Um, Ouch

Brilliant photos though.
We found them on Magic Seaweed Dot Com

D.O.P.

I've joined the Dublin Orchestral Players playing the upright bass! I have taken ONE lesson and am entirely new at playing. It's not different in essence to the electric bass, the strings and notes are all the same, it's the bowing that's the thorn in my side. It's cat hard to play, and the sound of me practicing is akin to the wails of tortured small animals. It's going to sound bad bad bad before it starts sounding good! (I'm slowly but surely getting better though!)
We're doing a concert March 1st at St. Jude's Church in Templeogue.
When I bought the bass it was setup all arseways. the action was very high and it actually hurt to play with the strings so far away from the fretboard. Rather than cart her all over town and pay a small fortune in repairs, I consulted the interweb and set about doing it myself. It was a bit terrifying, I didn't want to destroy the thing, but it was ultimately rewarding in the end (and turned out to be pretty easy). Not only did I fix it, I fixed it well. Go me!







My nice little mess.

The Annamoe Pt. 3

This time was the funnest! Not a word, I know, but highly applicable. Again, a few new cuts and scrapes but I was smiling the whole way down for once.



Before Jacksons.



Mid Jacksons



After Jacksons (I threw my paddles and jumped ship the second I made it down! What a dumbass)



Thanks Paddy xx

Thanks YoCo!!

Check out Corina's blog, she led me to this amazing site...

HannahZakari

Yes I spent too much but the stuff is lovely lovely lovely.

To my fellow Canucks.

Hide the eggs! I'm coming home for Easter hourrah!!!

Javier Bardem

No country for old men. Bloody brilliant.
He scared the bejaysus out of me but I still fancy him a little bit afterwards.

Ok, secret's out.
(not much of a secret after it's announced in the Sunday Indo I suppose....)
Oh well.
I have finally, after months of talking about it, thinking about it, (and drinking about it!), started a new project. I hesitate to call it a record label, I don't want to limit it. It's a project, and a collection and an amalgamation of all the things that I love. Namely, music, art, and my friends.
The first release will be March of this year and I'm so excited about it.
Please check out the website (designed by the ever brilliant Mr. Mullen)

angel she's a killer

For Dad!

life lessons

Isn't it so confusing when you think you're teetering on the edge of a precipice of a major life change, and you're anticipating all of the massive shiny new-ness, and the teensy subtle nuances of your chosen path, when suddenly a simple door closes and the change in your life is changing. So change is change and no change is an even bigger change. When does it get easier?
(in other news I did get some super fabulous news today so I suppose my little cloud had a shiny lining...)

way to go pontiac!