It is time to reflect a bit on Euro Trip 2005. This is the man I've travelled with most, which you already knew b/c he's mentioned below. His name, Brian Lange. Good guy. Nice, tall parents. Big Notre Dame family. Bigger brother. Don't pick a fight with him. At least I won't (I'm small). Anyways, Langer has been my friend since he moved to Tampa, so 'round 10 years, give or take 3. So it was really nice to travel around with someone who gets yous, doesn't need every action explained, etc. He a good looking guy (ladies, he's available to the highest bidder). Very smart. Full of random facts about history of wherever you end up, which is due to his history buffery. All in all, a winner. Together we did Madrid, Rome, Brussels, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Auschwitz, and Vienna, with London still left. Why make a post about this man and give you random details that no one really cares about? Because I just finished a paper and have nothing else to do before I go to sleep. Goodnight.
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Monday, April 25, 2005
Hey Zeus
I'm in a religious state of mind right now. I guess it doesn't help that I'm writing papers on the subject. The one that I'm working on most right now is comparing the Gospel of Matthew with letters from Paul, namely Romans and Galatians. Apperantly they're talking about different things at time, at least that is what teachers tell me. I guess the church would say something different (and when I say the church, I mean my church, the crazy papists). It seems as if the scholars look at the stuff with a very strict eye. They pick every word apart with a fine-toothed comb to find differences in doctrine. The religious people, I figure (that's the next paper I'm writing, how the Catholic Church interprets the Bible) would say that they are not saying different and incongruous things, but rather they are saying parts and pieces of the same and whole truth, and that their message is geared to the faith of a section of believers. I'd say Paul takes a little more authority when he writes, but the fact remains that he was writing to his crews. Matthew not only was of a different make up, but was made while the group itself evolved, so it's mixed with messages geared to both old Matt-kids and new Matt-kids. The question posed is why are they saying different things? Maybe the first question would be, are they? Maybe. I have yet to write the paper. Today was a waste of hours and hours of potential paper. Hope you like the picture I took in the Cathedral Real in Madrid in March. Enjoy life, y'all.
Saturday, April 23, 2005
The way it works
I was searching some blogs of friends of mine, and they use it to write some deep stuff, like what a community is and what one does for its members. That's some pretty deep stuff! So is that what blogs are for, I guess, unless there is some specific aim? Its not a culinary site. Just my random ravings. Is it supposed to be my journal? I guess people will tell me it's whatever I want it to be and whatever I make it. Well, that doesn't give me direction. I guess what I could do is gear these writings to whatever I think the audience will enjoy and actually read. Who the audience is I can't tell. So that doesn't do much for me yet. I guess I could just write whatever randomness comes to mind, whatever I'm inspired to do at the time. I should make an effort to write at different states of mind. Right now is the tired state. I promise fill in some drunken moments, sad ones, manic ones, and everything in between. Until then, enjoy the random picture of inside a cathedral in Vienna. Peace.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
boring
Before I begin this installment, I would very much like people to leave a little message now and again. It lets me know that someone has read something and also is entertaining to me, which is most important.
That being said, let me introduce you to my duck friends. They were showboating in a fountain next to the Louvre Museum in Paris. Crazy ducks. Back here in Dublin, school work has been getting to annoying levels. I'm 4 chapters from finishing the Gospel of Matthew very carefully. It's taken me forever, I have 3 or 4 letters from Paul to read before I can write my paper comparing these two dudes. It's a very, very slow process. So that's been occupying my time lately. But not tonight. No, we celebrated Katy's birthday. 21 years old. She's old. Tapas tonight with sangria as our drink of choice. No wastedness, though. All of us that went out have work to do. And that's where I'm off to now. Peace.
That being said, let me introduce you to my duck friends. They were showboating in a fountain next to the Louvre Museum in Paris. Crazy ducks. Back here in Dublin, school work has been getting to annoying levels. I'm 4 chapters from finishing the Gospel of Matthew very carefully. It's taken me forever, I have 3 or 4 letters from Paul to read before I can write my paper comparing these two dudes. It's a very, very slow process. So that's been occupying my time lately. But not tonight. No, we celebrated Katy's birthday. 21 years old. She's old. Tapas tonight with sangria as our drink of choice. No wastedness, though. All of us that went out have work to do. And that's where I'm off to now. Peace.
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Katy Murph-Lub
This is my roommate, for those who don't know. Well, one of them. She came from Wash U with me. If you see her on the streets, give her a high five. She's a winner.
Me and Uncle Ben
Check out London. Its a good place to be. I recommend it, but bring lots of money or sell your body. Be a creature of the night. Doesn't the clock look like Big Brother has his eye on you?
We are not amused
She's not going to like this one, but its so funny. She's taken by suprised cause all night I was stealing her food. Actually, all trip. Look at those eyes!
Lovers' night in Paris
Mon and I had a nice night in Paris, with dinner on the Eiffle Tower, followed by a river cruise and a Cabaret show. We are the hotness.
Chicano
Well, I have been quite busy these past few days. Papers galore are up and about. Also, I haven't really emailed anyone about my blog, so it hasn't been too successful. I'll work on that. Just a quick note to say that one paper done and 2 to go. They aren't fun cause they're like 12 pages or so. C'est la vie, though. I haven't really done much work since I've been here.
If anyone know her, Hopie Wells is chillin' in the house for a while. She's travelling all across Europe and one stop was Dub-town. Ok, I'm out. Peace.
ps- still haven't figured out how to put pictures up. this sucks. any help?
If anyone know her, Hopie Wells is chillin' in the house for a while. She's travelling all across Europe and one stop was Dub-town. Ok, I'm out. Peace.
ps- still haven't figured out how to put pictures up. this sucks. any help?
Monday, April 04, 2005
In the beginning...
Welcome, y'all. I have decided to start a blog b/c I find it a bitch to try to email all of you with the yahoo and the hotmail and the whatnot. Sorry. I guess it means you'll have to search me out to know what I'm doing. Actually, some of you may find this a blessing. I'll put a link to this on my AIM name, SkiNica, if you care to check it out there. Besides that, you're on your own to find me.
To recap my life for the last month I have done one thing--travelled. Here's the long and short of it. Monica, my girlfriend, came from the Lou to me and we went to Galway (in Ireland), Paris, and London. Then I went to Rome and Florence, back home for St. Patty's in Dublin, then off to Brussels, Amsterdam, Warsaw, and Vienna. Then my parents came and we did Dublin and London. Now back to school. Its a tough life I live. When I get home I'll put up some pics so you can see too (I'm at a computer lab right now). The following will be more detail; feel free to skim, skip, or come back to this if you're short on time, don't care, have a short attention span, etc.
Monica time:
It was really really good to have Mon over here. She's a cutie. We took our time on the Island pretty chill, seeing a movie, drinking beer (me), shots (her), and whiskey (both). We went to Galway and got to see the Cliffs of Mordor or Moher or something like that, where Mon conquered her fear of tragic death by falling from dangerous hights to a rocky and salt-watery death, only to be attacked by scavanger leprechauns. She survived, as did I, and life is good. I also got to meet Andrew Somethingorother, Katy Murph-Lub's boyfriend. (For those who don't know her, she the only other WashUer who's here with me.) He's a winner, and does a killer German impression. Then was Paris to see the Eiffle Tower, the Seine River, the Arc de Triumph, the Champs Elysse, the Louvre, the Moulin Rouge, Versaille, and other random French things. Highlights include but are not limitted to: being lost for an hour cause I'm an idiot, eating at Dans le Noir where one is stripped of their eyesight and served by blind people, eating at Altitude 95 in the Eiffle Tower, a kebab, and Mon's model session inside the Louvre. I'll see if I can upload a picture or two of that. Then we went to London where we chilled a lot. We didn't have much time, so we relaxed instead of trying to see everything. We did see the Globe Restaurant, almost as good as the theatre which we missed, Buckingham, Big Ben, London Eye, and Steve Gabster. The last one was the best, cause Steve is a pretty sexy guy. Then she left and it was sad. We rock, though.
Langer time:
The rest of the travels were mostly with my boy from Tampa named Brian Langer, aka Langer. He's a Notre Dame kid who is studying in Dublin as well. We met up in Rome to meet our bud Tony Toledo, who unexpectedly was out of town. That sucked, but we chilled with other ND kids anyways. We went to the Vatican, so that was pretty cool. I'd been to Rome 5 years before, so I didn't spend much time and instead went to visit my old roomies in Florence. That was really really nice and relaxing. Much lovin' to Ferdinand, Tyler, and Steph who cooked good food and made for a great end to leg one of Jorge's travel-a-thon. Then I did absolutely nothing for St Patty's day here in Dublin. I suck, I know, but I was tired and I had no Raj to motivate me. So I chilled. Then off to Brussells for waffles and chocolate, then Amsterdam for Anne Frank and VanGogh and..., then off to Warsaw which was pretty damn cool. It was a relatively cheap and chill town with good lookin' gals, if you're into tha Arian race style gals with blond hair, light eyes, much taller than me, etc. And the Pols have some good beer. Good job Poland. While there we went to Auschwitz, which was too far away to be a daytrip, but we did it anyways. That place is pretty depressing, not very fun. Pretty sobering actually, which was good. The most impressive thing was how damn big the camps were. Anyways, that's another rant. After, we went to Vienna via Bratislava. There I coincidentally ran into Anna B (Eliot 9, what what), and Myles from ZBT. They were taking time off from their rough Madrid to chill in Central Europe and I stubble upon them. They made for good nights out. Pretty palaces, opera houses, churches, etc abound there. But it was good to go home the 24th. I ate lots of schnitzles. mmmmm....schnitzle.....
Parent time:
We did lots of Dublin, ate much better food that I have grown accustomed to, and did lots of walking. They brought me rice and beans too. Gotta love them parents. Then we went to London to see the sights, eat rediculously good food, especially Indian food, and then toured around Windsor, Bath, and Stonehedge. Good times. Now they're back and so am I.
Well, papers to write and life to live. Enjoy life, y'all. Peace.
To recap my life for the last month I have done one thing--travelled. Here's the long and short of it. Monica, my girlfriend, came from the Lou to me and we went to Galway (in Ireland), Paris, and London. Then I went to Rome and Florence, back home for St. Patty's in Dublin, then off to Brussels, Amsterdam, Warsaw, and Vienna. Then my parents came and we did Dublin and London. Now back to school. Its a tough life I live. When I get home I'll put up some pics so you can see too (I'm at a computer lab right now). The following will be more detail; feel free to skim, skip, or come back to this if you're short on time, don't care, have a short attention span, etc.
Monica time:
It was really really good to have Mon over here. She's a cutie. We took our time on the Island pretty chill, seeing a movie, drinking beer (me), shots (her), and whiskey (both). We went to Galway and got to see the Cliffs of Mordor or Moher or something like that, where Mon conquered her fear of tragic death by falling from dangerous hights to a rocky and salt-watery death, only to be attacked by scavanger leprechauns. She survived, as did I, and life is good. I also got to meet Andrew Somethingorother, Katy Murph-Lub's boyfriend. (For those who don't know her, she the only other WashUer who's here with me.) He's a winner, and does a killer German impression. Then was Paris to see the Eiffle Tower, the Seine River, the Arc de Triumph, the Champs Elysse, the Louvre, the Moulin Rouge, Versaille, and other random French things. Highlights include but are not limitted to: being lost for an hour cause I'm an idiot, eating at Dans le Noir where one is stripped of their eyesight and served by blind people, eating at Altitude 95 in the Eiffle Tower, a kebab, and Mon's model session inside the Louvre. I'll see if I can upload a picture or two of that. Then we went to London where we chilled a lot. We didn't have much time, so we relaxed instead of trying to see everything. We did see the Globe Restaurant, almost as good as the theatre which we missed, Buckingham, Big Ben, London Eye, and Steve Gabster. The last one was the best, cause Steve is a pretty sexy guy. Then she left and it was sad. We rock, though.
Langer time:
The rest of the travels were mostly with my boy from Tampa named Brian Langer, aka Langer. He's a Notre Dame kid who is studying in Dublin as well. We met up in Rome to meet our bud Tony Toledo, who unexpectedly was out of town. That sucked, but we chilled with other ND kids anyways. We went to the Vatican, so that was pretty cool. I'd been to Rome 5 years before, so I didn't spend much time and instead went to visit my old roomies in Florence. That was really really nice and relaxing. Much lovin' to Ferdinand, Tyler, and Steph who cooked good food and made for a great end to leg one of Jorge's travel-a-thon. Then I did absolutely nothing for St Patty's day here in Dublin. I suck, I know, but I was tired and I had no Raj to motivate me. So I chilled. Then off to Brussells for waffles and chocolate, then Amsterdam for Anne Frank and VanGogh and..., then off to Warsaw which was pretty damn cool. It was a relatively cheap and chill town with good lookin' gals, if you're into tha Arian race style gals with blond hair, light eyes, much taller than me, etc. And the Pols have some good beer. Good job Poland. While there we went to Auschwitz, which was too far away to be a daytrip, but we did it anyways. That place is pretty depressing, not very fun. Pretty sobering actually, which was good. The most impressive thing was how damn big the camps were. Anyways, that's another rant. After, we went to Vienna via Bratislava. There I coincidentally ran into Anna B (Eliot 9, what what), and Myles from ZBT. They were taking time off from their rough Madrid to chill in Central Europe and I stubble upon them. They made for good nights out. Pretty palaces, opera houses, churches, etc abound there. But it was good to go home the 24th. I ate lots of schnitzles. mmmmm....schnitzle.....
Parent time:
We did lots of Dublin, ate much better food that I have grown accustomed to, and did lots of walking. They brought me rice and beans too. Gotta love them parents. Then we went to London to see the sights, eat rediculously good food, especially Indian food, and then toured around Windsor, Bath, and Stonehedge. Good times. Now they're back and so am I.
Well, papers to write and life to live. Enjoy life, y'all. Peace.
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