February 2012
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So wonderful. Fantastic rendition of Scenes From...
January 2012
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mig14 asked: My name's Megan, and I found your post about moving to Dublin. I'm moving there in September for a year for school, and I'm curious about your housing situation. I want to streamline my move as much as possible, so I'll be applying for a room on campus. I'm wondering where you're living (and what was included in your accommodation), and whether or not I should move...
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Maria in Vietnam: Flexibility Now. Right. Freakin.... →
A great friend, and one of the smartest people I know, is currently teaching in Vietnam through a Fulbright. This is a great post from her blog. Though we are having vastly different experiences, I think that everyone who lives abroad shares a few commonalities: especially in terms of oscillating between feelings of being surrounded by familiar people and isolation. Here in Dublin I’m...
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That morning I got free coffee. Sort of.
I woke up early this morning to essentially do one thing: get free coffee. I know that I’ve waxed poetic before on my desire for coffee, so it shouldn’t come at any great surprise to you. What may surprise you, however, is that I until this morning, I had no coffeemaker of my own here in Dublin. My kitchen came furnished with an electric kettle, so it seemed silly to purchase a...
“Art can never become a political imperative because great art always fails and...”
– The Pursuit of Glorious Failure
John Waters, 2007
“I was blindfolded in a makeshift prison, who knows where. I’d been there for six...”
– Wael Ghonim, 31, created the Facebook page We Are All Khaled Said that played a key role in the Egyptian uprising in January 2011 – protesters tell us their stories here. (via guardian)
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Always puts a smile on my face.
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Because it's been too long
Oh, I know. It’s been ages since I’ve written and I am a terribly bad person for making a commitment to blog abroad, only to make it seem as though I was absconded with. To be fair it’s not as though I actually broke my promise, as I spent much of my past month Stateside, holidaying with my wonderful family. So, technically, you weren’t missing out on that much of my abroad...
December 2011
26 posts
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“While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never...”
– Oscar Wilde
30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself →
When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you.
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Abbey Theatre programme looks to reflect state of... →
This morning the first part of the Abbey Theatre’s 2012 programme was officially announced. You can click the title through to read the accompanying article on the Irish Times, but here are a few quick thoughts:
I find the selection of Tom Murphy’s The House to be a particularly interesting choice, especially juxtaposed against Druid’s all-Murphy season. While the play is...
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November 2011
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SamuelYates: It's absolutely frigid outside. What... →
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WatchHappy birthday, to you!
I received this video of my older brother Ross blowing out the candles on his birthday cake last evening while I was celebrating Thanksgiving with the other Mitchells. So incredibly lucky to have two amazing families: my actual family and the Mitchell family.
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