Eyjafjallajökull

So just how do you pronounce Eyjafjallajökull???

Aye-Ya-Fyah-Dlah-Yo-Keudill

Wow....

Well it has been way too long. Completely forgot about my alud blog, guess it's time to start it up again! Keep an eye out as things will appear here again including the return of Foto Friday! Also check out my new blog, all in Irish, aimed at helping other people (including myself) improve their Irish... blag as gaeilge

New Blog... New Year

Well, it has been a long time since I blogged, but I doubt anyone reads it anyway. But at least it's here for me to see and look back and reflect upon.

Since my last post, I finally managed to get a job! After months of searching and moaning, I finally got one. I'm working as a sales assistant in Xtravision, out in Blanchardstown, and as annoying and irritating it can be, I actually quite like it. It has it perks which I love, free rentals!!! Remember my crazy Canadian friend Jerrica? Well she's moving back to Ireland later in the year and I can't wait for her return. Yay! I'm just about to reach the 10 month mark with my boyfriend John, and I'm planning a special surpise for him on Valentine's...

I've also started working again on my photography and video making, which I have a series called Winnie: Lonely Lesbian, on youtube, which I'm enjoying making, it's more for fun and experience than anything else. I'll leave a link at the bottom for you to check it out.

Well to end this announcement of return, I'll sya my farewell and leave you with the comforts of shopping with Winnie, the lonely lesbian.

Internet's back... And so am I!

As the title says, I've got my internet back and the blogs will return!!! Expect one really soon.

Fuck life...

Well firstly, I'm going to apologize for the lack of updates in this blog recently, my internet is down at the moment and can't access it at home. I'm having a very tough time recently and finding it hard to cope and go on everyday with a smile upon my face as I normally do. I've been unemployed for the past 4 months and I have spent just about everyday applying for jobs and hearing nothing back, and when I do, the interview turns out to be a heap of shite with places asking the most ridiculous of questions and games only not to get the job. What's the point in these stupid embarrassing games? It's humiliating. And don't get me started on these people who do the interviews, when the woman in front of you asking you questions such as 'what animal do you want to be?' and 'show me things in your bag and sell me them?' and going on about her obsession with Jessica Simpson, you know the world must be in danger.

If the misery and gloom of job hunting isn't enough. My best friend is moving back to Canada and I'm finding it hard to adjust to this. She hasn't left just yet but if it's this tough now, imagining how hard it'll be when she's gone is stressing me out. She is my best friend and the one I turn to when I have problems and always listened to me, shared alot of my best times this year with and even organized me a birthday party. I'm going to struggle alot with the adjustment.

Alot of other shit seems to be happening to me too lately, and I'm just waiting for the sun to break through the clouds again and offer me some enjoyment and hope, but with Winter setting in over the Irish skies, I don't know if I have much hope...

Eating habits and happy smiles

Starting to eat healthier is quite hard for me, as I for one cannot digest or swallow most fuits and vegetables, I am serious! My only intake of such foods is by pure juice or smoothie. I was always a very fusy eater and I'm only beginning to snap out from that habit now. I'm cooking dinners for myself that I'm learning from watching shows such as Rachael Ray (love her) and by experimenting with new foods such as prawns, bacon and cheeses. Even mixing different types of foods together to get different combinations for dinners is exciting me.

On a musical not (pun intended) the setlist and album cover for t.A.T.u.'s new album have been released. The album titled 'Veselye Ulybki' translated meaning 'Happy Smiles' has possibly the most hilarious and dodgy album cover I have ever witnessed. The cover is bearing a picture of a Asian astronaut smiling with the cheesiest grin I have ever seen. One look at it and I laughed myself to histerics. Though the album does contain the newly released hits 'Beliy Plaschik' (white robe) and 220, and leaked songs 'Chelovcheki' (little people) and 'Vremya Luni' (time of the moon), the album does look like their best one yet. Even with the dodgy album cover...
-Album press release here

Moving back, moving away...

So, all is right with the Big Brother community and we have chosen Rachel Rice as our new inductee to the winner's hall of fame. A truely seserving winner, a nice, down to earth woman who was charming, cool-headed and friendly. Glad to see that a dimwit or bully didn't win this year. So the television event of the Summer has finished and departed, it leaves more time for me to do more stuff. Events, festivals and performances galore (though I never really let BB eat me up that much!).

So the exciting news is that my boyfriend is moving back down to Dublin this week, and I'm really excited at getting to see him alot more again. Twas hard at times throughout the Summer not being able to see him, but it did make us stronger as a couple. And alot of my friends are moved back up to Dublin too which is even better. But the bad news is my best mate Jerrica is moving back to Canada next month :-(. Not looking forward to that day at all.

Big Brother 9 ~ Week 11 & 12 Review

Alright, I have a feeling this will be along one...

So in Week 11 we saw the eviction of the most hated Housemate ever, with a eviction percentage of 94% against two other Housemates, Nicole. Walking out the doors to the most horendous chorus of boo's ever witnessed at an eviction, and she deserved each and evry one of them for her vile actions in the House. Week 12 gave us a twist in the nominations, with live face-to-fave nominations taking place and Lisa & Sara going up (with a twist explained later). With the closest eviction vote ever, panicing aplenty at the Big Brother compound, but Lisa was evicted to the best reception this series.

At the end of the liv face-to-face nominations, Lisa & Sara were called to the task room to play a game of jeopardy, the prisoners dilemma, ion which one of them could win £50,000. To win, they must decided whether to take it or share it. If both choose share, they win £25,000 each, if opne chose take and one chose share, the one who chose take would win £50,000, and if both chose to take, they'd both lose. However, they both decided to share and became £25,000 richer.

The highlight of the past 2 weeks, had to Mario proposing to his Girlfriend Lisa live in the House. Returning weeks after his eviction, he stood in the garden on a small podium with placards which read out a cheesy message of proposal to which she excepted. It has a joyous moment in the House, and boy don't we know they don't happen that often.

The mood was killed of during the week as Darnell & Rex ganged up on Sara and harrased her verbally slinging sexual and injust comments at her making uncomfortable viewing and causing an outrage with the public. Both recieved warnings over their behaviour, however it didn't sink in with Rex who had to be reminded once again of his actions. I seriously do not see why he hasn't been removed from the House yet, his actions have been far worse than that of Alexandria.

So with a double eviction this Tuesday, and with Mohammed and Rex most likely to go, here is who I hink will the final five and in their finishing orders...

1 - Sara
2 - Rachel
3 - Mikey
4 - Kathreya
5 - Darnell

RIP Foto Friday

Through boredom and lack of interest (on my part) Foto Friday has come to an end and is now over. However for those intereted in my photography can check out my DeviantArt profile and can add me, and i still will be publising several of my photos here still, just not on a regualr accurance on Friday's! Big Brother Week's 11 & 12 Reviews are coming this weekend still. XD

Pleasant Origin Day!

Pleasant Origin Day is desired,
Pleasant Origin Day is desired,
Pleasant Origin Day respected me,
Pleasant Origin Day is desired,

For nine and ten years in addition!

Sorry!

Apologies for thaving no Big Brother Review or Foto Friday this week, have been on holiday in Galway. All will return this week with the Big Brother Reviews combined!

Alanis Morissette, Marlay Park, Dublin 19/08/08

''It's meeting the man of my dreams, and then meeting his beautiful HUSBAND''


For a birthday present from my boyfriend; John, I got a ticket to go and see the Alanis Morissette & Lenny Kravitz concert. Having been talking about it for months beforehand, I couldn't wait to go to it, but I was only there for Alanis, as I neevr really knew who Lenny Kravitz was except that he was the guy who sang 'fly away'.

It's a day I will never forget in a hurry and a memory to cherish forever. There's nothing more gratifying than meeting one of your idols and getting to see Alanis Morissette perform live has to be one of the most blissful moments I have ever experienced and would do anything to see her live again. Standing in amongst the cheerful swaying crowd I stood with my boyfriends arms wrapped around, I couldn't help but sway along and sing my heart out along with Alanis and the crowd before rocking out during her more upbeat and uptempo sets.

She blended a setlist of her classic songs such as 8 Easy Steps, Hand In My Pocket, Head Over Feet and You Oughta Know with material from her new album aswell. She started of by rocking out with Uninvited, and finished off with her most recognisable songs of Ironic and Thank You. Changing one of the lines in Ironic to: it's meeting the man of my dreams, and then meeting his beautiful HUSBAND, she got a massive uproar of cheers and laughter from the crowd, stopping Alanis during the song before ending it off on a high getting everyone excited and in the mood for the finale of Thank You, and as everyone sang along, it was pretty much like the crowd thaking Alanis for such a great performace.

Rain Again...

...Let's all befriend Noah and make him build us an ark!

Big Brother 9 ~ Week 10 Review

Rachel has survived eviction and Stuart ahs been sent packing! The boring man who was only useful for staring at his ncie body is gone. He wont be missed by me at all, and I;m just extactic that my favourite, Rachel is yet again in the House for another week. Highlight of the evition:- Stuart stage driving only for the crowd to move away and let him land on the hard concrete ground!!!

This week wasn't much of a great week entertainment wise, and showed Big Brother really likes reusuing idea's from past seasons this year, with the Big Brother Olympics task reapperaring again, but this time in a dire dire manner with events such as feather throwing and a slow race. Memo to Endemol, get brains and think up some good tasks for once!

Mikey got on my nerves this week with throwing water over contestants and using that darn fucking megaphone to speak all the time. Serious, he is getting to be more extremem than Bex, and that's really saying something. And as usual on the annoyance, Rex. As much as I dislike Nicole too, Rex is nothing but a constant prick to her. Why are there sequins missing from your pink dress, Nicole? How can you not remember the exact contour of my belly-button, Nicole? Have I got anything to worry about Nicole?' For fuck sake Rex, grow some balls and grow up!

So has my Top 6 changed at all this week?

1 - Rachel
2 - Kathreya
3 - Lisa
4 - Darnell
5 - Sara
6 - Mikey

Foto Friday #5

This is 'Red Alert' and was taken right before the rain took a drastic turn and pelting down from the Heavens. Black clouds moved in overhead turning the city into darkness during the afternoon! This created such an onimous mood which was perfect for the picture. The red traffic light is llike a slight warning for the troubles to come.

My Top 5 Greatest Music Video's

MTV UK & Ireland are running a survey at the moment to find out the Top 100 Greatest Music Videos ever. So I'm going to list my top 5. Click upon to watch them!

1 - All Is Full Of Love - Bjork
2 - Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
3 - American Life (original) - Madonna
4 - Closer - Nine Inch Nails
5 - Beliy Plaschik/White Robe - t.A.T.u.

ABBA: The Movie ~ The Review!

Yes this is a review on the theatrical re-release of the 1977 'epic' movie that is ABBA: The Movie, and not Mamma Mia! (which is also awesome, and well worth seeing). Re-released with the success of Mamma Mia and the new upsurge of ABBA-mania that has followed including ABBA Gold returning to number one in the charts for the fifth time since it's release 15 years ago in 1992.

The movie has avery lose plot which is centred around a radio DJ; Ashlee Wallace who is sent out to get an indept interview, almost dialouge for there ABBA special planned to air the day they leave Australia on their 1977 tour. The story is intertwined with lots of live footage from the ABBA concerts from many venues around Australia.

But things aren't too good for Ashlee as he sets of without his press-pass and finds it hard to access the band and is constantly missing them at the press talks and his constant run in with ABBA's bodyguard. The movie does offer some hilarous moments including the dream sequence of 'The Name Of The Game' and the weird editing during 'I'm A Marionette'. There are also plenty of laughs at their mad Swedish accents, crazy dance routines, Agnetha's constant ass shaking and Benny's mentally overboard keyboard playing.

As a big ABBA fan myself, this was a great to witness and to see how the band performed live was an awesome sight. Getting the chance to witness soem of their songs that were never released such as 'Get On Your Carousel' was epic for myself. Getting the chance to witness how big the band were back in their hayday was something spectacular to see with fans rushing into stadiums hours beforehand and flooding the streets outside their hotels just to try and get a glimpse at their Swedish idols and the merchandise for them... jaysus!

All in all, this is not a movie to go to see for a plot, since it really lacks one, but is more to witness the concert and see the band live and watch the documentary of their tour of Australia and is a must see for all ABBA fans.

Big Brother 9 ~ Week 9 Review

So the hot male totty of Dale has been evicted, not entirely sure why though as I found him to be more interesting and entertaining than Stuart. The only reason i can think of for his eviction is that he was part of team bitch (bex, luke, jen, dennis etc.). But with one more gone, and 4 weeks to go, the final is in sight, and I'm expecting the Housemates to be more tactful from now on. Let's hope that the games will begin!

This week's task proved that Big Brother can be entertaining without all the bitchiness and fighting as I thouroughly enjoyed watching the japanese puppetry thing (forgot it's name), it was amazing to watch and was pulled of brilliantly by them. Loved how hell just got a normal boring finger puppet show!

Now onto this weeks main event, the reuniting of Rex and Nicole,or as they're known now... Posh & Rex (clever). At first Rex didn't look too impressed to see his girlfriend enter the House, and that's exactly how he felt. Complaining in the Diary Room, that his plans have been ruined with her addition and that coping and playing in the House will be much harder now. Oh so, you're a game player now, eh? After all that accusations against Rachel hmm? Well, over the week, there's been nothing but bickering and fighting between the two, and watching the way Rex treats his 'princess' is disgusting. With the way he treated the other femailes in the House aswell, it's beginning to show that Rex just has a problem with females.

Rex calling nicole 'princess' is no exaggeration however as she proved how much of a posh spoilt brat she was by constantly moaning over her suitcase, but now that she recioeevd at the end of the week, will she be able to shed the princess tag, and will she no longer be known as just Rex's girlfriend? Since her arrival, Rex has stopped on his tyrant attacks on Rachel, who made an interesting HOH, by trying to rebel against Big Brother by 'washing dishes', which she did at her peril, and got punished, well Hell did.

With only 4 weeks to go until the final, I'm gonna start my weekly Top 6, the people I think will make it, and in their finishing order.

1 - Rachel
2 - Darnell
3 - Lisa
4 - Kathreya
5 - Stuart
6 - Sara

Summer Sunshine, My Arse!

Yay, isn't the Irish summer just brilliant? After 24hours of non-stop rain, Dublin has become a flooded city. With water rushing down the streets, puddles around 25 times larger than before, and deeper, constant rain gushing and pelting down from the skies as thunder and lightening flash and roar. Traffic on all the main roads coming to a standstill, and the River Liffey rising high, with it's toxic ridden waters close to overflowing.

Gardaí have even closed off some of the major roads due to flash floods, and in my own area, the N3 has been closed off, Blanchardstown and Mulhuddart villages are flooded as the Tolka has bursted it's banks. It took me an impressive 2 hours and 45 minutes to travel home by bus, with a half-hour waiting time before hand, making it a total of 3 hours and 15 minutes. A new record for me.

Why can't Ireland not have a normal summer for once?

Kan du taler dansk?

Well, I've been learning myself Danish for quite some time now, and I thought I'd share some of it with you!

Hej! - Hello
Farvel - Goodbye
Godmorgen - Good morning
Godnat - Goodnight
Hvordan har du det? - How are you
Jeg har det godt, tak - I'm well, thanks
Jeg har det ikke så godt - I'm not so good

Hvad hedder du? - What's your name?
Jeg hedder... - My name's...

Hvor bor du? - Where do you live?
Jeg bor i... - I live in...

Tak - Thanks
Tak skal du have - Many thanks
Vær så venlig - Please
Undskylde - Excuse me/Pardon

En - 1
To - 2
Tre - 3
Fire - 4
Fem - 5
Seks - 6
Syv - 7
Otte - 8
Ni - 9
Ti - 10