Morning folks. I’m currently plonked on the sofa of John’s dorm. The aforementioned isn’t here – he’s racing in the Tail of the Charles (a rowing thing) and was up at 6 to leave. There’s music playing here but there doesn’t seem to be anyone here. Then again, I’m in a college at 07:49, wondering [...]
I arrived in early yesterday. The journey was uneventful, apart from crashing the TV screen, as shown in the picture: I reached the terminal at about 15:30, thirty five minutes before schedule. After getting someone to fish my cane out of the overhead bins (I never knew I wasn’t tall enough for my hand to [...]
Sorry if that mega large photo upsets anyone’s computer. It doesn’t make sense to have it tiny, though. This is a poster I got at the Discovery 2009 Exhibition when I was in Cork. Beside it is a poster with penguins on it and one Doctor Who one :)
There’s an old joke about calories that goes “If nobody sees you eat it, it doesn’t count”. I would like this sentiment to be stretched to when I’m packing my backpack – if nobody sees me put the item in, it should be weightless. Not pictured here are clothes, which I’ve yet to sort out. [...]
I’ve been visualizing my traveling to Boston over the couple of days. After Mom sees me off, I enter the boarding tunnel and into whatever the next four days holds for me. The perpetually smiling air hostess (with the smile that surely must be stapled on to stay in place) takes my ticket and directs [...]
So, the school’s closed next Tuesday, because teachers are protesting against pay cuts. I think it’s a very admirable cause. So admirable, in fact, that I don’t think you can do it all in just one day. I think you should close all the schools on Monday and Wednesday and Thursday and Friday too :) [...]
People I never really had. I read blogposts by different people (mainly from IrishStudentBlogs folks) about their experiences with their grandparents, and I try to imagine what my interaction with mine would have been like. The only grandparent I have living memory of is my mum’s father, and I don’t think he ever left the [...]
I was going to start off this post by saying how much I loved it, but that’d be kind of redundant, wouldn’t it? I mean, you’re reading this, aren’t you? If I didn’t then I’ve wasted a lot of my time writing this blog, haven’t I? It would seem like the natural step forward, then, [...]
Today saw me getting up quite early (there’s an 8am? On a Saturday?) because I wanted to head down to Cork to meet everyone who was going to the third Bar Camp. It’s basically a meetup of geeks and tech folks, some of whom are giving talks. I never actually got to any of the [...]
So, yeah, totally psyched up about seeing John and Patrick in Boston, if they can take time out of their busy college schedules to chat with their favourite youngest brother. John’s got this rowing thing on Saturday so I’m acting as supporter’s club for him. I’ll bring the camera so we can all see the [...]