90. See Cirque du Soleil What an amazing weekend! To my complete surprise, Mink got us tickets to see Cirque du Soleil: Corteo as my belated birthday present, and I’d never been to a show before so I was stoked. And I was not disappointed: it was one of the most spectacular performances I’ve ever […]
Read more "Cirque du Soleil: Corteo"So, suddenly I turn around and realize that it’s almost mid-March. What’s the deal with that, March?! An epic account (including pictures! Pictures of green green green things!) of my trip to Dublin with Laur is in order, and I am getting around to writing in between working at the bar (occasionally), reading depressing novels […]
Read more "Mardi Gras/Faschingdienstag"Okay, so, technically, I’ve legally been an adult for 7 years now – although I shudder to admit that I turned 18 that long ago. But when I think of the supposedly synonymous term “grown up,” with all of its implied ability to be responsible and serious, I don’t really feel like one at all. […]
Read more "On My Supposed Adulthood"Laur and I are going to Dublin a week from now! To set the mood, here’s a 1994 video from The Cranberries called “Zombie.” I will admit freely I don’t know many Irish bands off the top of my head, and I didn’t wanna do the whole U2 thing for this post. (Sorry if you’re […]
Read more "Dublin Calling"It’s like I’m falling out of bed From a long and weary dream Finally I’m free of all the weight I’ve been carrying – Radiohead, “Separator” That Radiohead’s new album, The King of Limbs, was just released is definitely not news – and just about everyone’s posted and/or seen the video for “Lotus Flower” with […]
Read more "The King of Limbs: A Non-Review"February 11th, evening The last part of the trip was emphatically more fun. When we got back to the city, we had a drink at the Hard Rock Café in the Square just to say we’d been there – and it was Mink’s first experience at an HRC (and they’re all similar, those lovely chain […]
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