Okay so I have been slacking on my journal which i promised myself i would update as frequently as possible while i'm over here, in hopes of not forgetting my experiences. this past weekend i met up with josh terry in manchester for Motion City's show with OK GO and the Matches. I'd never really seen anything from either of the supporting bands but ( Read more... )

This weekend was absolutely mad. I went on my homestay with an irish family, or what i thought was going to be an irish family. Long story short i was placed in a home with a twenty seven year old irish whore who had a babys daddy, an estranged husband and a lithuanian boyfriend. I was removed from the home on my second day because there was a huge ( Read more... )

i'm moving out of my beautiful but crazy house. i am moving a little further down the road into a house with two german boys, a spanish girl and an american girl. i think that mix should make for an interesting (and fairly quiet) bunch. i am very excited, i can move on friday but since i go on my homestay this weekend i will probably just move on ( Read more... )

At 5'oclock in the morning my roomates and their friends were screaming through the house. Then at 5:30 a drunk man claiming to be in the IRA broke into my house and screamed that tomorrow we'd all be killed. My boston chain gang roomates decided it would be a good idea to chase him down and beat him to near death status. I called the cops, which ( Read more... )

Dublin is nothing like what i expected it to be, although i'm not really even sure what i was expecting. At first i was really scared and didn't feel i really connected with anyone. Since my arrival i have been so busy figuring out schedule stuff and other tiny details. I am getting more comfortable here every day and my house is absolutely ( Read more... )

This is my first chance to write in here and i'm being timed by this pay as you go internet computer in my hostel. I am having a good time but some things have been really difficult. I'll update as soon as i move into my house. I miss everyone.