Pages: 1909
I read something again. It was quite the rush.
Line of the Day:
"Airplane Dream #13" told the story, more or less, of a dream Rosa had had about the end of the world. There were no human beings left but her, and she had found herself flying in a pink seaplane to an island inhabited by sentient lemurs.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavaier & Clay
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Day 61
Pages: 1807
Die Hard 4.0 and Transformers are in fact the same film. here is the proof.
1. A truck versus F-14 fight appears in both. (oddly it's more pluasible in one which they turn into robots.)
2. Both feature chubby computer hackers that live with their mother and boast abilties so great they can just throw on a program to instantly work it out.
3. Both feature in-jokes that 10 people will get and 2 will find funny.
4. Both have car chases in which loads of other cars crash and explode but the main characters don't seem to be very concerned about the driver's safety.
5. There are a load of explosions. I mean, like lots.
6. The Government are idiots.
7. Both feature a fondness Credence Clearwater Revival.
8. John McClane and Optimus Prime can withstand any injury.
One reason Die Hard is better.
1. Die Hard doesn't feature John Turturro been urinated on by a robot.
Line of the Day:
"You just killed a helicopter with a car."
"I was all out of bullets."
Die Hard 4.0 and Transformers are in fact the same film. here is the proof.
1. A truck versus F-14 fight appears in both. (oddly it's more pluasible in one which they turn into robots.)
2. Both feature chubby computer hackers that live with their mother and boast abilties so great they can just throw on a program to instantly work it out.
3. Both feature in-jokes that 10 people will get and 2 will find funny.
4. Both have car chases in which loads of other cars crash and explode but the main characters don't seem to be very concerned about the driver's safety.
5. There are a load of explosions. I mean, like lots.
6. The Government are idiots.
7. Both feature a fondness Credence Clearwater Revival.
8. John McClane and Optimus Prime can withstand any injury.
One reason Die Hard is better.
1. Die Hard doesn't feature John Turturro been urinated on by a robot.
Line of the Day:
"You just killed a helicopter with a car."
"I was all out of bullets."
Day 59 & 60
Pages: 1807
This weekend was one of cleaning and painting. In fact my wall painting was so good, I don't know if I should still be called Patchy. Maybe I'll have to change to Filly or Competenty.
I also seemed to of gotten a cold.
Line of the Day:
It gives the kitchen a sense of humour.
Running with Scissors
This weekend was one of cleaning and painting. In fact my wall painting was so good, I don't know if I should still be called Patchy. Maybe I'll have to change to Filly or Competenty.
I also seemed to of gotten a cold.
Line of the Day:
It gives the kitchen a sense of humour.
Running with Scissors
Friday, July 27, 2007
Day 58
Pages: 1803
Tomorrow I'm in Goleen for a weekend of house cleaning activities. I'll be gone for the weekend so to tide you over till Monday, Here is the Best of "Summer Reading"It's like those annoying episodes of Friends with old clips.
"Hey Ross, Have you ever been on a holiday with someone?"
shows five clips of Ross saying "WE WERE ON A BREAK"
(Zing. That's so good, I could be a writer on Friends.)
Anyway...
It is understandable though as the director had told all the extras to get as stoned as possible during the scene to make the party more realistic.
Ack Ack Beer Beer is short for Anti-Aircraft Barrage Balloons.
We would have made nice babies together. Good bye.
the lift no longer instills the liftee with fear
the old "You gave me the broken joypad excuse"
I finish a book today
(1.48 euro for it. It's like buying Commodore 64 games again.)
Mere child's play of a book. Turns out it is really is only about a whale.
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna be adored”…Lady in Red…Ricky Ricky Ricky…You’ve been laddered
They can’t arrest me, I did not steal those children.
Gamming
Watchable but it’s concerningly fascist
See? wasn't that nostalgic?
Tomorrow I'm in Goleen for a weekend of house cleaning activities. I'll be gone for the weekend so to tide you over till Monday, Here is the Best of "Summer Reading"It's like those annoying episodes of Friends with old clips.
"Hey Ross, Have you ever been on a holiday with someone?"
shows five clips of Ross saying "WE WERE ON A BREAK"
(Zing. That's so good, I could be a writer on Friends.)
Anyway...
It is understandable though as the director had told all the extras to get as stoned as possible during the scene to make the party more realistic.
Ack Ack Beer Beer is short for Anti-Aircraft Barrage Balloons.
We would have made nice babies together. Good bye.
the lift no longer instills the liftee with fear
the old "You gave me the broken joypad excuse"
I finish a book today
(1.48 euro for it. It's like buying Commodore 64 games again.)
Mere child's play of a book. Turns out it is really is only about a whale.
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna be adored”…Lady in Red…Ricky Ricky Ricky…You’ve been laddered
They can’t arrest me, I did not steal those children.
Gamming
Watchable but it’s concerningly fascist
See? wasn't that nostalgic?
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Day 57
Pages: 1788
The answer to yesterday's question was d)All of the Above. That's right Patchy Wednesday is a legitmate (in Fantasy Football). That's correct, Fantasy Football (although if I was to make a fantasy version of Football, it would probably more like Rollerball. Now that was a sport!).
Hopefully someone will make a Patchy United, so we can have derbies and be bitter enemies, thus creating fantasy hooligans. these will lead to fantasy spectators that comment "Those jerks, they ruin the game for everyone."
In time my fantasy team will accumulate fame and status. It will bid on by fantasy overseas investors, who are just in it for the money. The day it changes hands with these disrespectful fantasy capitalists, The spirit of Fantasy Football will have died...FOR(fantasy)EVER
(I found my book again. It was in a drawer of all places.)
Headline of the Day:
WHY MOSES WANDERED IN THE DESERT FOR FORTY YEARS: He Lost the Map!
An artcile from the soon to be defunct Weekly World News.
The answer to yesterday's question was d)All of the Above. That's right Patchy Wednesday is a legitmate (in Fantasy Football). That's correct, Fantasy Football (although if I was to make a fantasy version of Football, it would probably more like Rollerball. Now that was a sport!).
Hopefully someone will make a Patchy United, so we can have derbies and be bitter enemies, thus creating fantasy hooligans. these will lead to fantasy spectators that comment "Those jerks, they ruin the game for everyone."
In time my fantasy team will accumulate fame and status. It will bid on by fantasy overseas investors, who are just in it for the money. The day it changes hands with these disrespectful fantasy capitalists, The spirit of Fantasy Football will have died...FOR(fantasy)EVER
(I found my book again. It was in a drawer of all places.)
Headline of the Day:
WHY MOSES WANDERED IN THE DESERT FOR FORTY YEARS: He Lost the Map!
An artcile from the soon to be defunct Weekly World News.
Day 56
Pages: 1788
Here is a question. What do the following footballers have in common?
1: Van der Sar(C)
2: Yobo
3: Neville
4: Hoyte
5: Campbell
6: Lampard
7: Downing
8: Alonso
9: Taylor
10: Bent D
11: Davies
12: Fabianski
13: Gardner
14: De Silva
15: Johnson
Is it a) They are probably overpaid?
b)I couldn't pick any out of a lineup?
c)They comprise Patchy Wednesday?
d)All of the Above?
The answer, tomorrow (but as I wrote this late, later today)
Line of the Day:
"New York Projectionists Have Seen It All"
Headline from New York Times. Puntacular.
Here is a question. What do the following footballers have in common?
1: Van der Sar(C)
2: Yobo
3: Neville
4: Hoyte
5: Campbell
6: Lampard
7: Downing
8: Alonso
9: Taylor
10: Bent D
11: Davies
12: Fabianski
13: Gardner
14: De Silva
15: Johnson
Is it a) They are probably overpaid?
b)I couldn't pick any out of a lineup?
c)They comprise Patchy Wednesday?
d)All of the Above?
The answer, tomorrow (but as I wrote this late, later today)
Line of the Day:
"New York Projectionists Have Seen It All"
Headline from New York Times. Puntacular.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Day 55
Pages: 1788
I've started the Ricky fitness program. it has two steps
Step 1: Get Fit
Step 2: Be Fit
After a week, I should be seeing the difference in my Lats and Quads.
(I just noticed, I seem to get more reading done, the further I am from the internet. Odd)
Line of the Day:
"I'm Knackered"
Subtitle from L'Appartement. Someone from Cork may of been charge of writing subtitles.
I've started the Ricky fitness program. it has two steps
Step 1: Get Fit
Step 2: Be Fit
After a week, I should be seeing the difference in my Lats and Quads.
(I just noticed, I seem to get more reading done, the further I am from the internet. Odd)
Line of the Day:
"I'm Knackered"
Subtitle from L'Appartement. Someone from Cork may of been charge of writing subtitles.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Day 54
Pages: 1788
Today we shall open some fan-mail. From a Mister JH, currently living in Dublin come these questions.
Cethan,
Do you answer fan mail on ur blog?
"Cethan, whats your favourite drink?"
For your first question, Yes I do. As for the second, I drink Carlberg and milk. One day, however I hope to invent a cocktail. It will be called the Fisherman's delight, it could feature any of the following ingedients: Ale, Tequila, Corrs Light, a banana, some Tuna, cat hair, egg and some ice. The kind of thing Rocky would drink if he was a fisherman.
Remember, any further question or general fan mail can be sent to patchyleahy@gmail.com
Joke of the Day:
When is a door not a door?
When it's ajar.
Good stuff.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Day 52 & 53
Pages: 1788
It's been a weekend of 1940's detectives, boardgames from FOTA, painting (of the recreational kind), country singers, breathing in cobwebs and barnicules.
Line of the Day:
Q: What is a female duck called?
A: Duck
Question from Zoological, the Board game that helps you learn.
It's been a weekend of 1940's detectives, boardgames from FOTA, painting (of the recreational kind), country singers, breathing in cobwebs and barnicules.
Line of the Day:
Q: What is a female duck called?
A: Duck
Question from Zoological, the Board game that helps you learn.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Day 51
Pages: 1749
Had a 24 free day. Saw the sunshine for a couple of minutes. It was nice.
Line of the Day:
As a boy, I'm told, he had a chance encounter with a travelling magician. One version of the story was that the man himself vanished... along with the tree. People began to think he had some sort of special power... or at least that he was a bit different. And then he met her.
The Illusionist (Impressively has the most obivous ending ever filmed)
Had a 24 free day. Saw the sunshine for a couple of minutes. It was nice.
Line of the Day:
As a boy, I'm told, he had a chance encounter with a travelling magician. One version of the story was that the man himself vanished... along with the tree. People began to think he had some sort of special power... or at least that he was a bit different. And then he met her.
The Illusionist (Impressively has the most obivous ending ever filmed)
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Day 50
Pages: 1744
24 down, 0 to go. Back to reading tomorrow I promise.
Line of the Day:
Ahh...My brain is fryed. I'll get a random one off the internet.
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.
Robertson Davies, "The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks"
Yeah this one seems good.
24 down, 0 to go. Back to reading tomorrow I promise.
Line of the Day:
Ahh...My brain is fryed. I'll get a random one off the internet.
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.
Robertson Davies, "The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks"
Yeah this one seems good.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Day 49
Pages: 1744
13 hours down, 11 to go. De da de da de da.
Line of a Day:
You leave me little notes on my pillow. Told you 158 times I can't stand little notes on my pillow. "We're all out of cornflakes. F.U." Took me three hours to figure out F.U. was Felix Ungar!"
The Odd Couple, Funny like Wuts. (also the only play I've seen with a theme tune)
13 hours down, 11 to go. De da de da de da.
Line of a Day:
You leave me little notes on my pillow. Told you 158 times I can't stand little notes on my pillow. "We're all out of cornflakes. F.U." Took me three hours to figure out F.U. was Felix Ungar!"
The Odd Couple, Funny like Wuts. (also the only play I've seen with a theme tune)
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Day 48
Pages: 1744
8 hours down, 16 to go. De da de da de da.
Line of a Day:
"Dammit"
If Jack Bauer says this, chances are Kim has been kidnapped.
8 hours down, 16 to go. De da de da de da.
Line of a Day:
"Dammit"
If Jack Bauer says this, chances are Kim has been kidnapped.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Day 47
Pages: 1744
Started watching the boxset of 24 series three. Five hour done. De da de da de da.
Line of a Day:
"Trust Me"
If Jack Bauer says this, chances are someone is about to die.
Started watching the boxset of 24 series three. Five hour done. De da de da de da.
Line of a Day:
"Trust Me"
If Jack Bauer says this, chances are someone is about to die.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Day 46
Pages: 1735
That's it. I can't find my book. I'll have to switch.
Line of the Day:
"Life is an obscure hobo bumming a ride on the omnibus of Art. "
Some Beat poetry from the Brillant A Bucket of Blood.
That's it. I can't find my book. I'll have to switch.
Line of the Day:
"Life is an obscure hobo bumming a ride on the omnibus of Art. "
Some Beat poetry from the Brillant A Bucket of Blood.
Day 45
Pages: 1735
If someone wears a t-shirt wit an ironic message on it, But he/she actually unironically agree with the message. Does that make it more or less ironic?
Line of the Day:
Thank God for the model trains, you know? If they didn't have the model trains they wouldn't have gotten the idea for the big trains.
A Mighty Wind
If someone wears a t-shirt wit an ironic message on it, But he/she actually unironically agree with the message. Does that make it more or less ironic?
Line of the Day:
Thank God for the model trains, you know? If they didn't have the model trains they wouldn't have gotten the idea for the big trains.
A Mighty Wind
Friday, July 13, 2007
Day 44
Pages: 1735
You know for a film that there has been at least a page dedicated in every paper in the last couple of weeks, dicussing how disgusting, depraved and debasing it is to watch a single frame of and to watch it, is to align yourself with the worst scum out there, Hostel Part Two is a very forgettable film.
(In case you are wondering about the slow progess on the reading, I seem to lost my book)
Line of the Day:
Cooking requires no intelligence. Were it otherwise women would be no good at it.
Very Important Person. There are worst ways to spend the afternoon than watching british stiff upper lip WW2 POW comedies. Those crazy Un PC brits.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Day 43
Pages: 1733
The answer to yesterday's question is Lucy, the household cat who wakes me up every morning at the break of dawn. And she has no snooze button.
Line of the Day:
"A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones who need the advice."
Sage advice from Bill Cosby
The answer to yesterday's question is Lucy, the household cat who wakes me up every morning at the break of dawn. And she has no snooze button.
Line of the Day:
"A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones who need the advice."
Sage advice from Bill Cosby
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Day 42
Pages: 1733
I've been up before 8am, three days in a row. Yet there is not electricity powering my Alarm Clock. Discuss.
Answer tomorrow.
Line of the Day:
What do you know about Geometry?
I know it's what people say after been turned into a tree
(Long Pause)
Gee-I'm-A-Tree/
Two and a Half Men (I laughed. I must turn off The Paramount comedy channel)
I've been up before 8am, three days in a row. Yet there is not electricity powering my Alarm Clock. Discuss.
Answer tomorrow.
Line of the Day:
What do you know about Geometry?
I know it's what people say after been turned into a tree
(Long Pause)
Gee-I'm-A-Tree/
Two and a Half Men (I laughed. I must turn off The Paramount comedy channel)
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Day 41
Pages: 1733
Monumentily unproductive day. I pretty spent the day drawing and reading about Avril Lavigne been sued (http://www.avclub.com/content/newswire/more_avril_thievery). Isn't summer grand?
Line of the Day:
Is there a Mr. Vampirella?
As overheard in the TV room
Monumentily unproductive day. I pretty spent the day drawing and reading about Avril Lavigne been sued (http://www.avclub.com/content/newswire/more_avril_thievery). Isn't summer grand?
Line of the Day:
Is there a Mr. Vampirella?
As overheard in the TV room
Monday, July 9, 2007
Day 40
Pages: 1733
It's been raining all day, I can use one socket in my room (two of the others set off the tripswitch, the other is inaccessible due to my desk.) and I've no money. But noneof that matters as The Big Box Channel exists. You can watch people lip syching to ninities pop music, On Your TV. If that doesn't make life worthwhile, I don't want to know what would.
Line of the Day:
"It's not just the pictures that got bad- I've got bad"
Who The Hell's In It
It's been raining all day, I can use one socket in my room (two of the others set off the tripswitch, the other is inaccessible due to my desk.) and I've no money. But noneof that matters as The Big Box Channel exists. You can watch people lip syching to ninities pop music, On Your TV. If that doesn't make life worthwhile, I don't want to know what would.
Line of the Day:
"It's not just the pictures that got bad- I've got bad"
Who The Hell's In It
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Day 39
Pages: 1714
As promised, The Holiday Blog.
Holiday Blog
Day 1
Pages 74
After a forteen hour ferry (I drank and watched 300, Watchable but it’s concerningly fascist.) and a car ride of six hours, my holiday in El Dorado, France begins (I’ll write the real name when I learn how to spell it). The house we are in is known as the House of Roses. Infact, all the houses have names like these, there is even a house of Beef. Lots of stuff about. A swimming pool which is both refreshing and full of nature’s debris. There is some low ceilings I’ve hit my head off three times. Also bikes in the garage as everyone here seems to cycle. Speaking of which, You know that saying, “It’s like riding a bike, You never forget” Well I may be an exception. My bike skills, after been left unused for about ten years, have gotten rusty. So much so I can’t do a full turn. Now I may be misremembering my abilties as a wee scamp. We’ll see what tomorrow’s attempt brings.
Day 2
Pages 288
Tried cycling again. Better but I’m not quite at been “on a road with other cars, bikes or people” level.
Today I gained a new respect for pool cleaners, It is a tedious job, I do like the big net though.
Weather is erratic. I got sunburned and hit with hailstones within an hour of each other.
My French has been tested at the local resturant. It seems the only word I know for sure is “Resturant”
New game invented today. Banana or Watergun? Pretty self explantory I think.
Finished Hollywood Babylon. It’s pretty much Hollywood gossip from the start of cinema to the early sixties. The moral seems to be “don’t go to Hollywood, it will pretty much kill you” Oddly the last few chapters attacks the tabloids of the time like GraphiC and Confidental. It is like if heat magazine (that’s another French word I know) gave out about Hello. Something highbrow next, I think.
Day 3
Pages 913
Yesterday at about 7 pm I made the decision to try and read the whole of Moby Dick within 24 hours. (Not sure why now.) Well at around 6.40, I finished it. It to be honest was exhausting. (It is a great book though. Don’t be surprised if later entries have ample use of “Avast”, “Thar she blows” and “Gamming”) Other than that marathon reading session, I learned the following things:
Banana spilts and rum are an interesting combination.
The French Kill Bill Vol 2 cover is pretty cool.
French markets sell more dagger holders than daggers.
Wine comes in bottle, both glass and plastic, box and plastic barrel.
French Yops are delicious.
French milk is not.
Day 4
Pages 1019
Finished Slaughterhouse 5. Started Joyce’s Dubliners.
Today I enjoyed the company of one Mr. “Le Beouf”. Here are some of his pearls of wisdom.
On his first wife.
“She smelt of feet, and was ugly”
On Women in General
“Le Beouf love no women, only those within a metre of him.”
On the Police
“They can’t arrest me, I did not steal those children.”
“The Prison system can’t hold Le Beouf, Le Beouf holds the prison system.”
On Sleep
“Le Beouf is far too outrageous for Sleep.”
A night with Le Beouf
“Would you like to come to the pond with Le Beouf? I’ve Creme Brulee.
A mysterious character really.
(Also today, Benidorm drew twice in Singstar , exceeding all expectations.)
(Also also today I broke one of the bikes.)
Day 5
Pages 1024
Watched Phantom of the Paradise. Not bad, but has an ending that makes no sense whatever way you look at it. Went for lunch in St Martin de Re. Not bad, A French Bantry is my best descripition. (Actually a bad habit I’ve gotten into is comparing the various places I seen here to those in West Cork. I go to the beach, suddenly I’m on Barley Cove, a nice quiet village, Dunmanway.)
Benidorm is smelling increasingly like feet.
Day 6
Pages 1024
Joyce wasn’t a man of a cheerful disposition, it seems.
There was a film been filmed on the beach near us. We think. There didn’t seem to be much filming but lots of unguarded camera equipment. They seemed so nonchalant about the situation, I suspect the cast and crew just wanted to have a day at the beach.
BBQ are great. (Why is it called BBQs? It doesn’t sound like the word.)
Day 7/8
Pages 1024
Random observations from the weekend:
The French have a very liberal watershed it seems. The tv series Rome was on at lunchtime.
Everywhere has a 1 to 3 lunch break.
Merry-Go-Rounds at night look spooky…
…Espacially when turned off.
Everytime shuts down at 8, except one bar.
Piranha are not agressive.
I’ve yet to visit a shop that doesn’t sell toy donkeys in pants.
When it’s not sunny, not a load to do.
I’m getting nowhere quickly with Dubliners.
Day 9
Pages 1031
I’ve decided to abandon Dubliners. I need something less dispiriting.
Another similarity Il De Re has with West Cork: it is constantly wet.
Day 10
Pages 1061
Woo. After checking the internet café a mile away three times today, I learned I passed my exams. The main other thing of the day is the country music CD, The Ultimate Country Collection, I’ve heard various times in the day and over the week. The CD has inspired some thoughts.
Everyone is called John.
Jolene must be pretty hot.
Female country singers sing about maintaining their relationships. Male country singers sing about cool things like fighting, drinking and fiddle contests with Satan.
On the subject, How does one judge a golden fiddle contest with the devil? Do the two come to a mutual agreement whom is better? Is there an unbiased judge?
No matter who sings it, Wind Beneath My Wings is a bad song.
Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton are contractly obliged to appear twice on Country Compilations.
(Oh I started The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.)
Day 11
Pages 1061
Lazy, lazy, lazy day. Back home on Friday. I’m kinda looking forward to Cork again. I miss things like Weetabix in proper milk, Maxi Twists, the ability to understand people around me (at least in terms of languages, Baba boom), Good music (The French are talented in many many areas, music is not one of them.) Cork people (Awww) and other things.
The transition has been made easier from seeing Two and A Half Men on French TV this morning. (It’s called Mon Oncle Charlie here.)
Things I’ll miss about France tomorrow.
Day 12
Pages 1066
The final day, I must pack. However as promised the list of things I’ll miss about Il De Re.
Koenig bier (or Koeny)
French Bread
Having a pool
The various Rumaries
The big Yops, especially Vaillia
That donkey with the dreadlocks
The smell of the French ports.
The Dorm.
My various sleeping places (the bed, the couch and the floor, I avoided the Heroin Bed)
Balloon surprises
The poltergeist of George Hook. (“No, I don’t want to talk about it
Day 13 (as written on Day 12)
Pages ????
As we will be leaving at 6am for a five hour car ride and 14 hours on the boat, I won’t be able to document it, unless I use paper and pencil or something. So based on the previous boat trip over, I’ll give you some words that would feature if I did write it. You can fill in the blanks.
Planet Chance…“I wanna, I wanna, I wanna be adored”…Lady in Red…Ricky Ricky Ricky…You’ve been laddered…and so on.
Note added later: Turns out none of these happened. There was a business with compilmentary sick bags been turned into puppets.
As promised, The Holiday Blog.
Holiday Blog
Day 1
Pages 74
After a forteen hour ferry (I drank and watched 300, Watchable but it’s concerningly fascist.) and a car ride of six hours, my holiday in El Dorado, France begins (I’ll write the real name when I learn how to spell it). The house we are in is known as the House of Roses. Infact, all the houses have names like these, there is even a house of Beef. Lots of stuff about. A swimming pool which is both refreshing and full of nature’s debris. There is some low ceilings I’ve hit my head off three times. Also bikes in the garage as everyone here seems to cycle. Speaking of which, You know that saying, “It’s like riding a bike, You never forget” Well I may be an exception. My bike skills, after been left unused for about ten years, have gotten rusty. So much so I can’t do a full turn. Now I may be misremembering my abilties as a wee scamp. We’ll see what tomorrow’s attempt brings.
Day 2
Pages 288
Tried cycling again. Better but I’m not quite at been “on a road with other cars, bikes or people” level.
Today I gained a new respect for pool cleaners, It is a tedious job, I do like the big net though.
Weather is erratic. I got sunburned and hit with hailstones within an hour of each other.
My French has been tested at the local resturant. It seems the only word I know for sure is “Resturant”
New game invented today. Banana or Watergun? Pretty self explantory I think.
Finished Hollywood Babylon. It’s pretty much Hollywood gossip from the start of cinema to the early sixties. The moral seems to be “don’t go to Hollywood, it will pretty much kill you” Oddly the last few chapters attacks the tabloids of the time like GraphiC and Confidental. It is like if heat magazine (that’s another French word I know) gave out about Hello. Something highbrow next, I think.
Day 3
Pages 913
Yesterday at about 7 pm I made the decision to try and read the whole of Moby Dick within 24 hours. (Not sure why now.) Well at around 6.40, I finished it. It to be honest was exhausting. (It is a great book though. Don’t be surprised if later entries have ample use of “Avast”, “Thar she blows” and “Gamming”) Other than that marathon reading session, I learned the following things:
Banana spilts and rum are an interesting combination.
The French Kill Bill Vol 2 cover is pretty cool.
French markets sell more dagger holders than daggers.
Wine comes in bottle, both glass and plastic, box and plastic barrel.
French Yops are delicious.
French milk is not.
Day 4
Pages 1019
Finished Slaughterhouse 5. Started Joyce’s Dubliners.
Today I enjoyed the company of one Mr. “Le Beouf”. Here are some of his pearls of wisdom.
On his first wife.
“She smelt of feet, and was ugly”
On Women in General
“Le Beouf love no women, only those within a metre of him.”
On the Police
“They can’t arrest me, I did not steal those children.”
“The Prison system can’t hold Le Beouf, Le Beouf holds the prison system.”
On Sleep
“Le Beouf is far too outrageous for Sleep.”
A night with Le Beouf
“Would you like to come to the pond with Le Beouf? I’ve Creme Brulee.
A mysterious character really.
(Also today, Benidorm drew twice in Singstar , exceeding all expectations.)
(Also also today I broke one of the bikes.)
Day 5
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Watched Phantom of the Paradise. Not bad, but has an ending that makes no sense whatever way you look at it. Went for lunch in St Martin de Re. Not bad, A French Bantry is my best descripition. (Actually a bad habit I’ve gotten into is comparing the various places I seen here to those in West Cork. I go to the beach, suddenly I’m on Barley Cove, a nice quiet village, Dunmanway.)
Benidorm is smelling increasingly like feet.
Day 6
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Joyce wasn’t a man of a cheerful disposition, it seems.
There was a film been filmed on the beach near us. We think. There didn’t seem to be much filming but lots of unguarded camera equipment. They seemed so nonchalant about the situation, I suspect the cast and crew just wanted to have a day at the beach.
BBQ are great. (Why is it called BBQs? It doesn’t sound like the word.)
Day 7/8
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Random observations from the weekend:
The French have a very liberal watershed it seems. The tv series Rome was on at lunchtime.
Everywhere has a 1 to 3 lunch break.
Merry-Go-Rounds at night look spooky…
…Espacially when turned off.
Everytime shuts down at 8, except one bar.
Piranha are not agressive.
I’ve yet to visit a shop that doesn’t sell toy donkeys in pants.
When it’s not sunny, not a load to do.
I’m getting nowhere quickly with Dubliners.
Day 9
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I’ve decided to abandon Dubliners. I need something less dispiriting.
Another similarity Il De Re has with West Cork: it is constantly wet.
Day 10
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Woo. After checking the internet café a mile away three times today, I learned I passed my exams. The main other thing of the day is the country music CD, The Ultimate Country Collection, I’ve heard various times in the day and over the week. The CD has inspired some thoughts.
Everyone is called John.
Jolene must be pretty hot.
Female country singers sing about maintaining their relationships. Male country singers sing about cool things like fighting, drinking and fiddle contests with Satan.
On the subject, How does one judge a golden fiddle contest with the devil? Do the two come to a mutual agreement whom is better? Is there an unbiased judge?
No matter who sings it, Wind Beneath My Wings is a bad song.
Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton are contractly obliged to appear twice on Country Compilations.
(Oh I started The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.)
Day 11
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Lazy, lazy, lazy day. Back home on Friday. I’m kinda looking forward to Cork again. I miss things like Weetabix in proper milk, Maxi Twists, the ability to understand people around me (at least in terms of languages, Baba boom), Good music (The French are talented in many many areas, music is not one of them.) Cork people (Awww) and other things.
The transition has been made easier from seeing Two and A Half Men on French TV this morning. (It’s called Mon Oncle Charlie here.)
Things I’ll miss about France tomorrow.
Day 12
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The final day, I must pack. However as promised the list of things I’ll miss about Il De Re.
Koenig bier (or Koeny)
French Bread
Having a pool
The various Rumaries
The big Yops, especially Vaillia
That donkey with the dreadlocks
The smell of the French ports.
The Dorm.
My various sleeping places (the bed, the couch and the floor, I avoided the Heroin Bed)
Balloon surprises
The poltergeist of George Hook. (“No, I don’t want to talk about it
Day 13 (as written on Day 12)
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As we will be leaving at 6am for a five hour car ride and 14 hours on the boat, I won’t be able to document it, unless I use paper and pencil or something. So based on the previous boat trip over, I’ll give you some words that would feature if I did write it. You can fill in the blanks.
Planet Chance…“I wanna, I wanna, I wanna be adored”…Lady in Red…Ricky Ricky Ricky…You’ve been laddered…and so on.
Note added later: Turns out none of these happened. There was a business with compilmentary sick bags been turned into puppets.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Day 38
Pages: Approx 1600 (I'll work it out tomorrow)
Tomorrow The Holiday Blog. Read the adventures of The Leahys abroad.
Photos are here
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and
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Line of the Day
They have two great qualities in a band: Volume... And Puctuational
Spinal Tap at Live Earth
Tomorrow The Holiday Blog. Read the adventures of The Leahys abroad.
Photos are here
http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbum.jsp?MemberId=294267550&PhotoNbr=1&PhotoAlbumId=4903764240
and
http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbum.jsp?MemberId=294267550&PhotoNbr=1&PhotoAlbumId=4903943332
Line of the Day
They have two great qualities in a band: Volume... And Puctuational
Spinal Tap at Live Earth
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