Wien

MUMOK
Originally uploaded by Allie F.

Well I survived the trip to Vienna with the bro and parentals, just about. City breaks are almost never about relaxation, but I’m so completely wrecked after it, it’s unbelievable. We went on Friday, returned on Sunday, and walked our asses off in between. Highlights included the MUMOK (right), which is the modern art museum, and the Kunsthistoriches Museum, which is one of Europe’s major art museums. They had a special exhibit on while we visited, of tapestries by Goya, which was amazing, worth the admittance alone. Also Café Central, with 16 different types of coffee and a band playing non-stop waltzes, made us all feel very classy indeed.

Heading home this eve for the long weekend, and the long sleep. Tomorrow is the big day for the little man, it’s Baby Cathal’s christening. Got another visit from himself and his Ma on Monday afternoon, man he’s getting big. Like, really big for 3 months. He’s supposed to be having a couple of mush dinners and however many bottles he needs per day, but she can’t get enough of the mush into him, he loves it, knocks back five or six daily. I think he also eats bits of pummelled veg too, and I dunno what else, turducken maybe. The kid eats more than I do. Anyway, I got him a little winter coat, like pretty much every bit of baby apparel, it’s the cutest thing ever, and I will probably take a million more photographs of him. Bless.

South Park Me

South Park Me
Originally uploaded by Allie F.

The kids at the Spud site found this, you can develop yourself into a South Park character. This is about the closest I could get, the specs probably need some work, but I'm happy enough! Check it out.

http://www.planearium2.de/flash/spstudio.html

Be thar or be squar

Seeing as (once again) I won't be able to attend, I have pledged to spread the word about the above extravaganza, a great excuse to dress up, have fun, and of course, support a very worthy cause. So go!

Oy oy oy

Ack, need to update this more often. The Autumn feeling about the place is making my brain think of hibernation, I reckon. Mmm, hibernation…. Wake me up for Christmas…

Sib 2 is recovering after being beaten up last Friday night, not too much damage done, thank God. A gash on the head, a fat lip, and a bruised ego, mainly. I’m not sure which is more disturbing, that this is happening pretty much every night on the streets of Dublin, or that a lot of the time, it happens for no reason at all. He wasn’t mugged, he didn’t provoke them, all they wanted to do was beat somebody up. Scumbags. And once again, my opinion of the Gardaí takes a plunge – two of them walked past him, saw the blood on his face, and turned away. Just add them to the list of cops that shrug their shoulders, steal evidence, intimidate people and take their number off their shoulder before they beat the crap out of someone in a holding cell. Modern Ireland, eh?

On a happier note, I turn one year older this week. Oh wait, that’s not happy, that’s more crap!

Look at this. Makes me think about each minute, instead of counting the years.

http://www.humanclock.com/clock.php