Howdy folks, anything new and exciting going on with you lot. I’m all out of whack with the days of the week. I keep thinking that today is Friday; it isn’t. Today is Thursday[1] But I’ve got that Friday feeling[2] Albeit[3] one that is dampened cause I know it is premature.
I think I shall have a delightful[4] weekend of doing nothing at all[5] And it is a long weekend. I can’t wait. Cause you know the way you have nothing to do for ages and ages and then suddenly everything happens at once. For the past two weeks I’ve had places to go and people to see almost every single day. It’s fun, don’t get me wrong, but tiring. A long lie in and a relaxing weekend of telly sounds like a most excellent plan.
*yawn*
I’ve also been bold[6] and gone and bought books. There is an order from Amazon on its way, or at least it will be on its way, but not til August[7] cause I’ve pre-ordered Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer[8] And yesterday I wandered around Easons and came across The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford. Okay, it was really its new cover that got my attention. It has been republished in Orion’s Fantasy Masterworks series and it looks purty. So I picked it up and read the first few pages. Alternate history with a bit of fantasy thrown in. Sounds like my kind of book. And I made with more wandering about and I spotted Empire of Ivory by Namoi Novik. The 4th in the Temeraire series, which I’d meant to pick up ages ago, but then forgot, or never knew, that it had been published in paperback. Its a different cover style than my other books in that series though…
Linknotes:
- jic you two are out of whack ↩
- for some reason Im singing this line to the tune ofYou’ve lost that lovin’ feeling ↩
- this is such a great word ↩
- and no doubt a spiffing one ↩
- course now that Ive gone and said this someone is going to come up with a plan ↩
- in the Irish sense, not the bravery sense ↩
- which is really really far away! ↩
- Ive also orderer her The Host. And Im a little impatient with a 2 month wait ↩
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Empire of Ivory,
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Stephenie Meyer,
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The Dragon Waiting,
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So I bought my shiny shiny Nintendo DS Lite last night. And got a great deal from Argos. €149 for the console, a game[1] and an accessory pack. So basically I paid for the console and got the rest of the stuff for free. I also bought one of those Brain Training thingies. Which was supposed to cost 30 quid, only they only charged my 15. Score!
And I’ve gone ahead and ordered my R2 card plus 2gb micro card so once that arrives I’ll be well sorted for all my gaming needs.
In other news Carl’s RIP Challenge comes to an end today. And for it I read Fool Moon by Jim Butcher, The Prestige by Christopher Priest, Danse Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton, Wormwood by Poppy Z.Brite, Lost Souls by Michael Collins, and The Road by Cormac MacCarthy. And I’ve just bought Stephanie Meyer’s Eclipse[2] so I’ll read that this evening. And there are plenty more reviews for you to investigate here.
Linknotes:
- The Incredibles ↩
- w00t! ↩
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Cormac McCarthy,
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Michael Collins (author),
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Shiny,
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Stephanie Meyer
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I’ve been out. Doing things. You know, that I shouldn’t be, *glances warily around* going places I shouldn’t.
Yup. Shopping again. It’s shocking[1] how easy it is to spend money when you don’t have to hand over any actual cash. Just flash the plastic and away you go[2] Crazy easy it is. And not only am I going to moan about spending the money, I’m also going to moan about not spending the money.
See I found this nice pair of trousers[3] Tried them on and all was grand apart from the length[4] Went hunting for the short-arse version. None to be found at all[5] Now, people of whatever Debenhams shop I was in, bet you wish you stocked petites, don’t ya.
And while I’m in semi-moan mode[6] why is it that I’m forced to try on 3 different sizes in the hope of finding one that fits. Three! That’s like all you’re allowed to take into the dressing rooms in some shops.
Craziness I tells ya.
However, in the good news stakes I did finally get my hands on season three of The Wire. Just what I need to distract me from the depression that is the RWC[7] I get to watch the dvds with the ineffectual POlice and the drugs wasteland and the death and the killings. Yay!
Title from
Epsiode 30 of The Wire
Linknotes:
- shocking altogether ↩
- okay, so you gotta insert the card in the machine and then hide your PIN from the world, but still, easy baby. ↩
- for work ↩
- on account of all the giants that live in this modern age. Freaks! ↩
- at all ↩
- this in nowhere near a full blown moan, as you all know ↩
- . ↩
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shopping,
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I’m waiting for episode 22 of Heroes to load up so I can watch it. Almost at an end now. Oooooh. But while I’m waiting I thought I may as well show you what I picked up today in my quick stop[1] in Chapters.
Item the first: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. I’ve heard many great things about this series, but have never picked any of the books up. So when I spotted the first in the A Song of Ice and Fire series I figured sure what the hell. I may not get around to reading it for a while, but it can’t hurt[2] having it on the book shelves[3]
Item the second: Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous by The Joss God[4] and John Cassady.
Which obviously enough’d be followed by the 3rd, and final purchase: Astonishing X-Men: Torn also by Joss Whedon[5] and John Cassady. I’ve had the first in this series for ages, but only now have I gotten around to buying these two parts. I’m not going to read them just yet. I’m in the middle of a book, and then I have A Midsummer Night’s Dream to get to for the Once Upon A Time Reading Challenge. But after that. Then I’ll get stuck in.
I’m not sure if I’m one of those rare women that has patience.
Linknotes:
- I was going to call into Peats to take a look at headphones, but spent too long book browsing ↩
- unless it falls and bangs me on the head, but then again, it is only a paperback, so I am willing to take the risk ↩
- Shelves, floors. There isn’t much of a difference ↩
- All hail ↩
- Did I mention I saw Serenity in the cinema over the weekend. It was well shiny ↩
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Astonishing X-Men,
book buying,
Heroes,
Joss-verse,
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I have nothing to say, but on account of not blogging yesterday I sorta feel like I should just stick something down here today.
I miss Anne, but no doubt she if off settling into NY and far too busy to blog. Kelly is back and blogging though. So yay! for that.
But like I said, I have nothing to say.
I did however buy a new phone. I know, I know, it hasn’t been that long since my last phone purchase. Nowhere near my usual yearly purchase, but I figured, what the hell, and I didn’t really like my motorola. I was going to go for the cool looking Sony Ericsson Z310i, but although it looked nice it didn’t have many features. So instead I went for the Nokia 6234, which is teeny tiny and packed full of features. Of course now I gotta do the “transfer everything I had on my old phone over to my new phone” thing. Which’ll be fun, boys and girls, won’t it? Especially considering that Motorola’s sync software would play nice with Vera and so i don’t have anything at all saved apart from on the phone. See how I make trouble for myself.
And I totally forgot to mention that the All-Ireland kicked off last weekend. And you be delighted to hear that Sligo won their opening round. Then again, we were playing New York, so anything other than a victory woulda been a disaster.
And B#5 got his place in the Limerick sports/rugby academy thingy that he was looking for, so now he can do his leaving without worrying about points. At least I think he can, I presume he’ll have to pass in certain subjects, but to be honest I haven’t a clue.
And while I’m saying nothing, does anyone know what time the polling stations close at in the election? Need to figure out what time I have to leave Dublin at.
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New York,
Nokia 6234,
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shopping,
Sligo
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Heading back up to Sligo again this evening. The reason being, I’ve gotta collect my new laptop. A Dell Inspiron 6400.
But before I go, some good news. I don’t have “the consumption”
I know, I know, you’re all thinking well yes. That is good news, but not particularly newsworthy, only it is. On accounts in individuals in the college having it and us all being tested. My Mantoux test was negative, but so far either 9 or 11[1] people will require a follow up test. Course most of this is probably[2] due to a false positive because of their BCG vaccinations, but you never know. But who cares about them! I’m the only person that matters 
Course we will all have to be tested again, as the second confirmed test is so recent that we might be infected but it might not show up. So in another three months I’ll be stuck with another needle. Oh joy of joys.
Linknotes:
- depending on the rumour you are listening to ↩
- hopefully ↩
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bye,
Dell Inspiron 6400,
laptop,
shopping,
the consumption
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How did this happen? Feb is over already. I know it is a short month, but my god! this short? Time is flying, sign of age no doubt.
Didn’t get my shopping done on Sat, I’d forgotten that it was to be a day of rugby see. Suppose I could’ve gone out on Sunday, but, you know, didn’t. So had to take a peak while on my way home yesterday. No exciting purchases though, just work clothes. Will have to make another stop this evening. For sporty-type clothes. Work soccer thingy is on tmro and may[1] go along. But it has been ages and ages and ages since I’ve played football. Primary school I think’d be the last time.
Used to play it all the time when as a kid living in Dublin, down the park playing three-and-in, or playing kerbs in the estate. When we moved to Sligo we’d play at lunch every now and then, and after our successful protest that us girls had to stay stuck inside and sew while the boys got to go up the field and play football[2] we’d play at school during the summer.
But in secondary school soccer came to an end. In first year I don’t think there was any sport that I wanted to play. Hockey was bonkers. I hated[3] basketball. And those were the only sports that were organised, from what I remember. In second and third year there was Gaelic football. Which I played. And I played on the local Community Games team.
But soccer football? It has been a while.
Linknotes:
- repeat, MAY ↩
- this may tell you something about the weather in Ireland. Whenever we got a good day wed be allowed play football in the afternoon because it was such a rare occurrence ↩
- and still dislike ↩
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football,
GAA,
memory,
shopping
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