Wanted: One Vending Machine

If there was a vending machine around the corner I would have just left to buy a coke. There's not, so I'm having a glass of milk.

It's a wonderful life. I've been reading a lot-- I bought some more books today. Now that I'm not reading Dickens I am devouring my light summer reading. I was reading Ulysses, but it really deserves more brain power than can be devoted in a noisy bus. I may also need to hunt down a professor to talk to me about it. There's a Joyce class offered at A&M but I won't ever get to take it--- I don't think. If so I would be a very impressive addition to the class, if I do say so myself. Even the true literates (intended to be pronounced similar to pilates) don't always get to enjoy a Bloomsday in Dublin.

Work consists of often sitting at the front desk working the box office and answering phones. I'm not engulfed by a frantic fluster fest when I answer the phone any more so that's good. There is a medium coming-- -you know a spirit reader--- and it's totally going to sell out. Her name is Margaret Hurdman. Her one night at The Mill is her only performance in Ireland. So if you're going to be in the area come on out... The lunch time show is still going on and Extremities is on through Saturday. I sent out my surveys and have received three back--- haha. Hopefully there will be about 20ish when I get back on Monday.

Just so you know the noisy neighbor situation appears to be a permanent installment to Shanowen life. Awesome. It's okay though--- I have earplugs. It's just so lame that I need to keep my window open or suffocate.

So, there's this crane that I've seen twice now in this fountain/pond outside of the shopping center where I work. Well, really it's in an apartment/condo complex next to the shopping center. It's kind of like random ponds in neighborhoods that have the one fountain in the middle shooting water in a very pleasent fashion. Well, this crane looks like he is *George and Gracie's great grandfather. He is larger than them, but because he is larger he looks more bent as he stands in the water. His feathers kind of seemed to be thinning, too. Probably because it's summer. I'll try and get a picture of him sometime.
speaking of birds.
a bird flew into the theatre today. It made a few swoops back and forth between the windows and then the phone rang and i had to take my eyes off of it. i think it flew out, but i'm honestly not sure. the theatre has two parallel walls that are just large glass panels--- i'm sure they made life very difficult for my black bird friend. actually we weren't friends. it all happened in two seconds, but i had all of these flash backs to birds in the house, in the chimney, in other theatres, in random stores--- like walmart or something--- or maybe horaney's---and then the phone rang. it was all over so quickly it was almost like it didn't happen.

today walking away from DCU on my way home a tall blonde guy stopped me on the sidewalk-- i thought he was going to ask for directions but then he asked me something else. he was irish (surprise.) so i couldn't completely understand him--- and I gave some noncommital response so he asked me again--- this time i thought i understood him but it didn't make any sense. i think he asked me if i wanted to say a rosary. he had a button on his shirt about abortion so it kind of makes sense?? it makes me nervous when people are actually a lot bigger than me and i didn't understand him so i just kind of shook my head and got out some more "uhh i don't know. no. sorry. uhhh" and walked away. now i kind of wished i'd stayed there and tried to understand him. i saw his face as we parted and i'm pretty sure he thought i was dumb. i have no idea.

i have a nice weekend planned so maybe i'll have some actuall stories when i return ---

goodnight!