: a behind-the-scenes ‘productivity special’, if you will....
On Cornerhost and Second Chances Thu 09 Aug 2012
You might remember the Cornerhost debacle from a few months ago. A panicked thread on a mailing list for the host’s customers (myself included) led to a tweet from me that led to a post on Gizmodo that blew the...
ESTEL Reviewed Thu 12 Jul 2012
My review of the most recent ESTEL album is up now on Thumped, as is my take on Reign Supreme, the new one from brutal death metal kings Dying Fetus....
I Bought an iPhone Thu 28 Jun 2012
So I finally joined the future and upgraded my mobile to an iPhone 4S. I’ve had it for a couple of months now, which I think is enough time to build a solid impression of what it’s like to...
Ruins Alone, September 2011 Tue 01 May 2012
Can’t think of a better way to mark the renewal of my Flickr Pro account by posting this pic from the few I snapped at the Ruins Alone gig at the Twisted Pepper last September. If you ever get...
Weeknotes #533-550 Thu 29 Mar 2012
The first quarter of the year’s almost done and there’s so much I haven’t written here. I’m well overdue a catch-up, I know. This one may be brief, but it’s better than nothing. The highlights: Hitting the four stone mark...
Weeknotes #526-532 Sun 04 Dec 2011
I should probably start calling these Monthnotes, shouldn’t I? Anyway, let’s review the last few weeks. The highlights: Michael D winning the presidency, even though I voted for Norris / Seeing The Silence of the Lambs for the first time...
Weeknotes #517-525 Sun 23 Oct 2011
So August flowed into September into October, and I have little to report. Such is life. The highlights: David O’Doherty at Vicar Street / Ruins Alone at The Twisted Pepper / Dava Sobel at the Science Gallery / Dinner at...
Weeknotes #510-516 Tue 23 Aug 2011 | 0 Comments
Thanks to Twitter for helping me remember the following: 4/7 — I find a hole torn in the back of favorite plaid shirt. Annoyed. Proper, durable (non-fashiony) plaid shirts are hard to come by round these parts. Later in the...
Weeknotes #494-504 Mon 04 Jul 2011 | 0 Comments
Eleven weeks, eh? Feels both much longer than that and no time at all. Let’s check the calendar and see what I’ve been up to… – April closed out nicely with Knut and Keelhaul playing a free show at the...
Weeknotes #488-493 Mon 18 Apr 2011 | 0 Comments
Some highlights (and lowlights) of the past few weeks: – My commute to work in the mornings takes me over the old Broadstone rail line, of which only the trackbed remains. I’ve got a thing for disused rail lines (maybe...
Weeknotes #484-487 Tue 08 Mar 2011 | 0 Comments
A whole month has gone by! What have I been up to? In the middle of February, Bee and I paid a visit to IMMA to catch the last day of The Moderns. It was portrayed as an exploration of...
Weeknotes #483 Mon 07 Feb 2011 | 0 Comments
Fed up with the Wii Balance Board’s fluctuating readings – and the time spent getting through the menus in Wii Fit – I’ve bought a proper doctor’s weighing scales so I can keep better track of what I’m losing (or...
Weeknotes #481-482 Sun 30 Jan 2011
Looking back over the last two weeks, I find two prevailing themes: reviewing the past, and predicting the future. The past I’ve already alluded to in my first Blogfodder link dump. Some of those links are nearly eight years old,...
Weeknotes #480 Mon 17 Jan 2011
I’ve been ploughing through The Creation Records Story over the past few days. By now I’m at the stage where my interest is trailing off – I can’t stand Oasis – but that’s only the last couple of hundred pages;...
Notes from New York Fri 14 Jan 2011 | 0 Comments
My intention was to keep a mini-journal of our six-day trip in New York last summer. I even bought one of those Moleskine city guides as the perfect notebook for my observations. Sadly the day-to-day busyness and exhaustion put...
Weeknotes #478-479 Mon 10 Jan 2011
Everything gets back to normal a little too quickly post-Xmas, don’t you think? Little to report from Week 478. No big New Year’s Eve partying for us, just lunch at Nando’s and adding to our puppet collection. Seriously – The...
Weeknotes #477 Sun 26 Dec 2010
The pre-Christmas rush to the shops was all the more intense this year due to an extra blanketing of snow, and the infrastructural craziness that came with it. Lucky for us we’d done the majority of our shopping in the...
Weeknotes #475-476 Mon 20 Dec 2010
Monday — Train is quick into town this morning. Getting home takes longer, however; these icy pavements are frustrating me no end. Tuesday — I finally get around to watching Aguirre, Wrath of God only to find the DVR missed...
Weeknotes #474 Sun 05 Dec 2010
Monday — Another day working from home, as I twist my ankle heading out the door. On the plus side, home is much warmer than the office. But my ankle’s sore, the backs of my legs hurt, that weird malaise...
Weeknotes #473 Tue 30 Nov 2010
Monday — Dublin Bus is really pissing me off. Missing buses on the 37 in the morning and afternoon, and bad traffic on the 39 in Blanchardstown means it takes me nearly two hours to get home. I thought this...
Weeknotes #472 Tue 23 Nov 2010
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday — First two days of this week are a write-off. Wednesday I’m up earlyish, cold still getting me down. I briefly flirt with the idea of going out to the shops. But then I remember the Tesco delivery guy...
Weeknotes #471 Tue 16 Nov 2010
Monday — Work at the office is blah, and cold. I skip out early to beat the rush and finish things up at home. I’m finding that work is eating into my thinking time. Can’t let that happen; don’t want...
Weeknotes #470 Sun 07 Nov 2010
Monday/Tuesday — I wake up feeling rotten on Monday. Time to take a sick day. (The fact that it’s officially the first day of winter is just a coincidence.) I worry for a while about catching up at the end...
Weeknotes #469 Sun 31 Oct 2010
Monday/Tuesday — Monday is a bank holiday, but not for me. At least I get to work from home and wind up at a reasonable hour. Early start again on Tuesday for the deadline, but there are few headaches and...
Weeknotes #468 Mon 25 Oct 2010
Monday — A very slow day at the office. Thank goodness I have to leave early to meet the electrician, who’s coming over to look at the dodgy stovetop. Regarding said stovetop, it will indeed need to be replaced. I...
Weeknotes #467 Mon 18 Oct 2010
Monday/Tuesday — Nothing much happening. We take the train out to Raheny on Tuesday evening – timing things slightly better on the return journey this time, so it takes little more than half an hour to get home. I’m getting...
Weeknotes #466 Mon 11 Oct 2010
Monday — An unremarkable day, other than my dismay at the golf overrunning so I miss University Challenge. Nobody makes me miss University Challenge and gets away with it! Okay, they do get away with it, but I’m certainly not...
Weeknotes #465 Mon 04 Oct 2010
Monday — This cold is hitting me hard, feels like the walking ‘flu. Work is a drudge. A chicken and chickpea curry for dinner helps me breathe a bit easier, but it never lasts long enough. Tuesday — A half-six...
Weeknotes #464 Mon 27 Sep 2010
Monday — A morning of admin, followed by an afternoon of work. Also looked up where the 39 bus stops, so we can have an alternate route home to the new place (integrating Google Maps is the best thing Dublin...
Weeknotes #463 Mon 20 Sep 2010
Monday/Tuesday — Work work work, busy busy busy. Just enough energy left to get to the shops. Not sleeping well. Wednesday — Still in zombieland, but I revive somewhat in the afternoon for an IKEA run. In the evening Declan...
Weeknotes #462 Sun 12 Sep 2010
Monday — Wet walk to work this morning. Parnell Street stinks of wet dog. Then the sky gets darker and the rain gets harder and my enthusiasm goes out the window. Blah. At least I survive the walk home without...
Weeknotes #461 Sun 05 Sep 2010
Monday/Tuesday — End of production cycle means little else (aside from meals and a few hours’ sleep) but work from Monday morning till Tuesday afternoon. I’m used to it, but also tired of it. After all the files are gone...
Weeknotes #460 Sun 29 Aug 2010 | 1 Comments
Monday — Bored in the office with little to do bar some more production prep, and steeling myself for the inevitable deluge at the end of the week. On my lunch break I upload some photos to Flickr that I’ve...
Weeknotes #459 Sun 22 Aug 2010 | 2 Comments
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday — Beginning of this week is a bit of a blur. I spend some time on Project Hannibal, but mostly watch movies from the backlog on the DVR (nothing I’d go out of my way to see, though the...
Weeknotes #458 Sun 15 Aug 2010
Monday — Long day at work; got more done than I expected, but still not enough. Home around half six. Left a message for the landlord, then spoke to him later re: us moving on. He sounded disappointed, but I...
Weeknotes #457 Sun 08 Aug 2010
Taking my lead from the weeknotes meme that’s spread across a number of blogs/feeds I follow, but mostly inspired by my reading of Brian Eno’s A Year with Swollen Appendices, I’m making a go of keeping note of my thoughts...
Taking Things Slowly Wed 16 Dec 2009 | 0 Comments
Emmet Connolly over at Thoughtwax writes about the virtues of taking things slowly: Without the restrictions of regular media, we pajama-wearers can do whatever we want. For the most part, something is written when it’s ready to be written, and...
Highlights of a Year (Or So) Wed 15 Oct 2008
Nine years ago on this very date, I took my first steps into the world of personal publishing by starting my own website, a horrible mess of black and orange (well it was 1999) which eventually morphed into what you...
Major, 1993-2006 Thu 01 Feb 2007
This is one of the reasons why I haven't been blogging much lately. He passed away at the end of November. I still miss him like crazy, and I don't think I'll ever stop.
Five Years Wed 15 Nov 2006 | 1 Comments
It dawns on me that this humble little weblog recently passed the fifth anniversary of its inception. Two weeks ago, to be exact. I’ve been taken up completely with other things since my return from South Africa (the new job,...
Cogs Are Turning Thu 31 Aug 2006
Not much time for blogging lately. Cogs once rusted have been cleaned and oiled for turning again — and turning they are. Right now? Plans are being made, bags are being packed and loose ends tied up before my long-awaited...
Recent Randomness Wed 31 May 2006
I've been neglecting you again, dear reader. But then again, what else is new? Anyway, in lieu of a proper entry I've drawn up a list of bullet points on what I've been up to the last few weeks...
Vacation Time Mon 16 Jan 2006 | 3 Comments
Tomorrow morning I set off for my month-long getaway in South Africa. I’ve got a long day’s travelling ahead, as I’m not due to arrive in Johannesburg until 6:45am on Wednesday. However, knowing that the gorgeous Benitha will be there...
2006 Resolutions Tue 03 Jan 2006
It’s resolution time again, and this year I’m keeping it simple. Just a few direct, attainable goals to make life better for yours truly in the coming months. In 2006, I resolve to: Eat less. Not that I’m a pig...
Back in the Saddle Fri 30 Sep 2005
Apologies for not posting here for so long. I’ve either been busy, or sleeping, or busy sleeping. But I couldn’t let the last few weeks go unrecorded, so in lieu of a proper, detailed report of my recent activities, I’ve...
Fifteen Thousand Sun 31 Jul 2005
Since the beginning of July, between this site and my new blog, I’ve written approximately 15,000 words. Fifteen thousand! And that’s even accounting for quotations. I think that’s the single most productive month I’ve had since I started the weblog...
The Blog is Dead Tue 12 Apr 2005
I haven’t written much about my journalism course, have I? I don’t know why that is. Maybe I felt like it wasn’t worth such close analysis. Or maybe I was just embarrassed about the lack of work that I have...
Busy Busy Busy Sun 23 Jan 2005
I’m still here, people. I’m just really busy. Last week it was preparing the audio interview I recorded in December for my broadcasting project. The week before it was recreating the front page of The Guardian for my QuarkXpress assignment....
One Thousand Mon 09 Aug 2004 | 6 Comments
It’s a little hard to believe that I’ve reached the 1000 post mark here at the OM&TR. Harder still to imagine I might have arrived weeks ago, if it weren’t for my deleting a number of useless entries in a...
Good News For Once Thu 01 Jul 2004 | 4 Comments
I’ve been a busy bee over the last fortnight or so, which is why I’ve been posting photographs rather than writing here, because such writing takes effort that I haven’t had time for. But now that I have a chance...
Interview Post Mortem, Revisited Wed 02 Jun 2004
Yesterday morning, I was interviewed for a place on this year’s MA course in journalism at the Dublin Institute of Technology. If you’re a regular reader of this site, you might remember I wrote about my interview for the same...
The Thirtieth of May Sun 30 May 2004
I can’t think of a better way to resume my postings here than wishing the wonderful Benitha a very happy birthday today. The 30th of May used to be just my birthday, and there was never anything extraordinary about it...
FAO Benitha Mon 03 May 2004
The above for the wonderful Benitha, who isn’t feeling very well at the moment (details withheld for obvious reasons). I wish I could do more for her, but I’m kinda stuck here. I feel like I’m doing a rubbish...
Tribute Fri 05 Mar 2004
A phone call to the house yesterday afternoon was the herald of bad news: my aunt Marguerite passed away a few days ago. It was something of a shock, to be honest. I knew she had been in-and-out of hospital...
The Boss: Dead Sun 18 Jan 2004 | 5 Comments
I had the strangest dream last night. I am in an undisclosed location reading a tabloid, not paying much attention to the text, when all of a sudden a photograph catches my eye. It's a small thumbnail image, heading an...
Days of Christmas Tue 30 Dec 2003 | 1 Comments
And so another Christmas is over… Thank Christ for that! I don’t know about you, but I’m glad it’s done with, even though this year was a relatively quiet one — almost completely stress free, for a change. And I...
Milestone Sat 01 Nov 2003 | 3 Comments
Entry No. 583: Two years old today. Had a nice big cake and got lots of presents. Did nothing special, besides writing this. Everybody loves me! Nobody really gives a fuck. And I love you all too! I don't care,...
Job Search Update Fri 31 Oct 2003
A few moments ago, totally out of the blue, I got a phone call from an employment agency. They were following up on details, they said, from the CV I sent through a recruitment website sometime last week. I had...
Anniversary Thu 16 Oct 2003
Yesterday was the fourth anniversary of my initial foray into publishing on the World Wide Web. My first attempt at a website, a horrible mess by my current standards, went live on the 15th of October, 1999. I had zero...
Gone Fishin' Mon 18 Aug 2003 | 2 Comments
Tomorrow morning I shall leave these shores, this emerald isle, to spend a week (well, six nights) in exotic, wintery South Africa. As you might imagine, I'm more than a little excited. The gravity of the situation only began to...
I'd Rather Just Listen to Music Tue 12 Aug 2003
You know sometimes, I’d rather just listen to music: “Some people say that’s escapism. But that’s fine by me. I live my life, you live yours. If you’re clear about what you want, then you can live any way you...
Fourth of July Sat 05 Jul 2003
I wake up this morning to find that I have an affliction that seems to resemble hayfever. Which is strange since I can't remember ever suffering from hayfever, at least not since I was a youngster. I get a letter...
Interview Post Mortem Tue 17 Jun 2003
So the big interview was this morning. I got there quite early, allowing for time to get lost in the building (which I did, of course — story of my life). But the interviews were running a quarter of an...
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before Mon 16 Jun 2003
Been quiet around here, hasn't it? Don't worry, I'm still alive. I've just been preoccupied over the last week or so. I'm still on a good reading buzz that's showing no signs of wearing off anytime soon; today, I finished...
Recriminations Wed 21 May 2003
Today I scraped both of my forearms, both of them off the same door handle. Nothing too serious, of course, but the scars are quite unsightly and sting like hell. It was the dog, you see. The lazy fucker decided...
I'm Sorry... Sun 18 May 2003
...that this place hasn't exactly been bursting with new content. You see, I've been doing a lot more thinking than writing recently. Lots of thinking, thinking about the post-grad application and looking for work and planning my trip below the...
To Toronto Mon 12 May 2003
I spent last Friday afternoon with my friend Wendy, just hanging out around town. She's from the other side of the world, she is. New Zealand. The land of Jonah Lomu, Peter Jackson and Shortland Street. She'd just spent a...
Tarzan, or Tarzana Wed 30 Apr 2003
I had another strange dream recently... I am somewhere south of the Liffey, Donnybrook presumably. Morehampton Road. I am at a bookstore, a bookstore with a deep blue painted wooden shopfront, its name in blocky white lettering stretched across the...
Gizza Job Fri 25 Apr 2003
As of writing this, I've just gotten back from the local post office where I mailed a bunch of CVs and covering letters to various bookstores in the city centre, basically begging for employment. I shouldn't be coy about it...
The Strangest Dream Wed 16 Apr 2003 | 11 Comments
I had the strangest dream this morning. I was in a hospital, or at least what I thought was a hospital, although it more closely resembled a cross between the inside of the Arts block at UCD and the first...
Anxious Mofo Tue 15 Apr 2003 | 10 Comments
I'm not happy going to gigs on my own. I stick out like a sore thumb. Billy No-Mates. And I never enjoy myself as much as I would if I could share the experience with others. It's a bit different...
Flippin' Pancakes Tue 04 Mar 2003
Today is Margi Gras, or for us less festive types, Pancake Tuesday. And I, in my infinite wisdom, saw no harm in volunteering to be the house pancake maker. Big mistake. Everything was fine at first; I weighed and sifted...
On Social Etiquette Thu 20 Feb 2003
(or, "Say It, Don't Spray It") I pay a visit to my former place of employment, the large music store, ostensibly to purchase an order of mine that arrived over the weekend (the eponymous debut album by The Locust --...
A Scene from My Life As A Movie Tue 18 Feb 2003
Take one: I awake this freezing cold morning at 7:30am and promptly fall back asleep for two more hours. I just had to stay up last night to see Mallrats, didn't I? Take two: I force myself out of bed...
Long Distance Blues Mon 17 Feb 2003
This is going to be somewhat of a personal piece, but I need to get this off my chest so please, indulge me this once. I am involved in what is generally termed a long distance relationship. And it's great....
Tabula Rasa Sun 16 Feb 2003
Another Sunday, another afternoon spent ever-so-slightly tweaking the engine that keeps this website running. I've become far too much of a perfectionist, to the detriment of my writing; rather than sit down to sketch out a story idea or plan...
Déjà Vu All Over Again Tue 11 Feb 2003 | 6 Comments
I don't know about most people, but déjà vu is a regular occurance for me. That's not to say that I have any significant premonitionary abilities like knowing what the Lotto numbers are going to be; rather, it's subtle things......
Mystery Injuries Sat 08 Feb 2003 | 2 Comments
I have two fairly obvious scratches on my right arm, and I have no idea how they were inflicted. The first, approximately one inch long, appeared earlier this week on the side of my right forearm, close to the elbow....
The View From Here Fri 10 Jan 2003
Our neighhour two doors down has a large cinder-block shed at the end of his garden, spanning its width. A grey plastic gutter runs across the front, just under the lip of the roof, feeding into a matching plastic...
Shopping for Software Tue 07 Jan 2003
Went to the Apple Centre today, all the way up on Kildare Street, to get some utility software. They didn't have what I wanted, and I didn't think much of their prices. Indeed, when I had a look on...
Next Time I'll Watch Where I'm Going Fri 03 Jan 2003
I'm walking home from the theatre last night with my mum, and we're making our way down the street to the terminus; the bus is stopped there, ready to pull away just before you get there. (As they do.)...
Surreal Moment of the Day Wed 01 Jan 2003
Quasi's It's Raining accompanying a report on last year's weather on Sky News....
Baccalaureatus in Artibus Thu 12 Dec 2002
The graduation ceremony wasn't nearly as excrutiating as I'd expected. I even got used to the robe thing, and felt a bit strange when I had to hand it back afterwards. It also felt strange meeting some of the...
Adventures On Campus Thu 12 Dec 2002
I went out Belfield this afternoon to pick up my robe and hood for the graduation ceremony tomorrow morning. It's only been seven months since I was last out there, but they place has really changed. New buildings and...
Have Pity on the Sales Assistants Sat 30 Nov 2002
This is all well and good, but did it ever occur to the author that working as a supermarket cashier (or working in a supermarket, period) isn't all that stimulating and/or rewarding an experience? Maybe he should ask the...
At Work Today... Sun 10 Nov 2002
I met Stevo from the Mike Watt list this afternoon, totally by chance. Although I guess it was only a matter of time. He's a cool guy. He was looking for the new High On Fire album. We were...
I Feel Strange Thu 07 Nov 2002
I got a box in the post from Amazon.com today. In it, besides the complete first and second series of Mr. Show, was my brand new VHS cassette of Donnie Darko. I just finished watching it a while ago....
Not Much Happening Tue 05 Nov 2002
Not much happening in my world at the moment. I'm counting the weeks 'til my quitting day (must be about seven or less now; when you see it like that it doesn't seem so far away). I've already got...
In The Mail Mon 28 Oct 2002
Currently in the mail on the way to my doorstep as I type this: The first and second seasons of Mr. Show on DVD. (I have heard many good things about this, one of only a handful of HBO...
Bon Voyage Mon 14 Oct 2002
Bon voyage, Monsieur Honan!...
Technical Difficulties Wed 18 Sep 2002
I'm posting from my eMac right now. This keyboard is a real pain in the arse to use. I can sort of type blindly now, but not very well so I have to glance at the keys. When I...
A Two Minute Silence Wed 11 Sep 2002
We had a two minute silence at work today, at 1.46pm. I was in the security office at the time, babysitting a shoplifter, while one of the loss prevention officers was scanning the store via the joystick-controlled CCTV cameras....
Annie Hall in Temple Bar Sun 18 Aug 2002
Last night, at short notice, Dave invited me to go see Annie Hall in Temple Bar. (Here's an interactive map of Temple Bar for those unfamiliar with the area. Think Covent Garden, but smaller and slightly less pretentious.) I...
Celebrity Spotting Pt.2 Sat 17 Aug 2002
Marianne Faithfull of all people was in my store today. I guess it's not such a big deal, since she lives kinda locally (Wicklow), but, I mean, she was Mick Jagger's main squeeze. The fucking Stones, man! But anyway,...
Celebrity Spotting Sat 27 Jul 2002
At work this morning we were talking about celebrities who've been to our store every now and again, prompted by yesterday's visit by Paul Weller (ex-The Jam, if you didn't know). We get our fair share, locals for the...
The Power of The D Sun 07 Jul 2002
The last two days haven't been great for me. Maybe it was the crappy late shift on Thursday that knocked me out of sorts (must try to keep those in perspective; nothing will be as bad as a late...
In the Middle of the Night Mon 17 Jun 2002
There's something really peaceful about walking in the cold air in the middle of the night. No people to disturb you. No traffic save the odd taxi and squad car. No worries or troubles. Half an hour ago, walking...
Fucking With Customers Thu 06 Jun 2002
Finally finished my eight-day stint at work. I dunno what to do with myself now. I'm feeling a little guilty about messing with a customer's head yesterday. He came in looking for, what he said at first, a hard...
From a Scream to a Whisper Thu 18 Apr 2002
I had my last ever lecture in UCD this afternoon. From a scream to a whisper, as Tim Mooney put it. But hey, I can wean myself off the place by making the most of my student card before...
Leggo My Eggo! Tue 26 Mar 2002
It's 5:30am. I just got home a little while ago, toasted myself some chocolate chip Eggo waffles (is that where 'Leggo My Eggo!' comes from?). It was good getting out of the taxi; the sun is creeping up over...
Alma Mater Wed 20 Feb 2002
I've just sent an e-mail to my alma mater, just to say hello. Maybe some of the people who taught me there are still around. I know one of them is anyway - Mr. Dunne, my art teacher, I...
The Rage Tue 12 Feb 2002
I had a serious case of the rage this morning. I wasn't off to a good start anyway since I didn't get home till after 2:30am last night, didn't get to bed until 3am, and didn't get to sleep...
My First Weblog Sat 19 Jan 2002
Whilst searching for my site in Google's directory, I came across this, my first foray into the world of blogging. I have to say that I had completely forgotten about this for a while - most of 2001, to...
Legally Blind Mon 14 Jan 2002
My mum went to the hospital for an eye check-up today. Took her a while to find the eye clinic, the place isn't signposted very well, and you would think semiotics would be of the utmost consideration for a...
Happy New Year Tue 01 Jan 2002
Well, that was swell. Saw some excellent fireworks, had some heated conversations (Groves wasn't too happy - sorry man, really), and shared some terrible jokes - all in all a good night, possibly rendered better by the fact that...
Ixnay on the Anadacay Mon 19 Nov 2001
I can't get on the Canadian J1 programme. Right now there's a queue of about 200 people outside the USIT office at UCD. The queue started this afternoon. There was no way I was going to stand in line,...
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