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Castle day
... and the old tapestries and furniture pieces were quite amazing. You could look into some of the rooms at different levels in the towers and again I did not go to the top of the castle but G And Stephanie did and said it was interesting looking down and seeing the area that looked like it may have had a moat around it. In the grounds were different cottages you could walk into and again life must have been harsh. Just as a little ...
Rag Week and Convention Madness
... coffee shop, and so does the health science building next door. And just across the Living Bridge, I have my choice of a nicer but still reasonable meal, and next door to that is a fancy pants restaurant. In the student center, I can go to Stables or Scholar’s for a dump meal (the other day I decided to have breakfast at Stables and paid way too much for the sad little excuse they served me.) I can go to Paddocks or the Library for cafeteria ...
A Scattering of Random Adventures
... I might have eaten that didn't fare well. Was it the Indian? The fudge? The fish? I've been eating the fish this whole week, but sticking it back in the oven to heat it up. Maybe it was undercooked? My housemate was sick last week, so that could have something to do with it. Apparently something dreadful is going around. Did the sickies finally catch up with me?
Thursday I pretty much did a whole lot of nothing. I needed to feel better and refused to spend ...
Not "Do I know you?" but "Hey I know you!"
... essays on the Anglo-American and Eastern Europe revivals, write first on my overall impression, then write on the common themes that tend to pop up in my readings, then write on one specific theme that is the most prevalent. My theme: Authenticity.
Interview and transcription (came out to 21 pages), photograph documentation, video, audio recording, and jottings (short notes to reference later) from my field research at the Ennis Singers Club
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And We're Off!
... no. He compared the Gaeltacht regions in Ireland to Basque Country in Spain and even Wales, saying that if you move to a Basque region, you need to learn Basque or else you will not survive, whereas in Ireland, you can move to a Gaeltacht region, like Dingle, and get by only speaking English. He said that in Wales, some 60-80% can speak it regularly, when the percentage is much smaller in Ireland. Still, I am happy that the language is alive ...
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