Sunday Round-Up #7

Very late one this week, I’m just back from Wexford and I’m absolutely wrecked, it’s been a hectic few days. The show must go on…

My abstract distraction this week is :

My debs. This was on Friday night in the Red Cow in Dublin. To be honest I wasn’t looking forward to it that much, there’s a lot of effort involved and being the lethargic fool that I am, this doesn’t appeal. So I left it all until the last minute.

Got my suit on Thursday, I went in and bought one (there’s more about this in the Great Guy/Gal section) as I have a friend that spent €150 just to rent one, which seemed way too expensive for my liking. Since I’m going to college soon I figured a suit would be handy for formal events too, Trinity Ball for example. Found a good looking place (”Black Tie”) in town, and this followed :

“Hey, eh, I have my debs tomorrow”.

“Right, yeah.”

“And I have nothing and don’t really know anything, but I need to get a suit.”

“Right so.”

The chap was really good, measured me up (ooh!) and didn’t seem to mind how clueless I was with the whole thing. Got everything in there, black suit jacket and trousers, silver waistcoat, black tie, white shirt and then the cufflinks to match the dress of the girl I was bringing. All for €295, which I was delighted with.

The night itself was actually brilliant, I had a really good time and it was good to see some of my old teachers again. Shame on the ones that didn’t go!

Might throw some pictures up in a post in a while.

Something that made me laugh this week :

This thread on boards.ie. Almost as good as my Fresh Prince’ing.

Curses on :

The shitty cunty bastard motherfucking rain.

Just piss off.

I’m pleased with :

Good nights out lately. The debs on Friday was a great night, then the following morning I went to Wexford to see some friends.  This was the closest I’ve come to a holiday this year so I was actually quite excited!

New Ross is a nice town anyway, and Spiders pub is my new home away from home. I gave my business card to a shitload of people down there that night (advertising when drunk is always a great idea of course).

And what’s even better is that I seem to have become immune to hangovers. Praise the lord.

A pointless anecdote from this week :

I saw someone being mugged the other day.

I was being driven into town and as we stopped at some traffic lights along the quays, I heard a rukus outside, looked and saw a chap running off with a woman’s handbag, and then a very disgruntled looking woman.

It’s weird when you actually see things like this in real life.

Thankfully I ran out of the car, apprehended the villain and returned the bag to the lady, who then declared me he hero and I picked her up and off we went.*

* This is a lie.

Great guy/gal of this week :

Jennie Parker. (Happy, bitch?) Jennie has been after this coveted spot for a while, and finally she’s gotten it.

Jennie is a friend of mine from Wexford. Anytime we’ve met up it has ended in the consumption of a lot of alcohol. As she’s quite the sociable little minx, I thought she’d be great to bring to my debs (she’s been to several others this Summer so she knows her stuff!) and of course, such a proposition was irresistible to her - she’s only human after all.

This is where she really earned the great gal award. Jennie came up on Thursday to Dublin to help me pick my suit.

Basically I get pissed off with shopping, so if I went to buy a suit on my own I’d get annoyed and just grab the first one I saw and hope for the best. Jennie stopped this happening, and helped me decide what colour things to get and generally was excellent in helping me buy the thing.

She then scrubbed herself up really well for the debs the next night and the lulz were had by all.

I went back to Wexford with her the following morning and met up with some other folk I know down there. Lulz were had by all.

Jennie, I hope you’re happy (”I better get the great guy slash gal for this!”) and thanks again for all your help. And you’re welcome for all the alcohol.

Product/Service I like this week :

Bus Éireann.

I’d never been on these sort of buses before, because living in Dublin I rarely need to go beyond the Dublin Bus service.

However, for a three hour journey, it cost me only €13 for a return ticket.

I pay two fucking euro to get from my home into Dublin City.

A quote :

“If you’ve lost your faith in love and music, the end won’t be long”

From my beloved Pete Doherty, in the song “The Good Old Days” by The Libertines. This is a great song that I was listening to just as I came in tonight, and it’s a lyric I’ve always liked.

Favourite song this week :

Use Somebody - by Kings Of Leon

KOL are one of my favourite bands, and this is off their new album which is yet to be released (legally). Anyway, I mentioned this song last week, and I reckon it’s gonna be quite a big hit.

The way Caleb sings in this song just sounds great and is so catchy.

Enjoy.

Now for some sleep!

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