Fifty

Found this meme via Neil who found it via Dave who got it from Chris. :)

  1. What time did you get up this morning? 8:16am to get my bus at 9.10
  2. Diamonds or pearls? Pearls.
  3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Sideways, excellent film which was both subtle and hilarious.
  4. What is your favourite TV show? At the moment its Scrubs. Consistently funny.
  5. What did you have for breakfast? Two bowls of Cheerios.
  6. What is your middle name? Thomas
  7. What is your favorite cuisine? Italian
  8. What foods do you dislike? Really spicy stuff.
  9. What is your favourite crisp/chip flavour? Whatever flavour Wheelies are. :)
  10. What is your favourite CD at the moment? At the moment its the Ocean’s 12 OST by David Holmes.
  11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? Don’t drive yet although I am studying for the theory test.
  12. Favourite sandwich? Subway Turkey Breast and Ham with Cheese, Lettuce and Tomatoe.
  13. What characteristics do you despise? Selfishness and snobbery.
  14. Favourite item of clothing? My Firefox t-shirt.
  15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Somewhere warm but not too warm and where the people are nice.
  16. What colour is your bathroom? It’s got white tiles.
  17. What colour pants are you wearing? Brownish chords.
  18. Where would you retire to? No idea yet.
  19. Favourite time of the day? Morning.
  20. What was your most memorable birthday? My 18th birthday when my mum arranged for all my friends and family to come to the house.
  21. Where were you born? Dublin.
  22. What’s the last thing you ate? Cheerios.
  23. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Blue.
  24. Favorite flower? Rose.
  25. What fabric detergent do you use? Tesco’s one.
  26. Coke or Pepsi? Coke.
  27. Do you wish on stars? Not consciously.
  28. What is your shoe size? Between a 9 and a 10.
  29. Do you have any pets? Yes, two cats – Fat and Mogey.
  30. Last person you talked to on the phone? My mum.
  31. What did you want to be when you were little? A fireman.
  32. What are you meant to be doing now? Working.
  33. What do you first notice about someone? Demeanour.
  34. Siblings? One younger brother, Conor.
  35. What was your favourite toy as a child? Matchbox toy cars.
  36. Summer or winter? Summer, but winter is cool if it snows.
  37. Hugs or Kisses? Hugs.
  38. Chocolate or vanilla? Both. Together.
  39. Who is most likely to respond? Probably noone.
  40. Who is least likely to respond? Everyone. :)
  41. Living arrangements? At home with mum and brother.
  42. When was the last time you cried? Probably at my grandads funeral a year ago.
  43. What is under your bed? Think its just old books and things.
  44. How many countries have you visited? Hmm, Wales, Spain and Portugal. I need to get out more. :shock:
  45. In how many cities have you lived? Just Dublin.
  46. Favourite movie of all time? The Shawshank Redemption – legend.
  47. Mountains or beach? Mountains, not 100% sure why.
  48. The current friend you have known the longest? Probably Dave who I’ve known for donkey’s years.
  49. Full names of your potential kids? No idea.
  50. Usual bedtime? Usually aboit 12.

Suas and Sios

Suas (pronounced sue-as), the irish word for up and Sios (pronounced she-os), the irish word for down describe this weekend. On Friday I went to football with the lads but caught my finger in the railings while running along the side of the pitch. It dislocated and I got Clive to pull it back into place. It was really sore afterwards and swelled up but I was glad it hadn’t broken. Was pleased with my goal-scoring performance afterwards though.

Saturday I lazed about the house for the majority of the day and then headed into town to meet Anne-Marie and her mates for her birthday do. We went to 4 Dame Lane, a nice pub (bit hot and the music was a tad too loud) in the centre of the city. I only knew Anne-Marie and there were loads of people there so I eventually got chatting to Maria (Anne-Marie’s mate) who by all accounts was very friendly and particularly good looking. :smile: After 4 Dame Lane we headed around the corner to a club called Ri-Ra where we stayed until about 3 and then headed off home. They got a taxi home and I went for the nitelink which I just about caught. Unfortuneatly when I got on the bus there was a running fight going on upstairs. They wouldn’t calm down at all so the gardai were called and took them off the bus and arrested one punter. Have never seen that much trouble on the bus before but it lead to a 25 minute delay in getting home.

Today I was up relatively early for an away game with the team. The game was against Baldoyle United but it was on out in Malahide for some reason. :neutral: Anyway, the conditions were absolutley atrocious with heavy rain on an already wet pitch leading to a really scrappy game. Baldoyle went on to win 4-1 due to some bad defending and a lack of concentration. :sad:

Two Years On

Two years ago today I started blogging with a piece of software called b2. I started mainly to keep a note of the developments I would be making on Orion (my final year project for college) and also to keep a note of events in my life. It’s covered a lot of topics in the intervening years and its been valuable to look back and see what’s happened to me. I was shocked recently at how few entries I had made and so have resolved to keep more up to date and I seem to be doing that so far.

On the technical end of things, the software which runs the blog changed in December 2003 from b2 to WordPress and the changeover couldn’t have gone smoother. WordPress continues to be developed by a dedicated team of programmers lead by Matt and Ryan. Incidentally, I was experimenting with the upcoming 1.5 release which has now gone into beta on the weekend. It looks great and now adds the facility to add “Pages” which lie outside of the blog structure but are still editable. There have been a lot of changes but I’ve decided to wait until a stable release is available before upgrading. Anyway, here’s to another few years on the blogging train. ;)

Meet the Fockers

Went to see this last night with Anne-Marie and wasn’t expecting too much based on some of the reviews its been getting in the States. Have to say firstly that I enjoyed it as a film. However, compared to its predecessor, it doesn’t stand up to critical assessment. Considering the cast they had to work with, the script is lazy and retreads ground covered in the first film. That mainly involves Gaylord getting himself into ridiculous situations and then being ridiculed by Jack Byrnes. For a sequel to Meet the Parents, that just isn’t good enough and the lack of quality set pieces is illustrated by the fact that a scene which could have been comedy gold, the Focker family reunion, is instead reduced to lame name checking when they could have introduced some of the extended frat pack. All in all a decent film but a disappointing continuation. Lets hope Meet the Little Focker doesn’t get made as there just isn’t enough material here to justify a third.

Tony’s Rating: 5/10

Plot Synopsis: Having given permission to male nurse Greg Focker to marry his daughter, ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife travel to Miami to Greg’s parents, who this time around are Mr. and Mrs. Focker, who are as different from them as can be. As asked in the first movie, what sort of people name their son Gaylord M. Focker?

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