Tommy Collison

@tommycollison • tommy@collison.ie

Month: September, 2009

The Story of Life

My first year English teacher, and, to a lesser extent Stewie Griffin, taught me that every good story must have a conflict, an obstacle for our protagonist to overcome. The story of life is no different. Each story of life is different. I’m the star of the Tommy Collison show. You have guest stars, but [...]

It’s been too long..

…since I made pancakes. Who wants some? Well, come back later, they’re all gone! :) Almost had to wrestle the first one out of Mum’s hand to get a picture of it… kidding Mum! :P

20″ flatscreen radios

My affair with MacBooks has been quite sordid, I must say. From spilling water over white Macbook #1 to starting using MacBook #2 for all my secondary school classes, bar maths and music. After deciding to use a computer for classes in April 2009, I began to think of ways of making my life easier. [...]

Wedding

Back a while from the wedding in Kill that I was at yesterday/this morning. In bed with flu-like symptoms at the moment. Feeling rotten. Dunno if it’s that flu or just a flu. Either way, I’m not exactly at my peak. Physically, I could be better, but mentally I’m fair to okay. The wedding yesterday [...]

Being right rocks

What’s the best feeling in the world? Is it bed on a saturday morning? No. Is it an icecream on a hot day? No. Is it getting the day off school to go to a wedding like me today? No. The answer, ladies and gentlemen, is getting one up on your sibling. Back when I [...]

Hard Drive

I need one. It’s 07:36.. for some strange reason I woke up a square hour before my alarm (MMMBop by Hanson, naturally) is meant to wake me, and have spent the time transferring my iTunes from old Macbook to new Macbook Air (new in the newly-repaired sense). The biggest thing to mention is it’s a [...]

What do I blog about?

I’ve talked about this point before, so I’ll be concise. It’s how people who write personal blogs have an onus placed on them to lead interesting lives. Unfortunately, this isn’t always possible. Like, sure, there are somedays where I get off my ass and do stuff, like go to the zoo, which is great. Then, [...]

The School Bell

“…and because he’d made so many unsuccessful voyages, the king and queen of Spain eventually withdrew Columbus’s title of Governor” the teacher finished reading. There was a a small silence as the teacher finished reading from the book. No-one spoke, but there was a low hum of tapping feet and clicking pens. The feeling of [...]

Vintage

Andrews Sisters’ – “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B”

How personal should personal blogs be?

One of the things that people seem shocked at when I talk to them about blogging is the sheer fact that I report so intimately on what’s happening on my life. It’s so public! they cry. They say the same about Twitter – but that’s usually more about every day things, like gastro-tweeting what I [...]