so its one of those beautiful days, as in sunny (still feckin' freezin more on that later), not a cloud in the sky, im getting ready to walk into town, as my bike is still messed up from the self-inflicted accident (posted bout it a while ago) and have no money, not enough for a bus.
but its sunny! and i have killer shades that actually kinda maybe suit me. i have a weird head.
the professor teaching the lecture is cool and as we're studying cardiovascular diseases, i am so determined to walk/run/cycle a least once everyday. the complications of blood pressure . . . .
so im making my cuppa and checking out the news, reading some of sundays paper i didnt get to b/c of exam yesterday morning (feel good bout it), and i notice that the weathers changing.
and then it starts snowing!!
it never snows in ireland. well barely ever. i think this was the first snow this winter. winter yeah. its feb 28th! however the inner child in me is alive and kicking and i had to go out in the snow and revel in it.
now its back to sunny.
still not sure what to think about saturday. finger pointing, etc going on. i think it was a combination of things, none of them good.
what was accomplished?
irish hospitality indeed.
i dont think that sinn fein planned for it. alot of the people in the pictures were the same ones who made the jervis street centre close down cause they were running around, appropriately attired in tracksuits and runners, setting off fire alarms. im not sure of the political message behind that action. i dont think the guards were prepared. the irish times didnt mention the parade in the paper on saturday, not even like traffic info on how o'connell street would be shut down. i read somewhere that it was an Orangeman march, a bit different than a Love Ulster one-for the victims of republican violence. go to fraziers on o'connell street and watch a celtic/rangers match upstairs. i wouldnt call the crowd there politicized, rather the opposite-left out of the political process all together.
i walked into town, coming from clontarf, and up summerhill road. and the air was charged im not sure how to describe it. not the 'peaceful-people-going-bout-their-business' description of some parts of town on saturday.
that contrast in experience speaks volumes. the free metro or whatever i got, on monday morning had headlines about the cost of the damage to the businesses. cause thats the important thing to take away from this?? it woulda been ok if the shops had been left alone?
damn the clouds have turned gray.
back to the weekend, on sunday ireland beat wales 31-5! definitely a weekend of ups and downs. the six nations cup is up for grabs! still have scotland and england to play. i so wouldve gone to the see it, but id the exam monday. its so evil to schedule exams on monday morning. there were a couple of lads who rolled in way late to the exam, it started at 9am and you could tell they'd been celebrating. manchester united got the carling cup, poor wigan. cinderella team. arsenal lost to feckin blackburn on after beating real madrid on tuesday? i dont get it, je ne comprends pas, henri!! probably didnt conjugate that right. wont experiment any further, i need to take a class. i want to be able to speak french and spanish. ok focus.
i have to go eat chocolate till im sick cause lent starts tommorrow. happy mardi gras!! sending out love to the people in new orleans. ah its snowing again!
random: realized i'd be on my germany this summer if ireland were in it, the us is in, but ive no desire to go and watch them.
what does that mean?
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