So, back in 2004 UCC began a diploma programme in archaeology that, had I known about it before beginning culinary, I probably would have been game to try. The cost was about 5000 Euro and in that time it has gone up a smidge. The rates for the 08-09 academic year aren't up yet, but assuming even a large increase wouldn't bring us to more than ( Read more... )

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Do I look like an electrician? Lock-smith? Picture-framer? (Is that a real career?)

Holy hell. No wonder I'm at a loss for what to do with myself. And what's a boilermaker? I thought that was a drink? Seriously, I'd only consider about 5, maybe 10 on a desperate day, of those 40 options!

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Ok, although everyone on the Internets has probably already seen these guys (my brother played their audio recordings for me a couple of years ago) for those who don't have HBO or access to friends with HBO, here are Flight of the Conchords. (Cuz I mentioned this last night...) The only question is, who's cuter; Bret or Jemaine? How can a girl ( Read more... )

"Mount Washington is a monolith of stone..."

Um, how come even documentaries are stupid these days? I'm watching a show about penguins on PBS and this is the sort of narration I'm getting.

Also, it's blurry and dark, but here's Jenno and me over the weekend:

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about how you have no direction in life and taking a vacation is just a delay of making any substantive change in your life, you see something awesome like this:

Stuff I want to do on vacation... thankfully, some are pretty cheap because the subway fares and rail passes add up quickly. (The four-day, non-consecutive JR East rail pass is $170! At least the subway system seems cheaper than the train, but less simple than the Underground was.)

A bird's eye view of Tokyo

The Ghibli Museum! (Cyrus will ( Read more... )

$1000 later I have a plane ticket. (Not the most expensive plane ticket I've ever purchased, but close.) Sept 30 I leave. :)

Yokohama Ramen Museum, here I come!

Oct 1-12. I have to get plane tickets still, but them's the dates. Wee!!! Going to visit Cyrus before he moves to a new flat. The current one is in Kita-ku Tokyo. (Not sure where he'll be moving to, but that'll be at hte end of October ( Read more... )

Your Inner Retro Girl Is
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