Archive for October, 2003

Thank god it’s Tuesday!

Tuesday, October 28th, 2003

Woo! Tough weekend. Action packed. I saw very little jazz, but lots of music. There was a lot of smoking and drinking and puking, once resulting in my removal from a licenced premesis. I saw bad boys II. Demonization of drugs, objectification of women, glorification of violence and police brutality, and yet so entertaining… Ooh, we went to this cool club on Friday that didn’t have a licence, but a very relaxed attitude towards drugs, and some great music. Don’t know how you’d describe it though.

Nolina’s gone to Dingle for the week, although she might come back tomorrow, I don’t know. There’s that whole planning thing again.

And all that Jazz

Friday, October 24th, 2003

This is going to be a looong long weekend… And I can’t wait! All I have to do is get my maths assignment done before 5, and I’ll be home free!

I think basically the plan is: Punk tonight in the wolfhound, possibly going to goldsoundz after, all day tomorrow in the met, as per usual, possibly fred zeppellins or an brog tomorrow night, the met again Sunday morning, maybe break to see Nolinas trad friends play at 6, and some wierd party sunday night (more punk I imagine). Monday’s a mystery, but I’ll have to clean the house anyway.

Of course, all of the above will probably go out the window at the last minute. Planning stuff is hard.

Can’t write. Can’t think.

Monday, October 20th, 2003

Not going to write about her…

I went swimming today, for the first time in four years. Unless of course you count that time I thought I was a lemon and jumped in and out of a gin and tonic (Galway Bay). My skin is dry, my eyes are sore, but I feel alive! Flipside, it’s a bit depressing how out of shape I am. I think I managed 8 lengths max, and after the first 4 I had to take breaks after every one.

Not going to write about her…

I opt for economics and suddenly I’m surrounded by economic genius… What are the chances? Makes me feel like a dumbass, but at least I’ll have lots of help when I get stuck :) My flatmate Kris (with a K) was explaining some sociology stuff to me as well. It sounded really interesting, Despite the specific topic being suicide. But then, the causes of suicide have been of interest to me lately, how people get left out or rejected or forgotten, and nobody gives a shit about it. Arts would be a good course to do I’d say, but I’m not sure I could get my head around it.

Not going to write about her…

Next few weeks are lookin’ action packed. There’s friends coming down from Galway (Thanks Nicki), a certain music festival sponsored by a large drink company, a week off for oiche samhna (apparently), my parents fucking off somewhere sunny for a week, partys, gigs, friends bands playing in my house, hillwalking with Nolina (I hope), and a partridge in a pear tree. And that’s just the social stuff. Ok, it’s not that much, just more than little old me can handle.

Aw shit. Does that count as talking about her?

AI sucks.

Monday, October 13th, 2003

I was just chatting with a few alicebots there. They reminded me somewhat of eliza, the old AI “counselling” program. And text editor, for some reason. Somewhat better, but still not great. They still repeat what you say in some situations, which just makes them look stupid.

I was looking for VRML multi-user environments as well. There never seems to be many, whenever I look. I should start one (yeah right).

Sick as a little puppy dog

Saturday, October 11th, 2003

Been stretched out (or rather, curled in a sweaty, feverish ball) in bed for the last few days. Think I’ve gone caught me the plague or something. Always thought my rats were nice and cleanly too. Symptoms: runny nose, cough, headache, shivers, lethargy. Can no longer start a sentence with a pronoun either. Ah, maybe it’s just the flu. Hear there’s a lot of that going around these days.

It’s good to be home. I never thought I’d ever be homesick. With all the travelling I’ve done, whoever it was with or whoever was left behind, no matter how long I was gone for, I never wanted to go back. But I suppose it’s different when you go somewhere to live. It just feels… uncomfortable.

Going to bed now.

Hideous

Tuesday, October 7th, 2003

What was I thinking? Nah, I kinda like it actually. At least it’s different. I was getting sick of that pastel shit.

15 minutes

Tuesday, October 7th, 2003

I’m famous! Well, except that nobody knows about it… My systems org lecturer had his laptop hooked up to the projector today to introduce us to the command line, and afterwards he showed us some interesting linux related websites, including gnu.org, and of course, linux.ie! And there I was in the last updated blogs box, zion89. 11:59. Oh yeah.

Moving right along…

I was out with a girl last night who always calls me a nerd (like it’s a bad thing) and it turns out her and her friends call each other, and everybody around them nerds (like it’s a bad thing) and of course, such saturation and piss taking makes it a good thing.

Why am I so wierd and cryptic today?

People say nerd like it’s a bad thing

Monday, October 6th, 2003

I’m not cut out for constant activity, or even constant mental effort. I need a lot of down time, which I usually fill with movies and drinking. I don’t have a VCR in my apartment though, so I end up watching shit TV. It’s extremely depressing.