The (insert correct adjective) life of Kate

Bigger and Better!

2005-05-23T01:13:00.000-07:00

My sincerest apologies for the tiny font...I shall try harder to type bigger so it will be easier to read about my oh so enthralling life. As for this fabulous life I lead...its been super boring lately. Rain and just plain laziness has kept me from leaving my apartment, well excluding the trip across the driveway to take out the trash and call a taxi. eh, oh well. Yesterday was great minus the fact that I woke up at 8:30 to the jackhammers outside my window. Just lovely. However, I decided to enjoy my day and read my book all morning by the window with the sun warming me up (doesnt do that much in Ireland). Then I just lounged around in my pajamas watchin all sorts of tv. American idol, then beethoven's 2nd (takes me back!), and charlies angels (not good, but entertaining). Went to sleep after that for a good twelve hours. Let me tell you, I haven't been able to do that in forever! something always wakes me up. Either that or my body thinks 4 hours is enough sleep. ha. Today I read more of my book, but I didnt want to finish it since its the only one I have for the plane. A whole lot of nothin was on tv so I opted to watch a kagillion movie trailers online. nerdy yes. entertaining definitely. Now I am so super psyched for the summer! So many awesome movies are comin out.

Now I only have 4 hours til my taxi comes to pick me up! I get to look forward to a taxi at 5AM to the airport, flight to amsterdam at 7 which is an hour and a half (of backtracking mind you), a 6 hour layover in amsterdam ha, and then an 8.5 hour flight to detroit (thank god there is complimentary alcohol and good movies on my private screen!), and then a few more hours to wait in detroit til my flight to bham. I finally get into the ham at 8 PM. Talk about a long day! but I am soooo excited to get home! When I get there I'm either going straight to sleep or calling Karen and going to waffle house. Tis my favorite restaurant and I have missed it so. There is nothing like a waffle and hashbrowns smothered n covered. yum! But of course I shall write about my adventures at the airports and on the plane and perhaps waffle house. I spent lots of time packing today too and I must say my packing skills have greatly improved. Ok if I'm writing about packing skills I have obviously run out of things to write. haha. Time for Garden State. Oh yeah and one of my new favorite movies is now Chocolat.

Lyrics of the day:

I don't wanna be lonely no more
I don't wanna have to pay for this
I don't want to know the lover at my door
Is just another heartache on my list

I don't wanna be angry no more
You know I could never stand for this
So when you tell me that you love me know for sure
I don't want to be lonely anymore
~Lonely No More by Rob Thomas

*Catchy song

All Alone

2005-05-21T03:14:00.000-07:00

Everyone is leaving me! Early this morning Marianne left me, now Anne and Tricia are leaving tomorrow morning. I'm all alone in my flat, well not completely alone...Ryan is still here, but she and I don't talk much. Eh, oh well. Only 3 more nights in Cork! My recent days have been filled with fun and a wee bit of education. I had my Shakespeare final on Thurs which I kinda winged minus looking over the 5 plays I read. I think I did fairly well though, but we shall see when I receive my grades! Ok, the way they do finals here is ridiculous. I was in a HUGE gym that held around 4 basketball courts. It had a tarp layed on it and a kagillion desks. I took a final with a rock climbing wall behind me. I can guarantee that wont happen again. haha. After the final Marianne and I walked back to the flat in the rain. Needless to say we were drenched when we got back. The rain couldnt damper our spirits though since we were finished! Made Anne and I some dinner and had a nerdy fun night. Marianne, Tricia, Anne and I sat around the table drinking bailey's and playing the cup game. If you don't know what that is, you're missin out. haha. I was obsessed. I will teach everyone I know. So Marianne's last night was full of laughs.

Today I woke up early (11:00) haha and studied for my last final, The People's Health. Since we know all the essay questions, studying isnt that hard at all, yet somehow UCC feels the need to provide students with an entire month to study. So ridiculous. Well I memorized my stuff and walked to the final with Anne. Finished early (aka hopefully done good...) and walked to the city centre for the last time. How sad. Bought some cadbury candy that I can only get here. I must say the shortage of Cadbury is the only thing missing in the US. haha. After hikin back Anne and I went to lennox's for the last time. Best damn fish n chips shop ever! I'm gonna miss those chips n cheese for sure. Then just bummed around. Watched monsters inc since Anne had never seen it and watched 24. Thank god my parents have taped it all semester! I can't wait to watch em. I started packing since everyone is leaving...I felt the need. Wow I wish I could think of interesting things to write in here. When I do this kinda thing I realize how boring my day to day life is...perhpas I shall have more interesting entries during the summer. haha. One can only hope. My book is getting quite good so I must return to it.

Lyrics of the day:

My whole lifeI've tried to run, I've tried to hide
From the stained glass windows in my mind
Refusing to let God's light shine
Down on me
Down on me

Everybody just wants to get high
Sit and watch a perfect world go by
We're all looking for love and meaning in our lives
There's not much space between us
Drugs or Jesus

Everybody wants acceptance
We all just want some proof
Everyone's just looking for the truth

Already addicted...

2005-05-17T02:11:00.000-07:00

Haha...like I said in my last post, I was going to become addicted to blogging. Lo and behold! I know myself so well. Despite the fact that I have virtually nothing to write about since I did jack today I just had to type. I did do something productive today though. I read two Shakespeare plays! Henry IV part 1 and part 2...insanity. But of course I only read the sparknotes. haha. I dont think I've ever done that before though...normally I read the entire text, but oh well. I'm a slacker here in Ireland. My final for that class is on Thurs and I have done just about nothing to prepare, yet I find I'm not worried at all. Hopefully I dont have a reason to be worried. ha.

Besides reading all I did was fix some soup for Anne and I (since she has no food I've decided to be nice and be betty crocker) and made some jello shots...had to get rid of our vodka. haha. We watched the girl next door and saved. both great movies in my opinion. Always make me laugh and smile. Two of my favorite things! Well I'm even boring myself so back to The Poisonwood Bible.

Lyrics of the day:

How do you get that lonely, how do you hurt that bad
To make you make the call, that havin' no life at all
Is better than the life that you had
How do you feel so empty, you want to let it all go
How do you get that lonely... and nobody know
~Blaine Larsen "How do you get that lonely"

The Beginning

2005-05-16T03:10:00.000-07:00

Well I have recently decided to rejoin the world of the bloggers. I dont belive I have much to write about, but who knows...you might find my life interesting. Currently I'm in Ireland, Cork to be exact. Hopefully I'll be leaving soon, but the exact date is unbeknownst to me since flights are booked up right now. Could be Sat, could be Mon...who knows. I would say I've had a fairly good semester overall though. I've seen about 15 countries, discovered a few new favorite books, met some fun people, and discovered quite a bit about myself and my two friends (Anne and Nicole) who studied here this semester as well from DePauw. Oh, and I've also developed a deep love for my ipod and laptop...I don't know what I would have done without them. haha.

I would write about my day, but it was so boring I dont care to recount it. However, I'm going to do so anyway. I spent most of the day reading (in the slacker fashion) sparknotes for Henry IV part 1. Tomorrow it's on to part 2! So much to look forward to. haha. Then I looked up cameras since I just broke mine. Definitely not an expense I can really afford, but I'd rather be in the hole a bit than tell my dad I broke another camera. haha. The most exciting part of my day is of course dinner. mmm. food. I cooked up some spicy spaghetti for Anne and I and we sat around drinkin wine and eatin spaghetti. Of course the spaghetti wasnt enough, so we walked all the way to tesco (a grocery store) to buy ben and jerry's. haha. but they had my favorite flavor! I was amazed. I hadn't seen in in Ireland. Dublin Mudslide...you think they would have that here. Dublin...Ireland...but this is the first time I've seen it! So of course that made my day. After returning and ripping open my ice cream we popped in Ray on my computer. What a wonderful film. I was surprised. Even made me tear up several times...geez, I'm such a softy. So now I have been forced to make a blog b/c I wanted to leave a comment on my friend Michael's blog. Now I'm sure I'll get addicted to this, just like facebook...and AIM...and email...and streamline radio...now I'm sounding like a geek, so I'm going to stop and go read my book. haha. nerds rock!

I feel like putting lyrics of the day on here...so here is mine for today:

"I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know were it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone [. . .]
My shadows the only one that walks beside me
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Till then I'll walk alone" ~Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams