Internationally Known

Well, I've been pretty MIA lately. I always think about blogging and then never get around to it. I'll try to be better about it, but we know that won't happen, don't we. ;) Anyhoo ... a lady that works for a theater in Ireland - The Peacock Theatre in Dublin, to be exact, found an image on the Penn Stater blog that they want to use in one of their plays. It just so happens to be one of mine :) Before you get all excited, they only want to use it on their backdrop for 3-5 seconds over the next 3 weeks. Even so — I think it's kind of cool. Here's the link to the photo they want to use: UPS Guy. Kind of random, I know.

My Dwelling

Well, half of it :) The other half was not clean enough to photograph and that may take a while. My office area is a disaster. In the meantime, enjoy these :)

Brrr — It's Cold in Here ....

So I really wanted to sleep in this morning, but I couldn't make it past 8. It snowed quite a bit last night and I woke up to shovels scraping on the sidewalk, so I decided to go dig out my car and then take a few photos. I haven't taken photos just for fun in a while. It was a good time.

The last one is of the first apartment I looked at in PA — I'm glad I thought the bedrooms were too tiny. :)

And the winner is ...

this photo [just for you Danielle :)]



Here's the lo res version of the card. I have to admit it looks way better in person. I kind of lured the viewer in with the nice envelope and label choice and the smacked them in the face with my bah-humbugness.



I hope everyone has a great Holiday!

Tis the Season for Assholes ;)

Oh the holidays. I'm not a total hater, but the crazies do happen to come out in large numbers. Anyhoo — I've been a little slow in getting photos up of my apartment. I'll keep my fingers crossed in hopes that I find the motivation to actually do that soon. No guarantees.

I have been working on some Christmas cards. I haven't really sent them out before, but I thought it would be fun.

So sending Christmas cards when you're single — strange? I think not. You just have to have the right angle. I've been trying to go through my options. I've decided I can't really do a photo card of just myself, but if I did, I'd make sure to have ten cats in it with me, to really drive the point home. Or, I guess I could just take a snapshot of me and baby Jesus. That way, I'd fit in with all of my friends who have kids and it would be festive. The possibilities are endless.

It was really tough to decide what way to go with it, but I settled on one. I'm pretty happy with it — it definitely gets my point across. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to send an alternate card to the grandma ;)

Here's somewhat of a teaser, but not really — similar style, different message. I prefer the photo on the card ;)

"Qu'est que sup" now

Hello my long lost blog readers — the few that are out there. :) As most of you know, I have relocated to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. And, for those of you who don't — surprise — I've moved.

My apartment is coming along. I'm hoping to have some photos posted soon to show you my sweet bachelorette pad. How can you beat dark pink carpet and light purple walls? Oh, and let me mention that when I was placing my microwave cart, it rolled across the kitchen — lovely. So now, it's door stopped into place.

I do like living in this small little town. I live in a very old building above a Rent-A-Center and a Hallmark. It's nice to be able to walk and be close to things. The town could stand to have a few more cooler shops and restaurants, but I'll live for now :)



My job is going well too. The people I work with are great and I really enjoy working on a campus. I've attended a couple of tailgates and went to my first football game last weekend. It's crazy to be around so many people who are all about Penn state and 'bleed blue and white' yadda yadda yadda. I'm not used to that aspect yet.

I got in trouble for wearing a red hat to the game since Penn State played Ohio State. I went out and bought a Penn State sweatshirt and it didn't even matter — the red hat ruined it. Don't blame me for the loss — I took the hat off and as soon as I did, Ohio State scored. You wouldn't want me to have that kind of power anyway.

That's all for now. I'll try to get some photos up soon.

The Crack is Good.

Sarah and I definitely learned about the crack in Ireland. The first time we heard about it was from her older distant relatives. I just thought I didn't hear them correctly . . . but I had. They explained it. It's spelled c-r-a-i-c and pronounced like 'crack.' It, in no way, means what we assumed it to mean. Craic is basically fun and good times. After we heard it the first time — it was everywhere. How's the craic? They have good craic. . . yadda yadda yadda.

Anyway, Sarah and I had a great trip. Before we left we had only rented a car and booked a hotel for the end of our trip. We pretty much planned as we went along. We started out by taking the Megabus to Chicago and then flying straight into Dublin. Our flight was alright. Our flight attendant seemed to be trying to hook us up with the two Irish guys in front of us. It was quite humorous. He also offered us a free round of drinks. Of course, I was the only one who took him up on the offer. Free is good. Don't judge me.

We landed in Dublin and picked up our rental car. I drove the whole trip and was lucky enough to get the hang of driving a stick shift left-handed. It wasn't as bad as I had planned, but 2nd gear was a tad tricky.


Three hours later we made it to Galway. Out of the three cities we visited, it was my favorite. It was just more of what I expected to see of the scenery and the people of Ireland. We found a great place to stay for three nights. One of the days we made it out of Galway and went to a town called Clifden, but not before some guy pointed out that we had a flat tire. I know, how didn't we notice — but the tires on those tiny compact cars barely come up an inch of the ground when they're full. :) Somehow, and I have no idea how, we came across a tire place and they were great and helped us out.

Once we made our way out of Galway we headed to Cork. On the way we met up with some of Sarah's relatives she hadn't met before. They were very nice. We had tea and looked at old pictures. Then we continued on our way to Cork. Cork was neat, but it seemed too modern. It was a decent mix of new and old. We stayed in Cork for two days and then made our way to Dublin.

Dublin is a cool city. We did all of the normal touristy stuff in Dublin — Trinity College, Dublin Castle, Temple Bar, Christ Church Cathedral, and the Guinness Storehouse.

I, of course, enjoyed going out in the evenings. I had my fair share of beers. There were several occasions people would come up to us and tell us we were American and we asked them why they said that. Their response, "They don't make Irish girls that pretty." Ha! . . . what a line. They must teach them that line in kindergarten. But, all in all the people were great. I think that's one of the best things about traveling is meeting the wide variety of people.

It's unfortunate, but I think my travels for the time being will be done, but I am so glad I've had all of these opportunities. I do have a teaser for you — I have a trip planned for next February. Dad and I are going to London and we are going to see Michael Jackson in concert. I'm a huge fan and I've always wanted to see him live. Since this is his last concert — I have to go :) It's near the end of the tour, so I'm hoping he doesn't dance himself to death. I wasn't sure if my Dad was that excited, but I went to have dinner with my parents a week ago and I went in the house and Dad is sitting in the chair with one glove on. ;) It should be a good time.