unemployment

the job hunt is depressing.
or rather,
having no money is depressing.
my living conditions are slowly deteriorating:
as i run out of things, i can no longer replace them...
no more hair conditioner, that's a luxury
no more soy cheese, just plain taties for me
running out of cooking oil
have begun to pick herbs from public parks and other people's gardens
may soon resort to table and dumpster diving for food
or sneaking into hostels for the 'community food' that past guests have left behind

will report again soon.

somewhere out near barna? bad light for photos

Rooftops, beaches

Back to Galway and the weather is fine. Enjoying unemployment just a little too much. I'm a little stressed about the money situation, but I'm sure things will work out soon. Just moved into a new room in my house. I was previously in the attic (4th floor), am now in the only bedroom on the 2nd floor. It's also the largest bedroom, and the only one with a fireplace. Gorgeous, lovely etc. I loved my attic room, but got sick of climbing a dodgy ladder all the time. Stuck it out for six months, enjoyed the whole starving-artist-living-in-an-attic romance, am now glad to have a normal door to walk through.

Planning on buying a bicycle soon. I'd like to work somewhere just outside the city, somewhere I can cycle to. While in the states I realised how unfit I've become. Yarr.

Life is grand.

It's amazing to watch Galway change as the weather does. The city feels mopey, cold and unhappy in the winter, but any day the sun is out, people are out in hoardes. Outside tables at restaurants and pubs are crowded, as are Eyre Square, and the Spanish Arch. Constant invitations to beach & rooftop parties, barbecues.

San Francisco

Street art, Half Moon Bay, strange ingredients (check the last ingredient).

sedona

had fun in sedona with jenna. now in san francisco.

pictures from sedona & surrounding area:

disneyworld

loved the rest of my time in new york. ate at lots of good restaurants, got my tourist on and visited most of the major sites.. cried at some amazing modern art at MoMA and the Met. really makes me miss living close to good galleries.

now in orlando with father, brother, uncle and cousin. having fun checking out various disneyworld parks.. magic kingdom yesterday, typhoon lagoon today. it's nice to see some sunshine. really good to hang out with dad and pete.

i miss home though. ireland. galway.


photos: dad taking a photo (unusual, no?)/ brother peter and i wet our pants/ peter and buzz lightyear/ cousin mia 'wha' happened?'/ view of road from the car

NYC - Day 2

Golly!

My second day in New York, and I'm feeling completely exhausted and overwhelmed. This is a big place.

Had dinner last night at a great veg restaurant called Red Bamboo. Am staying with a couple of vegan friends and a friend of theirs organised this big dinner with about 20 veg and vegan people he knew, so it was a nice way to spend my first night here- chatting with interesting people from around the States and the world over good food.

Today had brunch at Teany, a teeny veg cafe part owned by Moby. Recommend the triple chocolate brownie brownie (not sure whether the second brownie was a typo on the menu, but i like it). After that went on a mission to find new shoes, mine were in a state.. the sole had almost completely come away from the right shoe. Then headed to the Met via a dawdle through Central Park, stopping along the way to be charmed by squirrels.

Somehow those few activities filled my entire day.. I guess I did a lot of wandering along the way. Will post photos at some point.