Archive for July, 2007

It had been raining for over 50 days non-stop in Ireland..

Last week, we got a day or two of no rain, just clouds

Today has been a great day here in Monaghan.. yesterday wasn’t bad either.. hot, relatively sunny and dry – so summer is finally here.. *crosses fingers*

Anyway, i couldn’t enjoy the day up to now as i had to go to Cavan hospital this morning with my girlfriend’s baby cousin. So no sleep in for me.. i hate hospitals.. And of course today would have to be a great day weather wise – when i’m stuck in hospitals and in the car

At last i can get a bit of peace and relax..

It’s not too often Monaghan get to play in Croke Park (in GAA- irish football).

But we’re off to Croke Park on August 12th to the ALL IRELAND quarter finals

Against the Brazil of Gaelic Football – Kerry. (Current Champions of Ireland).

I’m not much of a GAA fan.. long story but basically all of my schools and headmasters were all GAA nuts…. in Irish class, it was compulsary to learn an essay on an ‘All Ireland Final at Croke Park’ or something like that… it drove me mad and i began to hate everything GAA..

More recently, they refused to allow soccer into croke park, labelling it as a ‘foreign sport’, yet they had American Football and various other games held in Croker Park. The government had part funded the building of the new Croker Park so that was a real issue for me…

They blatently shunned soccer because it was ‘English’ – totally unacceptable and dare i say it, sectarian.

But eventually they wised up and changed ‘rule 42′ (the rule which banned foreign sports). As Irish soccer’s home is being re-developed, we now play in Croke Park… I’ve been at the 2 matches we’ve played.

Anyway, Monaghan is a small county, about 50,000 people, very unsuccessful in sport – soccer, hurling, football, anything really

So i’ll hop on the bandwagon and lend my support to my county.. against the mighty Kerry, we’ll need every bit of support we can get

July has been pretty much a holiday month for me..

London, Dublin, then my family and my girlfriend’s family all off on 2/3 weeks holidays.. i’ve had no real pattern this month and i hate that. That said, i’ve still managed to keep up the old blog posts.. i think i’ve missed 2 days in July where i didn’t post.

That ain’t bad considering i’ve spent the majority of my time away from my computer Apart from blogging, i’ve got nothing really to show for July.. I haven’t even bothered to hunt for paid reviews this month, so earnings will be way down from last month.

After this week, things will be back to normal as everyone around me will be back to work. We’re still hoping to launch BeerChief (in some shape or form) in August, so things will be hectic. I’ll also have to sort out college stuff and make sure all is ready for September

I went to see the Simpsons Movie yesterday, hence the lack of posts

Anyway, it was great I’m a huge Simpsons fan and the movie didn’t disappoint. Everyone has to go and see this film. Here’s a preview;

Unlike Harry Potter, everyone loves the Simpsons

In the Movie, Homer names a pig Harry Plotter and puts glasses on him Normally i hate any references to HP, but seen as they were taking the micky, it was ok

This is unbelievable..

He clearly dodges the question and actual says he is dodging it.

You could clearly see as the question was being asked it was going over his head and he was trying to think of a smart ass response.. his brutal honesty of ‘i don’t know, i’ll ask someone and get back to you’ is shocking..

What’s even more shocking is the fact people are laughing at him as if it’s all a big joke.. does anyone think we should have ‘the x factor’ type competitions for presidents/prime ministers?

That way, all the bluffers like Bush would be kicked out in the early stages..