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Snippets from the last couple of weeks.
May 13Went to a Eurovision party last night with Heather and Anna. Eurovision is this show where 24 qualifying European countries select a band to represent them in competition. It can get... scary, to say the least. As in really cheesy, campy scary. I voted for Moldova, but my second choice (Serbia) won. Russia, Finland, Germany, and Slovenia were ( Read more... ) -
Spring Break: Part 2
I'm so happy to be in an English-speaking country that I don't even care that some of the accents are completely indecipherable. As long as they're indecipherably English. Anyway, have some photos.
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Took a bus out to Shannon yesterday to meet my mum at the airport. She came in time to celebrate my birthday with me before we fly out to France ( Read more... ) -
Spring Break: Part 1
Spent the last two weeks romping about the islands and a wee bit of mainland Europe with Anna and some friends we made who live in the same apartment complex as us, all American exchange students who, through some weird coincidence, also come from our home college or neighboring school.
And spring break here? A month long. Yeah. Fantastic.
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MedRen weekend: Foulksrath
My shoulders are stiff, my muscles ache, my bum is sore, my knuckle is rubbed raw, my right wrist is useless, and my body is battered and promises numerous bruises and welts by tomorrow. I am once again reduced to hobbling about like an old woman, unable to freely swing my limbs beyond a certain point lest I invite more protest from my joints. The ( Read more... ) -
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Bhí sé ag cur clocha sneachta inniu!
It hailed today! Well, it was more like sleet, but I don't know the Irish for "sleet."
Nothing terribly exciting has happened since last I wrote.
I've taken my aural, oral, and written exams for Modern Irish.
I've taken my Religion & Mythology midterm.
I finally, finally registered with the Immigration Office ( Read more... ) -
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Wow, it's been a while since my last update ( Read more... )