Eurovision Song Contest Party - us girls having a glass of bubbly
Resting with a full belly
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, yummy!
What ya lookin at?
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Some photos to accompany the post below...
Eurovision Song Contest Party - us girls having a glass of bubbly Resting with a full bellyHmmmmmmmmmmmmm, yummy!What ya lookin at?
Reading, Writing, Summertime
It's the June Bank Holiday Weekend - amazing and scary how time flies! For me June has always been the beginning of summer, lasting until the end of August - although by the time August is here I'll be looking forward to the slightly more autumnal September, which along with May is my favourite month of the year, not only because for he past 7(?) years it's the month we have been going away on holidays. We are counting the weeks, less than 13 now until we'll be in Mallorca, and the good thing is that there is the whole summer inbetween.
There's always a lot going on in Galway in June and July, at the moment we have a powerboat race festival with food and crafts stalls, concerts etc., some Latin American festival, than there is the Film Fleadh and the Galway Arts Festival in July. This year one of the many bands playing is The Human League (together with Heaven 17) and although I am hardly a fan I think it's an opportunity not to be missed - and so I am hoping that Phil and the girls will be a positive surprise when they play on July 24th. Even more exciting than a (once) popular band coming to Galway is that Daniela (yes, the one who abandoned me in October last year to move back to Hamburg - as you might have noticed I am terribly resentful!) is coming and we are going to see them together! I guess she might only be here for one day, but we will surely make the most of it!
The past few weekends we have been quite busy partying, eating and drinking with friends and that is nice for a change. We tend to be more of the couch potato variety, especially in winter, but the change in the weather and the long hours of daylight make a huge difference. We had barbecues twice at our friends' place, last week had a little "Eurovision Song Contest" Party at home (well done Lena! I don't think your song was that great but you sure deserved to win!) with food from 7 of the participating countries (German, Turkish, Greek, French, Cypriot, Serbian and Spanish) and yesterday went out for dinner with friends - which ended with the staff asking us if we could leave because they wanted to go home. Normally I would have been very upset about this, but in this case it was okay as the place had been quiet all evening and we had been there for 4 hours, had finished all our food and most of the drinks.
I am still reading quite a lot at the moment (still re-reading Stephen King novels, I have to get new ones soon, also I think he has a new one out and tomorrow I'll check if it's available here). Also I have started writing a bit which at the moment is giving me a lot of pleasure. I guess it's a bit of a writing exercise as I don't really have a plot (yet) and mainly write about my characters' past and current situation, but I will hopefully come up with something - we will see and I'l keep you updated on this!
Oh, I have to mention one last thing: Last month The Cure's Disintegration was released as a Deluxe Edition and although I have known the album since 1989, when it was originally released and it has always been ONE of my favourite ones, I can now solemnly declare that IT'S THE BEST ALBUM EVER! Kyle (the little Southpark guy, for those of you who have not seen the episode with Mecha-Streisand) got this absolutely right! I mainly listen to the live versions on the Entreat Plus part of the set and there is nothing better music-wise in the whole wide world! Even the universe, I am sure of that! And it reminds me of such great concerts I saw, mainly the one at the Bizzarre Festival at the Loreley in May 1989 and the one in Barcelona on June 21st 1989 - a date and event I will never forget! No band ever will mean more to me than those guys. NEVER!
So I guess that's it for today. I will go and prepare dinner now and then go back to writing about my fictional characters for a while - let's see what they are up to.
Have a glorious summer time all of you, whether at home or on holidays, I'll be around again soon!
There's always a lot going on in Galway in June and July, at the moment we have a powerboat race festival with food and crafts stalls, concerts etc., some Latin American festival, than there is the Film Fleadh and the Galway Arts Festival in July. This year one of the many bands playing is The Human League (together with Heaven 17) and although I am hardly a fan I think it's an opportunity not to be missed - and so I am hoping that Phil and the girls will be a positive surprise when they play on July 24th. Even more exciting than a (once) popular band coming to Galway is that Daniela (yes, the one who abandoned me in October last year to move back to Hamburg - as you might have noticed I am terribly resentful!) is coming and we are going to see them together! I guess she might only be here for one day, but we will surely make the most of it!
The past few weekends we have been quite busy partying, eating and drinking with friends and that is nice for a change. We tend to be more of the couch potato variety, especially in winter, but the change in the weather and the long hours of daylight make a huge difference. We had barbecues twice at our friends' place, last week had a little "Eurovision Song Contest" Party at home (well done Lena! I don't think your song was that great but you sure deserved to win!) with food from 7 of the participating countries (German, Turkish, Greek, French, Cypriot, Serbian and Spanish) and yesterday went out for dinner with friends - which ended with the staff asking us if we could leave because they wanted to go home. Normally I would have been very upset about this, but in this case it was okay as the place had been quiet all evening and we had been there for 4 hours, had finished all our food and most of the drinks.
I am still reading quite a lot at the moment (still re-reading Stephen King novels, I have to get new ones soon, also I think he has a new one out and tomorrow I'll check if it's available here). Also I have started writing a bit which at the moment is giving me a lot of pleasure. I guess it's a bit of a writing exercise as I don't really have a plot (yet) and mainly write about my characters' past and current situation, but I will hopefully come up with something - we will see and I'l keep you updated on this!
Oh, I have to mention one last thing: Last month The Cure's Disintegration was released as a Deluxe Edition and although I have known the album since 1989, when it was originally released and it has always been ONE of my favourite ones, I can now solemnly declare that IT'S THE BEST ALBUM EVER! Kyle (the little Southpark guy, for those of you who have not seen the episode with Mecha-Streisand) got this absolutely right! I mainly listen to the live versions on the Entreat Plus part of the set and there is nothing better music-wise in the whole wide world! Even the universe, I am sure of that! And it reminds me of such great concerts I saw, mainly the one at the Bizzarre Festival at the Loreley in May 1989 and the one in Barcelona on June 21st 1989 - a date and event I will never forget! No band ever will mean more to me than those guys. NEVER!
So I guess that's it for today. I will go and prepare dinner now and then go back to writing about my fictional characters for a while - let's see what they are up to.
Have a glorious summer time all of you, whether at home or on holidays, I'll be around again soon!
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