Monthly Archives: January 2004

UFOs in Cork?

So, after Spanish class last night, I wandered up Patrick’s Hill (in the car, walking up there is a burden I can do without!) to take some photos of the North Side. I snapped a few shots before running back to the car out of the cold, cursing myself for not bringing a scarf or a warmer coat!
Later when I examined the photos I noticed a trail of what looks like smoke in one of the shots just behind the Cathedral. In the next shot taken a few seconds later it’s missing. What could it be? Conspiracy theories and outragous comments welcome! 🙂
Photo information: Pictures taken 2-3 seconds apart, 2 second exposure, F2.0, ISO 100, Exposure Value 0.0

Nip/Tuck

Who watched the first episode of Nip/Tuck last night on Sky?
I watched a couple of episodes in Chicago and found it compelling viewing, even if it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. It’s a dark comedy, showing how obsessed we as a media influenced population are with body image and looks.

“Am I really that ugly?”

It goes without saying, that if you’re at all squemish about blood or seeing people cut up then this is not for you.

Irish Live Music

Live music is great, and The Coal Quay Bar is a relatively new bar here in Cork that has bands in on a regular basis. Last Sunday Limerick band the willful played there and were great! So, while Veron and her friends sang along to the band some guy in a baseball cap played air guitar to his own private audience of the whole pub as he persisted in jumping around in front of the band! Ah yes, fear the designated driver who has a blog! 🙂
Despite the fact that they come from Kilkenny, another band, UP 4 it are well worth going to see. They play a lot of rock and metal and have a brilliant medley of rock and metal intros that’ll get everyone going! I just wish they hadn’t come over to our table with that microphone.. *cough* *cough*
Another band I saw a long time ago and in another life is Big Generator who have been around a while and again are worth seeing.
A post like this would never be complete without mentioning the excellent, and popular, and talented (cheque’s in the post Owen?) The King of Hearts Band. Owen, Adrian and the other guys will be playing next Sunday night in the Coal Quay Bar and I’ll be in there, so make yer way in if you’re around!
(Thanks Owen for the links!)

Buying a house in Ireland

Well, it would appear that Jeremy is buying a house as is John (hope the signing went well!), but they’re in the USA. What about Ireland?
I’m buying too, and hoping to have everything sorted within a month. I did mean to blog what was happening but as it’s a business fraught with uncertainties I didn’t want to say much until things had progressed along a bit.
I expect the engineer will inspect the property sometime this week so once that’s out of the way I’ll post some links to oasis, info on costs, and how maddening the whole process can get!
‘Course, I’m going to be completely broke for the forseeable future so I’ll have plenty of time to compose this article. 🙂

Down by the river..

By the River Lee in Mahon last night.

This image is made up of 4 photographs stitched together in the GIMP. I was playing around with Hugen, and Panorama tools but couldn’t get it to work at all well on any of the photos I tried. Back to the GIMP and I managed rather well IMO! It’s not perfect but at this low res it’s not that bad!
Click on the image for a larger version! And original .xcf file is available for any that ask!

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