Susan Hated Literature

Is full of fun. Or so the advertising tells me, and that must be true Still I did have fun this weekend. Friday I headed up to see Leonard Cohen play. It was great. Plus I Mick Galwey was there. Mick Galwey peoples!

Sat didn’t get off to such a good start however. Headed to the pub at half ten to watch the rugby. That was such a frustrating game. We really should’ve won. But poor decision making and silly errors. Still, at least Rob Kearney had an excellent game. The one bright spot.

That afternoon we wandered around Merrion Square watching people swallow swords and make magic out of nothing:

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Luna Nina says:
1. Teacher ::
2. Fifty ::
3. Crossword ::
4. Stuffed ::
5. Family ::
6. Purr ::
7. Toad ::
8. Cocktail ::
9. Insecurity ::
10. Magical ::

mine are under the cut

So Sat we got our digital stations all hooked up. We now have something like 50 or 60 of ‘em, and yet there is still nothing on^[1]

On Sunday I got a text at around half eleven, from a brother informing me they were in Maynooth. So I had to head out in that horrible weather and meet them^[2] take them shopping for foodstuffs and whatnot before they headed off to the rugby.

And three hours later, watching the match on the telly, I figured they’d be soaked as the rain was bucketing down, and Lansdowne is well known for its “swirling breeze”. But no, their seats were right in under the tier so they were nice and dry. I is a genius with my ticket buying isn’t I?^[3] More importantly, the match itself was fabtabulous.

Well, the first half was. From Ireland. The Aussies may now be blaming the weather but, in mature reasoned tones I say to them, Ha-Ha, sickened^[4] on ya!

And what’s the story with the agro? What is it about Australians that they have to resort to violence when playing against us. First the International Rules match, and now in the rugby too.From now on all sporting encounters between Ireland and Australia will have to display a “warning, may contain extra helpings of violence” sticker. Though, in fairness it wasn’t really all that violence, more a bit of a “dude, who you talking to!”

So far, so good in the Autumn^[5] Internationals, 2 out of 2. And next week the Pacific Islanders who seem to not play in the first half and then come out, all guns blazing in the second, but with too much to do. Wonder what sort of a team Eddie’ll pick for next Sunday.

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So, sport is fun isn’t it? It is the taking part that matters, right?

Or maybe not.
The game on Sunday between Ireland and Australia was a disgrace. Fights dominated the first quarter, even before the game started there were brawls on the field.
I couldn’t tell who started what, but it doesn’t really matter does it? The fact is that the officials were never in charge, and never really tried to take control, happy to issue yellow cards when what was called for were reds.

I’ve never been anti the International Rules series, but I’m starting to agree with Mickey Harte that it is a sham and a waste of money, time and resources. There are plenty of international GAA teams out there. Why doesn’t the GAA fund an international match between Ireland and the US if they are looking for an international aspect to the game?

The fact of the matter is that the tackle is something that the Irish players have never gotten used to, taking or giving, instead relying on speed to get them out of trouble. But when you have full-time professionals going up against amateurs there can really only be one winner.

The Aussies did outplay the Irish in terms of skill as well, but no one will remember that, all we’ll remember is the tackles and the fights.

As for the Shinty match, well, we lost that too. But at least there weren’t any fights there, and congrats to Scotland for the win. Sunday was not a good day for Irish sports, cause Munster also lost in the Magners League..

Still, the women won their International series. Although at one stage in the second test they had too many players on the pitch, which meant they were stripped of all 42 points they’d scored until then. They still won, Ireland 3.5.6 (39) - Australia 0.4.6 (18)

I haven’t forgotten about our Unconscious Mutterings either:

1. Theft ::
2. Storage ::
3. Pick ::
4. Los Angeles ::
5. The one ::
6. Accent ::
7. Rivalry ::
8. Process ::
9. Streets ::
10. Museum ::

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There is nothing better in life than being woken in the middle of the night/morning to some fella shouting about “how easy it is” “In my country” “Queer” “Call the guards” and other random proclamations of drunkenness. I’m not quite sure what prompted the screamed declarations of gayness, and I don’t really care. So fair play^[1] to whomever tossed out the glass of water that shut him up.

Once it was just water and not a block of cement… but there was no blood on the footpath, so it mustn’t have been anything overly violent. Right?

Was home for the weekend. Bank holiday too, so extra day away^[2] Spent most of it watching the various sports. Ireland played Australia in the first of the “Made-Up sport” which is also known as International Rules. Was a pretty tame affair, till the last quarter, but hopefully the second and final test will be a bit livelier^[3] as I’m heading up to watch it on Sunday.

Sky Sports were being ever so generous and let us have free access to Sky Sports 3, which was great, only they didn’t show the Munster match. Bastards. But we did get to watch Ulster and Leinster lose. Which was nice!

I really hate and despise Sky Sports. Mainly because they nick everything from free-ish^[4] tv and then go and advertise their wonders as you tune in to catch the highlights of the match they stole on RTE. So we’re treated to Peter Stringer’s fantastic try from last year’s win, in wonderful slow-motion, just so we can appreciate what we won’t get to see this year.

Have I mentioned before that capitalism is an evil force and needs to be eradicated from the face of the earth?

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Yesterday was Serenity Day, as previews opened. Hence the non-posting, because I didn’t want to bore you all with my, “OMG! Serenity Now!”. But here I am posting about it again, and there is nothing you can do to stop me.
Mwha Ha Ha, and other such noises.

It was Screen One again, but hopefully it’ll have moved to screen 9, or screen 17 for the weekend, because those are the biggest, both in terms of screen size and also in terms of audience.

Anyways, the film was even better second time round. So if you are planning a trip to the cinema and aren’t sure what you want to see go see Serenity. I know, I know, Paul Walker and Jessica Alba in Into the Blue look really entertaining and that film looks just wow^[1]

In other news, two weeks from now, thats Oct. 21st, will see the first test match between Ireland and Australia. Any guesses as to what sport they’ll be playing?

I’m sure you all guessed International Rules Football. This is a combination of GAA football and Aussie Rules football.This year’s series^[2] is being held in Australia, with the Aussies looking to get a little revenge after last year’s defeat.

You’d think that, being professionals the Australian team would have the advantage^[3] but the use of the round ball means that the Irish players are slightly more able to score three-pointers and even six-pointers.

Course, I really should be posting about the Rep Ireland vs Cyprus crucial world cup qualifier seeing as it is on over the weekend, but I’m almost resigned to the fact that we aren’t going to make it to Germany. I mean, we can still do it, I just don’t think we will, but I’m hoping to be proved wrong.

Besides, it is always good to promote the GAA, which is slowly gaining a small following in various places like Beijing, Dubai, and San Francisco. Of course most participants are Irish living abroad, but there has been a push to widen involvement.

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