forgotten pics

Well, about 3 weeks ago...jordan and i met up with the John Wesley interim group led by Bishop Morgan, and I totally forgot to put up the pictures from that night. They invited us to dinner at the hotel where they were staying. Even though I wasn't all by my lonesome self at the time, it was still great to see friends from school, some of which i hadn't seen since May. The picture of all the girls is the "Aopi's in Dublin" picture (the bishop's wife was one too) and then there is one of mary and jordan which i guess i'll call the "Mtn Brook in Dublin pic" with Jordan of course sporting the lumberjack look. I dont know what i'll be taking pictures of in the near future. I guess i'll take my camera with me to London this weekend and capture what will be known as the "12 hour London Lsat experience." Hopefully that will be more fun than it sounds. Coincidently, my dad's roommate in college, whose daughter is my dad's godchild, is working there at the moment and is going to meet me for dinner in Picadilly after the test is over. Last time I took this test i just had chick-fil-a when i got done, so i'm pretty excited. (disclaimer: although there is absolutely nothing wrong with chick-fil-a.)Ok, now i'm just rambling, bedtime.

still chillin

Still nothing much exciting is going on here. I studied all day and Andrew played video games for like 10 hours straight. I just dont see how people can do that, amazing. At least he's back here though, it's much better to have company. He tried some of my Kraft Mac N Cheese tonight, but since i made it without so much butter at an attempt to be healthy, it wasn't so great. So once again (like with the rotel) i dont think he likes the "american food" i've introduced him to. Anyway, I have class tomorrow because it got rescheduled, so i better try and get some sleep.

chillin

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Not much has been happening lately, just school and stuyding. I did go and see Brokeback Mountain on thursday with my friend diedre. It was a great movie! I am so embarassed that they arn't showing it in many theaters in Alabama. People need to get over this homophobia and learn to accept diversity and appreciate a well made film. I hope it wins best Picture just to rub it in everyone's close minded face. I guess that's my rant for the week. After the movie we met up with Gillian and Isabelle at the LongStone Pub. The best way to describe this place is by saying it's like Blue Monkey meets Inisfree. So, it was really nice, but with still an Irish pub feel. I'm really glad those girls are in my class because they are so much fun to hang out with. They might join me on my Irish road trip in March when Jenn comes over. That would be good because then we would have at least one person who is use to driving on the opposite side of the road. Hopefully all that will work out because i'm really excited about traveling around. Anyways, i gotta do more studying. I'll try and write more frequently than once a week from now on. We shall see...

Gotta love Interim

After a long day of cleaning the apartment, i got a call from stephanie saying that Dr. Sprayberry's interim class had arrived in Dublin and were heading to dinner. So i joined the group at a Persian restaurant in Temple Bar. I will definitly be going back to this place, it was outstanding. Afterwords we headed across the street to The Porter House Pub. This place is one of the hot spots in the area and since it is always so crowded I had never been there for a pint. Luckily we got there early enough to get a small table and enjoy the live Irish Ballads. They brew their own beer at this place so I tried their Red Lager and it was great. Dr. Sprayberry's husband was along for the trip too and his birtday was tonight, so some of the guys got his a double chocolate Beer to substitute for a cake. Then Kyle Dudley treated us to Irish coffee with Baileys (without the whiskey though, so i guess its not really irish coffee. Nevertheless, the pictures above are of us drinking the coffee, and then there is the one of stephanie, kyle and I. They will be here until thursday, so i will definitly be hanging out with them again. It's so great to have B'ham friends here in Dublin!

We'll always have Paris...

Well, jordan left this morning, so i'm definitly bummed out. These past three weeks went by way too fast, and I wasn't ready for him to leave. 2 months till i go home again, so hopefully that will go by just as fast. Andrew, my flatmate, left too this morning, for Scotland, so i will be by myself till monday. Luckily, the BSC Ireland Interim group gets to Dublin on saturday and are staying for like 4 days, so I will get to see more people from home. It's actually probobly a good thing that i'm alone because i have alot of studying/applications to get done. Meanwhile, here are some more pictures from our trip to Paris.

Paris in January

Well, our mini-holiday to Paris was absolutely wonderful. We were in a great location just a few minutes walk to the Tuileries gardens, shown here in the picture. The building in the background is the Musee d'Orsay which we definitly visited to see the works of Monet, Dega, Renior, and Van Gogh housed there. I have soo many good pictures, so i will post a few more tomorrow. The gardens lead right to the Louve which is where we spent all day on saturday. Knowing that they had just shot the new Da Vinci Code movie there was kinda neat too. The picture of us is at Sacre Cour right outside the church. Being on that hill was the coldest we had been thus far, luckily the weather really wasn't too cold during our stay. By far the best part of the trip was the food AND the fact that dogs are allowed in most restaurants. The first night there this huge black lab walked right by our table and laid down in front of the door. That's something you dont see everyday. The health department in the states would go crazy. The downside to the parisians liberal attitude toward dining is that they also allow smoking almost anywhere, which was not so great on the sinuses. Other than the slight trouble we had getting back to Dublin (the small issue of missing our flight) the trip was perfect. I can not wait to go back!

Takin it Easy

So, since new years, Jordan and I haven't been up to much at all. We've tried out several of the lunch places around where i live, and usually cook at the apartment for dinner. We went to the market today and I introduced him to the wonderful fajitas they have there, and i think he agreed, so good. I've been working on an essay for the past few days, so I did show him the Trinity campus and library when i needed some books. The term starts on monday, so that might start the beginning of his "research." We've also been working on Lsat questions and been rather productive. Tonight we went to the Castle Inn Pub down the street for a yummy dinner, a pint of Guiness's new Brew 39, and some lively Irish Ballads. It was definitly a cultural experience. Back to working on my paper while Jordan plays X-box...

New Years in Dublin!

Jordan and I arrived back in Dublin on the 28th and have been recuperating from jet lag since. I think we are finally getting over it and have been out exploring Dublin more and more. For new years we had a great Italian dinner at a place called Boticelli. Very good capresa and pizza. Then we went to a local pub called The Castle Inn where Jordan tried Guiness's special edition stout called Brew 39. It's quite cool to drink a guiness just a half a mile from where it was brewed. We went back to the apartment for a while to warm up and try the champagne i brought back from Italy. Then right before midnight we walked right out of my apartment into the Christchurch square, along with hundreds of others, and celebrated the New year while the bells of christchurch chimed away. People were spraying champagane, and setting off fireworks, which probobly wasn't the safest thing, but it was neat nonetheless.