Harney has resigned, yessss :D http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0119/breaking60.html

Y'know how they have health warnings on cigarette packets? 'SMOKING CAUSES CANCER' and things?
I suggest these are extended to Economics textbooks as well. 'PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO ECONOMIC THEORY MAY CAUSE BRAIN/SOUL DEATH'.

So much suffering could be avoided.

IT TURNS OUT GLADSTONE WAS ACTUALLY A PRIME MINISTER. NOT A FICTIONAL WIZARD.
HOW DID I NOT KNOW THAT.

Something has actually happened in Athlone. There's been a bloody gas explosion in town. Two buildings on fire. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1222/breaking50.html
So yeah. Pretty freaked out by the whole thing. Nobody reported hurt, but still. Fire! On my bus route. O.O

Honestly, what more could you ever ask for in a radio play?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fq1br

I don't care how wildly innaccurate this may be (I'd never heard of the Babington Plot before so idk), it is awesome. I want to go back in time and hug Thomas Salisbury; he is an adorable bucket of angst. SO THERE.

Oh man oh man, I hope this is on the ( Read more... )

Haha, it is time to be smug on the internet. There's half a foot of snow in town and all the schools are shut. So I'm sitting at home, drinking tea and being the world's worst babysitter for my little sister and her dreadful friends. (One of whom is a foot taller that me. He's bloody ten! That's hardly fair...)
I had to walk into town earlier to get ( Read more... )

So hey. I didn't die, how about that! I'm just in Fifth Year. It's quite similar, I imagine. But with more essays. And less sleep. I don't know what I'm doing with this similè, I'll stop now.
Spent most of this week watching Sherlock, which is pretty fucking awesome. Also I am no longer the Only Person Ever not to see Sherlock. Yeah, I'm cool now? ( Read more... )

YEAH BABY! Got my results! (They put the wrong name on the envelope, but it worked out fine! xD)
3 As, 5 Bs, 3 Cs. -victory dance-
I mean, dude. I got an A in Honours English. How did this even happen? I don't remember my exam... =_= 
A in History, Bs in French and German. Little annoyed at a C in Irish, but then I did absolutely no revision, so...

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Hello, and welcome to your first irregularly-scheduled ramble about my dull, pointless little life! -bad at self promotion-

So. Yeah. -scratches head-
We're getting Junior Cert results tomorrow! I'm pretty worried about that. I appear calm(-ish) to those around me, but inside I am having a minor nervous breakdown. I think maybe I don't deal with ( Read more... )