Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Daire, Euro Rip Update
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So, finally, here's a pic of Daire working his knees off on O'Connell Street to promote the re-opening of the Hugh Lane Gallery.
Also,
Here's a pic of Catherine:
& Jill:
I didn't manage to get a pic of the other girl unfortunately.
They done good though.
Well done kids.
I also forgot to mention that on Lamberno's birthday,
Mernock informed me that he unfortunately had to drop out of EuroRip '06.
He's decided to go back to college & has to book his places that week.
So he'll some to Prague with us & head off after that to leave just myself & Dave to kill each other. I... Can't... Wait...
R.I.P.: A large part of Mernock.
So, finally, here's a pic of Daire working his knees off on O'Connell Street to promote the re-opening of the Hugh Lane Gallery.
Also,
Here's a pic of Catherine:
& Jill:
I didn't manage to get a pic of the other girl unfortunately.
They done good though.
Well done kids.
I also forgot to mention that on Lamberno's birthday,
Mernock informed me that he unfortunately had to drop out of EuroRip '06.
He's decided to go back to college & has to book his places that week.
So he'll some to Prague with us & head off after that to leave just myself & Dave to kill each other. I... Can't... Wait...
R.I.P.: A large part of Mernock.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Another photo edit
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Still have to post up some pics of Daire creating his masterpiece.
But he took a pic of me pretending to draw the painting,
Which I then edited to look like I'd drawn a big picture of myself (as a kid).
Here it is:
Still have to post up some pics of Daire creating his masterpiece.
But he took a pic of me pretending to draw the painting,
Which I then edited to look like I'd drawn a big picture of myself (as a kid).
Here it is:
Friday, May 05, 2006
Long time no blog
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Hey all,
Been so busy the last month I haven't had a moment to blog my news.
And there has been much, my brothers.
Firstly was Coolaboola & Madame Lamberno's birthday on the same day,
Thursday 13th April.
Unfortunately, I was in work that day & college in the evening so I did not actually get to celebrate the occasions, but texts & e-mails were sent.
Then it was Philip's 21st drinks on Saturday 14th April.
Good fun was had by all.
Happy Birthday Phil.
Then was Linda's birthday on Monday 17th April so we went out the day before as the Monday was a bank holiday.
Linda's Australian friend Kat was over from Canada where she lives for the occasion (& the week) too.
Kat, Kevin & Linda in the house before going out for drinks.
Also in attendance were: Ciara, Paul, Dearbhla, Lou, Diarmuid, Nikki, Ciara, Daryl, Gav, & some others.
Think Linda has some pictures too. Will grab them at some stage.
After that was Lamberno's 21st drinks in her house, hosted by her very tolerant parents.
So on Saturday 22nd April, we started at about 8pm & only left there at about 4.30am.
Brilliant. I stayed shamefully sober & surprisingly awake for the duration.
Present were: Segnor Dave, The Mortician, Mistress Ciara, Miss Roisin, Monsegnor Mer Nock, Sarah Prenderghastly & numerous others.
It should be noted, out of pure unorganised chaos (due to unreliable buses etc.), that I randomly bumped into the Mark fella of JJ72 in Swords village & talked to him for a few minutes, before heading on to Lamberno's house.
A special thanks should be granted to Dave for letting me use his back as a rest to sign Madame Lamberno's card.
So then on the Sunday, Tony S & Dave arranged to go fishing in Howth.
So I decided to head out with Dave while Tony haad head in a bit before.
So when we got to the DART station, we'd just missed a train & had to wait 20 minutes, in quite hot weather.
So we got into Howth & headed up towards the church to check the mass times. (Dave being the religious type didn't want to miss mass)
Just outside the church we bumped into Tony on his bike, who was on his way home, because he'd been there an hour or 2 at this stage.
So he headed off to drop his fishing rods home & told us he'd come straight back.
So myself & Dave head up the hill, which had a few tourists scattered randomly, & chilled out on a patch of grass at the cliff edge.
So as we're resting on the grass, innocently lying there a few feet apart, we hear noises behind us.
There's 3 foreign speaking people standing there, taking photos of the sea & Ireland's eye.
Then we heard them giggling away & heard them mutter, amongst some foreign ramblings, the words 'Brokeback Mountain'.
So as they walked off, we just looked at each other &, along with us lying there side-by-side, just a few feet apart, we realised that Dave was wearing denim jeans, a denim jacket & a striped jumper. How embarassing!
So then we were walking around, laughing about it & we discovered a couple staring at the side of the path & we asked them what they were looking at & they pointed out a sleeping hedgehog. I've never heard a hedgehog snore. Very interesting.
Kind of short little, breathy grunts & squeaks. Very funny.
So then Tony S arrived back a bit later, & we got a picture of myself & Dave together.
Then The Mortician arrived & we went off to get some grub & drinks, as served by a very cute little ?Polish? blonde with a superb ass.
And myself & the Tonys stayed there drinking as Dave went to mass, like a good Satan spy.
Before we left, we arranged to go camping the following weekend, as it was a bank holiday. (This never happened, as expected)
Skip forward then nearly a week to Friday 28th April for Patrick Freyne & His Bad Intentions supporting The Willard Grant Conspiracy in Crawdaddy.
Great gig as always.
Also present was a very drunk (or possibly drugged), very cute blonde lass who TRIED to talk\stand with myself & John after the others left.
Poor lass was very vulnerable but luckily John was there to prevent me from taking advantage of the situation (girl).
God damn son of a...
Next day,
Saturday 29th April
I headed into town to meet John to watch Daire doing a 3' x 5' replica of Monet's 'Umbrellas' on O'Connell Street by the Spire.
(pictures due)
This was to promote the re-opening of the Hugh Lane Gallery.
We also headed over to see the other 3 artists.
1 at Temple Bar Square (where we bumped into 2 of John's cute rock chick friends for a chat),
A girl called Jill at St. Stephen's Green &,
A very friendly, chatty girl called Catherine at the Central Bank.
So then John had to head off & I walked around town.
Then, on my way back to see how Daire was doing at 5.30, I passed Catherine again & I minded her space for a while.
Then I said goodbye to her & stayed with Daire for a while, & waited for Gav.
After that we went out for drinks in T.P. Smyths.
Ooh, the Hoegaarden
Then Colin popped in & we drank away to our hearts content\anguish.
Next day,
Sunday 30th April
I was out with Dave & The Mortician in Messers Maguires for (a very quiet, due to Tony not telling us in advance about [his]) Tony's birthday.
Next day,
Monday 1st May
I was out with Linda, Ciara & Paul, Martina & Paul & a few other for a charity night at the dogs.
Then Tuesday 2nd May,
Long story alert!!
Myself & Dave left it too late to get tickets for Dresden Dolls supported by Chuzzle, who I wanted to see after we saw him support JJ72 in Cork & Dublin last year.
So I went straight into town from work & waited outside the venue for an hour or so to try to get tickets off people selling them, while Dave got delayed due to the spare wheel falling out from under his car.
While standing outside I saw Aoife & Karla of Fair Verona bringing guitar cases in the stage entrance door.
I thought they were going to do a surprise support slot but unfortunately this didn't happen. (Turns out they were just rehearsing downstairs.)
Didn't get to talk to them as they looked busy & I didn't see them again during the gig. But they've a gig coming up on 25th May in The Village so I'll head to that. They always put on a good show so head along if you're around.
So eventually I managed to get tickets & wandered in alone.
So I went in, saw Chuzzle rocking his socks off as I tapped my foot happily.
Then I came out, still waiting for delayed Dave, & I noticed Julian of Toasted Heretic,
who I'd seen as Patrick Freyne & His Bad Intentions supported them late last year in Dundalk.
So I went up & talked to him briefly & told him I'd send him some photos I'd taken of them on the night.
Will do that later in the week or something.
Then, as I still waited (this all happened in quite a short time so I really wasn't waiting for Dave that long by the way),
Mark & Sarah of JJ72 walked in the door with Sarah's friend Una (who'd I'd met briefly at EP '05 & seemed very friendly) so I said hello to them.
And Sarah wouldn't let me buy them a beer so she insisted on buying me one.
Then, Chuzzle headed out & I said hello to him & told him he rocked.
So a short while after that Dave arrived & then as The Dresden Dolls started we got seperated from Mark, Sarah, Una & Chuzzle.
And I didn't see them again for the rest of the night as I had to head off for some sleep as soon as Dresden Dolls finished up, because I'd had a long few days of being out every night since Friday.
So I still owe Sarah a beer. Noted.
All in all, an amazing night was had.
Added to all this madness over the last month was:
- Patrick Freyne & His Bad Intentions,
Ham Sandwich
& others playing
The Ruby Sessions in Doyles.
- Another art show where Daire displayed a painting of his own in Liberty Hall,
Which I bloody missed, due to fecking college,
- Got a Mighty Boosh postcard off Dave the other day,
Just a short note to say hi.
- Also, news came in that Ciara & Daryl got engaged.
Ciara used to live down the road from me & is friends with Linda since they were kids.
So congrats to the lovely couple.
Anyway,
I think that's enough news for now.
Will edit this blog Monday or something with missing pictures & news from the weekend.
Have a good weekend,
Kevin.
Hey all,
Been so busy the last month I haven't had a moment to blog my news.
And there has been much, my brothers.
Firstly was Coolaboola & Madame Lamberno's birthday on the same day,
Thursday 13th April.
Unfortunately, I was in work that day & college in the evening so I did not actually get to celebrate the occasions, but texts & e-mails were sent.
Then it was Philip's 21st drinks on Saturday 14th April.
Good fun was had by all.
Happy Birthday Phil.
Then was Linda's birthday on Monday 17th April so we went out the day before as the Monday was a bank holiday.
Linda's Australian friend Kat was over from Canada where she lives for the occasion (& the week) too.
Kat, Kevin & Linda in the house before going out for drinks.
Also in attendance were: Ciara, Paul, Dearbhla, Lou, Diarmuid, Nikki, Ciara, Daryl, Gav, & some others.
Think Linda has some pictures too. Will grab them at some stage.
After that was Lamberno's 21st drinks in her house, hosted by her very tolerant parents.
So on Saturday 22nd April, we started at about 8pm & only left there at about 4.30am.
Brilliant. I stayed shamefully sober & surprisingly awake for the duration.
Present were: Segnor Dave, The Mortician, Mistress Ciara, Miss Roisin, Monsegnor Mer Nock, Sarah Prenderghastly & numerous others.
It should be noted, out of pure unorganised chaos (due to unreliable buses etc.), that I randomly bumped into the Mark fella of JJ72 in Swords village & talked to him for a few minutes, before heading on to Lamberno's house.
A special thanks should be granted to Dave for letting me use his back as a rest to sign Madame Lamberno's card.
So then on the Sunday, Tony S & Dave arranged to go fishing in Howth.
So I decided to head out with Dave while Tony haad head in a bit before.
So when we got to the DART station, we'd just missed a train & had to wait 20 minutes, in quite hot weather.
So we got into Howth & headed up towards the church to check the mass times. (Dave being the religious type didn't want to miss mass)
Just outside the church we bumped into Tony on his bike, who was on his way home, because he'd been there an hour or 2 at this stage.
So he headed off to drop his fishing rods home & told us he'd come straight back.
So myself & Dave head up the hill, which had a few tourists scattered randomly, & chilled out on a patch of grass at the cliff edge.
So as we're resting on the grass, innocently lying there a few feet apart, we hear noises behind us.
There's 3 foreign speaking people standing there, taking photos of the sea & Ireland's eye.
Then we heard them giggling away & heard them mutter, amongst some foreign ramblings, the words 'Brokeback Mountain'.
So as they walked off, we just looked at each other &, along with us lying there side-by-side, just a few feet apart, we realised that Dave was wearing denim jeans, a denim jacket & a striped jumper. How embarassing!
So then we were walking around, laughing about it & we discovered a couple staring at the side of the path & we asked them what they were looking at & they pointed out a sleeping hedgehog. I've never heard a hedgehog snore. Very interesting.
Kind of short little, breathy grunts & squeaks. Very funny.
So then Tony S arrived back a bit later, & we got a picture of myself & Dave together.
Then The Mortician arrived & we went off to get some grub & drinks, as served by a very cute little ?Polish? blonde with a superb ass.
And myself & the Tonys stayed there drinking as Dave went to mass, like a good Satan spy.
Before we left, we arranged to go camping the following weekend, as it was a bank holiday. (This never happened, as expected)
Skip forward then nearly a week to Friday 28th April for Patrick Freyne & His Bad Intentions supporting The Willard Grant Conspiracy in Crawdaddy.
Great gig as always.
Also present was a very drunk (or possibly drugged), very cute blonde lass who TRIED to talk\stand with myself & John after the others left.
Poor lass was very vulnerable but luckily John was there to prevent me from taking advantage of the situation (girl).
God damn son of a...
Next day,
Saturday 29th April
I headed into town to meet John to watch Daire doing a 3' x 5' replica of Monet's 'Umbrellas' on O'Connell Street by the Spire.
(pictures due)
This was to promote the re-opening of the Hugh Lane Gallery.
We also headed over to see the other 3 artists.
1 at Temple Bar Square (where we bumped into 2 of John's cute rock chick friends for a chat),
A girl called Jill at St. Stephen's Green &,
A very friendly, chatty girl called Catherine at the Central Bank.
So then John had to head off & I walked around town.
Then, on my way back to see how Daire was doing at 5.30, I passed Catherine again & I minded her space for a while.
Then I said goodbye to her & stayed with Daire for a while, & waited for Gav.
After that we went out for drinks in T.P. Smyths.
Ooh, the Hoegaarden
Then Colin popped in & we drank away to our hearts content\anguish.
Next day,
Sunday 30th April
I was out with Dave & The Mortician in Messers Maguires for (a very quiet, due to Tony not telling us in advance about [his]) Tony's birthday.
Next day,
Monday 1st May
I was out with Linda, Ciara & Paul, Martina & Paul & a few other for a charity night at the dogs.
Then Tuesday 2nd May,
Long story alert!!
Myself & Dave left it too late to get tickets for Dresden Dolls supported by Chuzzle, who I wanted to see after we saw him support JJ72 in Cork & Dublin last year.
So I went straight into town from work & waited outside the venue for an hour or so to try to get tickets off people selling them, while Dave got delayed due to the spare wheel falling out from under his car.
While standing outside I saw Aoife & Karla of Fair Verona bringing guitar cases in the stage entrance door.
I thought they were going to do a surprise support slot but unfortunately this didn't happen. (Turns out they were just rehearsing downstairs.)
Didn't get to talk to them as they looked busy & I didn't see them again during the gig. But they've a gig coming up on 25th May in The Village so I'll head to that. They always put on a good show so head along if you're around.
So eventually I managed to get tickets & wandered in alone.
So I went in, saw Chuzzle rocking his socks off as I tapped my foot happily.
Then I came out, still waiting for delayed Dave, & I noticed Julian of Toasted Heretic,
who I'd seen as Patrick Freyne & His Bad Intentions supported them late last year in Dundalk.
So I went up & talked to him briefly & told him I'd send him some photos I'd taken of them on the night.
Will do that later in the week or something.
Then, as I still waited (this all happened in quite a short time so I really wasn't waiting for Dave that long by the way),
Mark & Sarah of JJ72 walked in the door with Sarah's friend Una (who'd I'd met briefly at EP '05 & seemed very friendly) so I said hello to them.
And Sarah wouldn't let me buy them a beer so she insisted on buying me one.
Then, Chuzzle headed out & I said hello to him & told him he rocked.
So a short while after that Dave arrived & then as The Dresden Dolls started we got seperated from Mark, Sarah, Una & Chuzzle.
And I didn't see them again for the rest of the night as I had to head off for some sleep as soon as Dresden Dolls finished up, because I'd had a long few days of being out every night since Friday.
So I still owe Sarah a beer. Noted.
All in all, an amazing night was had.
Added to all this madness over the last month was:
- Patrick Freyne & His Bad Intentions,
Ham Sandwich
& others playing
The Ruby Sessions in Doyles.
- Another art show where Daire displayed a painting of his own in Liberty Hall,
Which I bloody missed, due to fecking college,
- Got a Mighty Boosh postcard off Dave the other day,
Just a short note to say hi.
- Also, news came in that Ciara & Daryl got engaged.
Ciara used to live down the road from me & is friends with Linda since they were kids.
So congrats to the lovely couple.
Anyway,
I think that's enough news for now.
Will edit this blog Monday or something with missing pictures & news from the weekend.
Have a good weekend,
Kevin.
