Category Archives: Family

Sixteen, stupors, shocks and Scrabble

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Tommy

I seem to have segued nicely into the latter half of my teenage here in France. Had a lovely phone call at 00:15 from a friend of mine too and despite my half-asleep-ness (I’m such a terrible teenager; half-asleep and … Continue reading →

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Paging Doctor Normality

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Tommy

Phew, and just like that, RENT is over. What’s really been a whirlwind 4 weeks have come to end with a gargantuan-sized jolt. We put on two shows yesterday – the matinee audience mostly consisted of close friends and family, a … Continue reading →

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Hmm, not that much

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Tommy

OK, I don’t hate the internet that much – that I wouldn’t post for 3 days. The reason for this is the simple fact that we’re putting on a 2.5 hour show twice in one day in 8 days time (tomorrow … Continue reading →

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In My Father’s Time… Part 1

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Tommy

Today’s post is a guest post from Dad, who reminisces on his own dad (my grandfather) and gardening. *** All the children’s tales begin with “Long, long ago” or in the Irish Storyteller way “In my father’s time”, so maybe … Continue reading →

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And now for the lull

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Tommy

Well, Christmas is over. The next big thing we have to look forward to is the coming of the New Year. I think the days between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day perhaps my favourite days all year. No one … Continue reading →

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Karting, the belated round 2

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Tommy

We are a family of precious few traditions, it has to be said. Well, tradition in the, erm, traditional sense of the word. You know, like going to midnight mass or having Grandma over for Christmas dinner, or everyone piling … Continue reading →

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Welcome Home

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Tommy

This morning, John arrived home for Christmas. I decided to join Mom and Dad in going to collect him, joking that good brothers came and met their siblings from the airport when they came to visit, because when I had … Continue reading →

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Boston, day 1

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Tommy

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 … Continue reading →

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Grandparents

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Tommy

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 … Continue reading →

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The one where everyone’s favourite Irish, 15 year old, red-haired, House-cane-using blogger gets botox.

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Tommy

If you could get all your Simon Cowell facelift jokes out of your system right around now, it’d be just great, thanks :) Botox is also a muscle relaxant, which means that a rigorous stretching system of the muscles involved … Continue reading →

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