Ah, Tuesday. The busiest, although not necessarily the worst, day of my week. I got up early today so I could get a computer in the library (there are so few for so many students--competition is brutal), which means I left the house by 8:30. Then I had class from 10-11, 12-1, 2-4, and 4-5, and an uninspired chorus rehearsal from 6-8. It actually ended at 7 today since we were so disorganized (random pages from the music were missing...), so we went to the bar on campus and got free drinks and snacks. For me, that meant I took a sip of my complementary beer, commented on how disgusting it was, and then gave it to some guy at my table so my hands were free for the french fries.
Basically, though, today was long. Very long. And almost over, thank goodness. Tomorrow will be scary only because I have Irish class again--and I don't know much more than I did going in brand new last week. Hopefully the professor will be okay with that and let me look at my notes when I talk to people. Alice, Courtney, and I had the best intentions to speak only in Irish on Sunday and do all of these things to learn it, but, as with most good plans, it fell through. They're getting lessons from one of their roommates, but I'm just working off of some beautiful flashcards I made last night. Oh well! Even if I'm not remotely fluent by the end, I still will appreciate knowing some of the language. It really is beautiful.
After that long day, I wanted to come home and take a hot shower before bed, but, as usual, my roommates used all the hot water getting ready for clubbing tonight. It's amazing how quickly I've learned to wash my hair upside down so the least amount of water gets on me. It's just so cold!
Oh--so I forgot to mention this yesterday. When I was in the library basement yesterday, and then a couple minutes later when I was near the college bar/Student Union, I ran into this big group of drama students, all dressed in emerald green and sequins, holding signs for "The Wiz." I think they were inviting people to go to their performance of it. The funny part was as I was leaving the library, they starting running along behind me, singing "Ease on Down the Road" in perfect harmony. If Gabe had been there, he would have been so excited--I didn't think many people knew about the movie! It was completely random and thus really funny.
As I'm here longer, I'm starting to make more friends (they're all American, but hakuna matata). Tonight, Barrett, Alice, and I met up at the campus bar after chorus (well, Alice had been in art club) for the free food. Barrett is a girl from several of our classes, and has a boyfriend back home in CA. Alice and I kind of got shafted off to the side while Barrett chatted up two guys (one American, who's a creep, and one Irish). We spent the hour watching the two guys vie for her attention and try to be subtle about it. Every time one got up, the other got his chance, but then one came back with a pizza, so he won that round. Then that guy left, so the Irish one got to move over. The whole thing was ridiculous, and eventually we decided that the poor guys should find out that Barrett has a boyfriend. Of course, it took us ten minutes to decide what to say to introduce that so it wouldn't be completely obvious...I'm sure you can imagine how crazy we must have looked. Well, then that started a war between us and Barrett, who was mad that we stopped her flirting. Aah! My point here is that even in Ireland, when we should all be playing nice, people are still people and do things without thinking. It was fun at the time, though...
It appears that uploading the videos is working better tonight, so here are some more from the weekend:
I think they should be pretty self-explanatory...or I hope!
Good night!
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