G. A. B. E. gonna get you high!
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exsequarGuuuuys! *flailyhands* I LOVE my roommates! No lie, I seriously adore them.
(I HAVE INTERNETS RIGHT NOW. I'm mooching off that random network again, and it hasn't kicked me off yet! *crosses fingers*)
So last night we were invited to have dinner at the apartment where the other Butler students are living in this building (Butler is the program running this housing - I'm not studying through Butler, but I ended up in their housing). In the apartment are two girls and a guy - the two girls have already become extremely cliquey, and they're really pretty much obnoxious. But we didn't want to be rude so we were like "suuure!" So we went and it was a bit awkward, whatever. The four girls who are living in another building were there too. So finally I've met everyone in the Butler program. There's a girl, Judy, who's also studying chemistry so we geeked out for a while. It's always fun to have someone who actually knows what I mean by "running a column" or "NMR" and etc etc.
We got the rundown on our apartments by the Butler guy, Martin, who told us stuff like how to use the oven and the water heater and the room heaters. He talked a lotttt, so by the time he was done it was like 11 PM. But we really wanted to go out, and it was Thursday which is the late night in Dublin - everything's open much later, like bars and pubs and whatever. So we went wandering. It was the whole group of us, 11 people, which was a bit much. We went to The Stag's Head bar but it was SO CROWDED, omg. Somehow we managed to lose Judy while we were making our way through and then back out of the bar, so we waited around and tried to call her and look for her, then she wandered back from a completely different direction looking a bit dazed. I think she was completely freaked out by the bar :( That was really bizarre, and she went home shortly after, I hope she's okay.
So the obnoxious girls wanted to go find a club on the Temple Bar and go dancing. And we were like "umm. no?". And right next to the Stag's Head there was this adorable little bar, with some guy playing The Beatles on an acoustic guitar, and it looked amazing so we were like, uh, you go ahead, we'll go in here! So me, my three roommates, and Zach (the lone guy, who's pretty cool) went into The Dame Tavern and got some pints and hung about chatting and basically it was a really awesome, warm, friendly place. I had a pint of Bulmer's, an Irish beer which is fantaaastic.
Then the place looked like it was closing down, so we wandered out in search of somewhere else. We were having so much fun, a little bit tipsy, just laughing and chatting, and Kate told me about her boyfriend, and we talked about music and random things and it was just wonderful. We wandered down Grafton Street, a main shopping strip by Trinity, and we found this bar called Bruxelles, and there was this room downstairs which wasn't too crowded, and we got more pints and sat down and just hung out and it was so much fun! (Side note! The guidebook describes Bruxelles thusly: "the Bruxelles delights in extremely loud rock music. It's a raucous place, cheerful and full of character." aka, YES. It was AMAZING.) Megan and I went to the bathroom and met these three girls randomly, two of whom said they'd gone to Trinity. They said they wanted to buy us shots as a welcome to Dublin, so they got shots of sambuca and counted down in... some language, and we tossed them back and wow, it was really good! I only coughed a bit, but that's mostly because I'm still sick, dammit. That shot pushed me over the edge from tipsy into really, really drunk, which was kind of awesome, haha. Shortly after we headed home and I collapsed face first into bed and damn, that was an amazing night, no lie.
So let's back up a little bit. My roommates are: Megan, Kate, and Katelyn. I'm sharing a bedroom with Katelyn. Megan is an absolute sweetheart, quietspoken and nice and I really like her a lot. Kate is blunt and talkative, but she's also really sweet, especially now that I'm getting to know her. We totally bonded last night. And Katelyn is a bit of a geek, and quite loud, but in a good way - I really like her too. Last night we all got so mushy and effusive in our inebriated state. Megan declared at one point that she was really glad I was living with them, and it made me so happy, honestly. I think we got REALLY lucky with the rooming, because I really don't like most of the other kids on the program too terribly much. I think we're gonna have an awesome year together! YAY!
Haha, wow, RAMBLING.
OH MY GOD YOU GUYS. I JUST REMEMBERED. JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS LIVES IN MY BUILDING. That's right, JONATHAN FUCKING RHYS MEYERS. He has the penthouse suite at the top and sldkfjgsldkjflsdkfjlsdkfjsdf. I found this out while quite drunk last night, and there was a LOT of high pitched noises being made. JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS. BRIAN SLADE. UPSTAIRS. ALDFSKLSDJFS.
This is actually not that surprising because the other thing I found out last night was that the apartments for this building? Sell for eight hundred thousand dollars. EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND. Jesus christ. I mean. They're really new apartments smack in the middle of the Dublin city centre, but damn. That's insane, seriously. And we get to live here! !!!!
JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS. *dies*
Living room, with two squishy couches and good sized dining table
Kitchen view the first. The yellow isn't that obnoxious in person!
Kitchen view the second. I really like the wood cupboards, and there's wood over the refrigerator and dishwasher, which is kind of awesome.
Bathroom, complete with excellent shower.
Bedroom. A wee bit messy already! It's actually a lot bigger than this picture makes it look. I'm quite happy with it, except for my tiny closet. Downside: NO POSTERS ALLOWED. *sniffles* This makes me so sad, you guys.
The view out our window. We live in a very safe, quiet little area, and I kind of love it.
Rooooomies! From left to right: Zach (actually not a roomie. He's the only guy in the Butler program, poor thing, and his roommates are the horrid girls), Megan, Kate, and Katelyn. Hearts! This is at Bruxelles, the second bar.
Completely doofy picture of me.
Wandering Grafton Street.
The bar of the Dame Tavern.
A random pretty shot of the moon behind some clouds.
My roommates have actually all left for the weekend. They have a homestay thing organized by Butler, so I'm left here all on my lonesome *tear* It's fine though, since the internet's working right now, and tomorrow I'm going to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
glamorousnymph's best friend's birthday party in Wexford, and I'm sure I can entertain myself otherwise.
ETA: I forgot - I found out that Tom McRae is playing down the STREET from me, seriously. In November. And I really want to go but I don't know anyone that knows him! I should totally go anyway, Y/Y? Tickets are only 19 Euros! TOM MCRAE! I love him.
If you made it through this post, you get CAKE. Because, honestly. SORRY!
(I am so happy to be happy.)
(I HAVE INTERNETS RIGHT NOW. I'm mooching off that random network again, and it hasn't kicked me off yet! *crosses fingers*)
So last night we were invited to have dinner at the apartment where the other Butler students are living in this building (Butler is the program running this housing - I'm not studying through Butler, but I ended up in their housing). In the apartment are two girls and a guy - the two girls have already become extremely cliquey, and they're really pretty much obnoxious. But we didn't want to be rude so we were like "suuure!" So we went and it was a bit awkward, whatever. The four girls who are living in another building were there too. So finally I've met everyone in the Butler program. There's a girl, Judy, who's also studying chemistry so we geeked out for a while. It's always fun to have someone who actually knows what I mean by "running a column" or "NMR" and etc etc.
We got the rundown on our apartments by the Butler guy, Martin, who told us stuff like how to use the oven and the water heater and the room heaters. He talked a lotttt, so by the time he was done it was like 11 PM. But we really wanted to go out, and it was Thursday which is the late night in Dublin - everything's open much later, like bars and pubs and whatever. So we went wandering. It was the whole group of us, 11 people, which was a bit much. We went to The Stag's Head bar but it was SO CROWDED, omg. Somehow we managed to lose Judy while we were making our way through and then back out of the bar, so we waited around and tried to call her and look for her, then she wandered back from a completely different direction looking a bit dazed. I think she was completely freaked out by the bar :( That was really bizarre, and she went home shortly after, I hope she's okay.
So the obnoxious girls wanted to go find a club on the Temple Bar and go dancing. And we were like "umm. no?". And right next to the Stag's Head there was this adorable little bar, with some guy playing The Beatles on an acoustic guitar, and it looked amazing so we were like, uh, you go ahead, we'll go in here! So me, my three roommates, and Zach (the lone guy, who's pretty cool) went into The Dame Tavern and got some pints and hung about chatting and basically it was a really awesome, warm, friendly place. I had a pint of Bulmer's, an Irish beer which is fantaaastic.
Then the place looked like it was closing down, so we wandered out in search of somewhere else. We were having so much fun, a little bit tipsy, just laughing and chatting, and Kate told me about her boyfriend, and we talked about music and random things and it was just wonderful. We wandered down Grafton Street, a main shopping strip by Trinity, and we found this bar called Bruxelles, and there was this room downstairs which wasn't too crowded, and we got more pints and sat down and just hung out and it was so much fun! (Side note! The guidebook describes Bruxelles thusly: "the Bruxelles delights in extremely loud rock music. It's a raucous place, cheerful and full of character." aka, YES. It was AMAZING.) Megan and I went to the bathroom and met these three girls randomly, two of whom said they'd gone to Trinity. They said they wanted to buy us shots as a welcome to Dublin, so they got shots of sambuca and counted down in... some language, and we tossed them back and wow, it was really good! I only coughed a bit, but that's mostly because I'm still sick, dammit. That shot pushed me over the edge from tipsy into really, really drunk, which was kind of awesome, haha. Shortly after we headed home and I collapsed face first into bed and damn, that was an amazing night, no lie.
So let's back up a little bit. My roommates are: Megan, Kate, and Katelyn. I'm sharing a bedroom with Katelyn. Megan is an absolute sweetheart, quietspoken and nice and I really like her a lot. Kate is blunt and talkative, but she's also really sweet, especially now that I'm getting to know her. We totally bonded last night. And Katelyn is a bit of a geek, and quite loud, but in a good way - I really like her too. Last night we all got so mushy and effusive in our inebriated state. Megan declared at one point that she was really glad I was living with them, and it made me so happy, honestly. I think we got REALLY lucky with the rooming, because I really don't like most of the other kids on the program too terribly much. I think we're gonna have an awesome year together! YAY!
Haha, wow, RAMBLING.
OH MY GOD YOU GUYS. I JUST REMEMBERED. JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS LIVES IN MY BUILDING. That's right, JONATHAN FUCKING RHYS MEYERS. He has the penthouse suite at the top and sldkfjgsldkjflsdkfjlsdkfjsdf. I found this out while quite drunk last night, and there was a LOT of high pitched noises being made. JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS. BRIAN SLADE. UPSTAIRS. ALDFSKLSDJFS.
This is actually not that surprising because the other thing I found out last night was that the apartments for this building? Sell for eight hundred thousand dollars. EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND. Jesus christ. I mean. They're really new apartments smack in the middle of the Dublin city centre, but damn. That's insane, seriously. And we get to live here! !!!!
JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS. *dies*
Living room, with two squishy couches and good sized dining table
Kitchen view the first. The yellow isn't that obnoxious in person!
Kitchen view the second. I really like the wood cupboards, and there's wood over the refrigerator and dishwasher, which is kind of awesome.
Bathroom, complete with excellent shower.
Bedroom. A wee bit messy already! It's actually a lot bigger than this picture makes it look. I'm quite happy with it, except for my tiny closet. Downside: NO POSTERS ALLOWED. *sniffles* This makes me so sad, you guys.
The view out our window. We live in a very safe, quiet little area, and I kind of love it.
Rooooomies! From left to right: Zach (actually not a roomie. He's the only guy in the Butler program, poor thing, and his roommates are the horrid girls), Megan, Kate, and Katelyn. Hearts! This is at Bruxelles, the second bar.
Completely doofy picture of me.
Wandering Grafton Street.
The bar of the Dame Tavern.
A random pretty shot of the moon behind some clouds.
My roommates have actually all left for the weekend. They have a homestay thing organized by Butler, so I'm left here all on my lonesome *tear* It's fine though, since the internet's working right now, and tomorrow I'm going to
glamorousnymph's best friend's birthday party in Wexford, and I'm sure I can entertain myself otherwise.ETA: I forgot - I found out that Tom McRae is playing down the STREET from me, seriously. In November. And I really want to go but I don't know anyone that knows him! I should totally go anyway, Y/Y? Tickets are only 19 Euros! TOM MCRAE! I love him.
If you made it through this post, you get CAKE. Because, honestly. SORRY!
(I am so happy to be happy.)
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Date: 2007-09-28 04:56 pm (UTC)ALSO I continue to be jealous of the awesomeness of Dublin. I totally regret not studying abroad.
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Date: 2007-09-28 05:32 pm (UTC)Awww. :( I always knew I wanted to, and I'm really glad I pushed and went through with it.
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Date: 2007-09-28 04:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-28 05:31 pm (UTC)OMG INDEED. *flail*
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Date: 2007-09-28 05:17 pm (UTC)And seriously? JRM? That's AWESOMESAUCE.
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Date: 2007-09-28 05:29 pm (UTC)MADE OF AWESOMESAUCE. \o/
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Date: 2007-09-28 05:19 pm (UTC)It sounds amazing. I'm so glad you're having fun!
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Date: 2007-09-28 05:28 pm (UTC)Thanks sweetie! It's a blast, and I'm so relieved.
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Date: 2007-09-28 05:21 pm (UTC)Your roommates look like fun!
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Date: 2007-09-28 05:28 pm (UTC)Haha, they are! :D
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Date: 2007-09-28 05:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-28 05:33 pm (UTC)JRM WHEEEE. I love that all of you know exactly who he is - all of my roommates were like "Um, who?" *HANDS*
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Date: 2007-09-28 05:45 pm (UTC)Glad you're having so much fun! Your flat looks great, and your roommates sound nice.
I'm happy you're so happy!
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Date: 2007-09-28 05:54 pm (UTC)Here, have some delicious oreo crust cheesecake! :D
Thanks sweetie!
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Date: 2007-09-28 05:56 pm (UTC)Your apartment is REALLY FREAKING NICE, dude. I'm jealous!
Glad you're having such a fabulous time.
SGA TONIGHT OMG!!!!!
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Date: 2007-09-28 06:31 pm (UTC)I know dude, I love it here. So cozy and comfortable :D
SGA TONIGHT YAAAAY! (Or really, tomorrow afternoon at the verrrry earliest for me! But that's okay!)
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Date: 2007-09-28 05:57 pm (UTC)and dude, your apartment is gorgeous. You're gonna have such a fantastic year, omg.
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Date: 2007-09-28 06:15 pm (UTC)Eeee it really is! *snuggles into comfy couch* I'm so glad to be here :D
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Date: 2007-09-28 06:19 pm (UTC)DUDE, JONATHAN RHYS MYERS WHAAAAAT. *screams*
Oh man, Temple Bar! Grafton Street! You're making me want to go back so bad. The first night I was in Dublin was a Thursday night, so I know exactly what you're talking about. The atmosphere is so great, everyone's just out having a good time at the Pub....AUGH DUBLIN. ;_____;
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Date: 2007-09-28 06:30 pm (UTC)AAAAAAUGH I KNOW. WHAT. I still haven't quite processed it. JONATHAN. RHYS. MEYERS. For all I know he could be sitting RIGHT ABOVE ME, because I'm on the second to top floor! sdlfkjslfjdf. (I hope my Foo Fighters blasting isn't bothering you, Mr. Meyers!)
Grafton Street is really handy to us, that's where we do our grocery shopping and everything. It's so busy during the day, it was really weird walking down it when it was all quiet in the middle of the night! But at the same time, the city never sleeps - there's always people around! It's so amazing. I really, really love it here. Do you have any favorite pubs or bars that you'd like to recommend? DUBLIN ♥
(FRANKIE YOUR FACE.)
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Date: 2007-09-28 06:21 pm (UTC)And n'awww! How cute you all are! I am so so so so so SO happy you're having a wonderful time and that you're living with people who seem completely awesome and just...*beams* Yay. I'm so pleased for you.
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Date: 2007-09-28 06:27 pm (UTC)UGH JONATHAN FUCKING RHYS MEYERS.
Ahem.
We are preshus and darling, yus we are! ;) Aww, thanks sweetheart. I'm just so overwhelmed with relief. I think I'm gonna have an amazing time this year, it's gonna be awesome. Yay!
Are you online at work? Can I email you?
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Date: 2007-09-28 06:28 pm (UTC)JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS LIVES IN MY BUILDING.
OHMYFUCKINGGOD.
are you kidding me? that is beyond awesome. O_O
i cannot believe this omg.
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Date: 2007-09-28 06:52 pm (UTC)SERIOUSLY. It's kind of mindblowing!
YOUR ICON. Precious boys ♥
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Date: 2007-09-28 06:33 pm (UTC)!!!!!!!!!
*ded*
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Date: 2007-09-28 06:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-28 07:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-28 08:38 pm (UTC)Also, JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS WTF WTF OMGGGGG.
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Date: 2007-09-28 09:20 pm (UTC)Sounds like you really had fun last night! :D I'm so happy you're happy right now. Your roommates all look like nice girls, so yay for lucking out. And whoa, that apartment is quite pretty! Love all the wooden stuff. Now I just wonder what JRM's looks like ;)
Go see Tom McRae! I don't know him, but maybe you can convince somebody to come with you? And even it not, it's always an opportunity to meet some people there. Plus you love his music, so there's really no reason why you shouldn't go. Enjoy all the concerts in Europe you can get! :D
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Date: 2007-09-28 09:22 pm (UTC)*kisses and hugs*
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Date: 2007-09-28 10:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-28 11:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-29 12:35 am (UTC)JRM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
::cough::
Sorry, I love him.
Also! Your flat and roomies look wonderful!
I hope/I'm glad you're having a good time so far!
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Date: 2007-09-29 12:47 am (UTC)Your apartment looks amazing, it sucks that you can't hang anything up though. :/
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Date: 2007-09-29 01:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-29 01:35 am (UTC)JONATHAN RHYS MYERS! AHHHHH! AHHHH! AHHHHHHHHH!
Your roomies seem very cool. I'm glad you lucked out.
The moon was pretty here, last night, too.
NMR! I LOVE NMR. IT IS THE COOLEST THING EVER. I got the NMR question right on my Orgo exam! Most of it, anyway, other than not being able to count carbons when I'm drawing bond-line notation, apparently. HECK YES I WIN.
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Date: 2007-09-29 02:39 am (UTC)WHAT? NO WHAT? I just told my roommate this and that was her reaction too. THAT IS AMAZING OMG!!!
Also, I am so happy that school and whatnot is going so well! Happy times ♥
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Date: 2007-09-29 04:30 am (UTC)My friend Cait was in Dublin for a while, and she ran into him at an ATM.