I’m updating again only because last night was so epic…and because it’s raining rather hard and I have nothing else to do lol.
I pretty much watched TV and wrote and went on the internet for most of yesterday afternoon (idk where my roommates went to), but I did get to see some fantastic game shows, Spongebob in Irish, and Judge Judy! But finally Rebecca and Rafa did come over to pry me from my solitude and we did end up making cookies, though it was a lot harder than I think it should have been. It basically was a powder mix that you add water and butter to, except the butter measurement was 25 grams. So there we are, painstakingly guessing what 25 grams looks like…I still have no idea if we actually got it. But the mess did turn into cookie dough that baked and tasted rather delicious (despite the burning...), so our complete guessing seems to have worked. We went to Rafa’s place so she could eat (finally, at like 9) and on the way bought some Bulmer’s, which, for those who don’t know, is the best Irish hard cider to get. We watched a rugby game (Dragons vs Connaght(sp?)) and explained to Rebecca and Rafa’s roommate Lou what the eff was going on. Honestly, we almost didn’t go out because we were all falling asleep on the couches, but as neither Lou nor I had been out yet we decided it was time. We went to this pub called An Brog that we heard was cheap where we met a bunch of my friends from IFSA (my program). They had €3 pints until 11, so obviously we took advantage of that and stopped ordering pints at 11 lol. I tried my first Guinness and it was actually rather good. I’m not such a fan of dark beer, but this was a lot better than anything in the states. I also had Murphy’s, another dark beer, and it was pretty good as well. But my favorite of the night were these things called apple shots, which literally tasted like an apple! They were 2 for 1 so we decided to share and try them, but I didn’t expect them to be so good! Funny story though: when I went to the bathroom a couple of girls there asked me where I was from and when I said New York they immediately bombarded me with questions about the area. I just pretended to be from the city since that was easier, but mostly what they wanted to know is if I'd ever been to the Jersey Shore. That's a bit of an obsession here, that show, especially Mike "The Situation". "Sadly" I'd never met him but it was still fun talking to them! But that was it for the night because we weaklings were tired. It’s a bit of a walk from town to my dorm, but I was happy from the night so I didn’t mind at all.
I slept late (finally) and when I woke up it was raining REALLY HARD so I immediately knew I wasn’t going anywhere. But literally AS I was getting into the shower the fire alarm went off! Some dumb peoples on the floor below us don’t freaking know how to cook so we had to stand out in the rain for 10 minutes. BOO DISLIKE. My first thought was, “Oh god I hope that wasn’t me…not again!”
So a note on Irish TV: the commercials are very, very strange. There’s one with a loaf of bread singing Christmas carols, another where a stick figure woman with single strands of hair sticking straight up singing “Somebody to Love” (for Confused.com, a dating site), and, my favorite, CGI babies roller skating in an Evian commercial to “stay young.” That last one is really scary, actually. Then I just saw one with giant flying flight attendants, for Virgin mobile. No lie, dudes.
I’ve been told I need to go to these two restaurants called Kiwi and Mango, so maybe I’ll try that this weekend. Also the local brewery (Beamish) runs tours so I think I’m gonna go on that, perhaps. I’ll drag Rafa along with me, per usual lol. I’m definitely getting used to the accents by now, and I think I’m starting to use some slang. Like telling people to “cop on,” aka use common sense.
Things that I like about buying my own food: no one takes my cookies, I can drink straight from the orange juice carton, I cook (and clean) only for myself. Things that I miss about having Mom buy food for me: really good meals, being able to afford more than basic essentials, a dishwasher. What we realized is that for some reason we have 7 packs of butter in our fridge…and only 5 roommates. A bit of a mystery, actually.
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