I took almost all of these with the panorama feature on my phone (bahahah that’s so cool), so there are some slightly odd bends and things sometimes, but behind the cut are pictures of the new house in its unaltered form… :)
Category: Daily Life
silly fun day
So my Walker Papers editor, Matrice, is in Ireland this week. With some crazy last minute planning, we managed to meet up for lunch today in Kilkenny, which is about halfway between where she was and where I am. I hopped on the train and had a lovely ride down, and got off the train grinning like a five year old full of anticipation. Matrice was waiting for me, and we had a little walk through Kilkenny town centre and found our way to the vicinity of the castle there.…
whew.
I’ve just put a deposit down on new digs to rent. It’s closer to my parents’ than our current place, right next to a park and to the Botanic Gardens, and has a small back yard for Young Indiana to play in. It’s a little farther away from the main road where Ted catches his bus, but we’re planning to get a car as soon as we can, so that won’t be too much of a bother. We take possession Friday, so I’ll take and post pictures then! God, that’s…
Best music video ever.
To quote someone on Twitter, “There’s a man in space posting David Bowie covers to his YouTube account and some people still need hover boards for it to be the future.” Bowie’s response? “CHRIS HADFIELD SINGS SPACE ODDITY IN SPACE! “Hallo Spaceboy…”” Commander Chris Hadfield is the best thing to happen to space exploration in decades, possibly ever. I hope he and his crew come home safely today.
*yawn*
Last night I went to see Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo+Juliet, because I’d never seen it and they’re doing a Luhrmann month at one of the cinemas to lead up to Gatsby. (Picoreview: It was pretty good. Bits felt like a dry run for Moulin Rouge, but it was pretty good.) Upon arriving at the Lighthouse Cinema I discovered there was a Star Trek party scheduled for a midnight premiere. Upon *leaving* R+J, I ran into friends…who had a spare ticket. I did not go. Somewhat grumpily and bitterly and regretfully, I…