March 2010
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“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who...”
– Henri Nouwen
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“I wonder what you look like, under your t-shirt. I wonder what you sound like,...”
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Barcelona 2010
Thursday, March 4th—
Finished up the first part of the semester with my Contemporary Irish Society final. It was pretty simple, finished first, which is always semi embarassing. Headed back to the room to make sure I had all of my things for the week. At 2 we had a meeting with Mark O’Brien, who is the academic director for the internship program. He basically told us about the...
Week Seven
The last weekend of February was a very relaxing and lazy one for me. Amy and Amanda were out of the country on amazing trips and I was still here, and not really willing to go out or pay any money whatsoever.
Friday I finally figured out how to watch movies on youtbue—big milestone in my life. So I watched The Wind that Shakes the Barley and Michael Collins—both RIDICULOUSLY AMAZING,...
Week Six
On February 19th, Amy and I headed to Killarney, Co Kerry, for a relaxing weekend in nature. Because there is no direct route from Dublin to Killarney, we had to take a four hour bus to Limerick City, then a 2 hour bus from there to Killarney. But that was fine with me, as we had an hour to kill in Limerick and I got to see my namesake, the Shannon River! Turns out it was kind of grimy in...
Week Five
Week five brings us to February 11th—the night of Simon Says.
Thursday, as said in week four, we had a lecture about the GAA (which was awesome). After this, Amy, Amanda, Amanda’s friend Alex and I went out for what ended up being a really fun night.
This was an Eastern European themed night from the beginning. We attempted Pravda, but it was closed at 11:30. Not okay, Russians...
