wed. P.M.

So it was an uneventful day. Remember the saying for MN, "if you don't like the weather just wait 5 minutes." pretty much that has been how it is here. it gets gray and windy then rains for about 200 feet and then bright skys and sun. so it can be hard to be outside. you never know if you are going to need a jacket.

so here's the scoop as of right now. no job. i have sent my CV to 3 other recruitment agencies. I dropped off CVs @6 retail locations. I am now going to go and gather the phone numbers online. I also went to Origins Gallery today, the work of Mark Redden was on disply. Nothing stellar but it was worth a look. I love bogwood. Have I talked about bogwood? if ever you are in ireland and you have like 2 grand to blow on a piece of art, get a piece of bogwood art. This wood is really only readily available in Ireland. It is essentially fallen trees that are harvested from a bog, dried for 2 years and then carved into something. they are an amazing color and texture. beautiful and i have seen some nice things and some not so great things. Mark Redden, not so nice things, kind of a waste of a 4000 year old piece of wood, but what do i know, i couldn't make the crap he makes. the paintings were pretty abstract but pretty standard irish subject matter. the liffey, a quay or 2, horses, and the 9th gate of hell opening up...i don't know why that is such a popular subject but it is. there are ooddles of paintings about this subject, at all the art museums as well!

i have gathered almost all the things needed to make guinness brownies excluding guinness, paul wants me to use murphy's because it is from Cork, where he is from, and eggs. so i will make those eventually, i want to see if i can find some raspberries there might be some at the market, i will check tomorrow.

here's a crazy book thing, remember the book "the curious incident of the dog at nighttime"? well i saw a copy of it at a Waterstones called, "the curious incident of the dog in the NightDress". What?...humph?...yeah not so much.

also the ipod nation hasn't hit over here yet, not many people have the pod or mp3s for that matter. i love when i see people pull out big old discmans it makes me smile:) so that's the news from my neck of the woods peace out peeps. hopefully the concert will be good. Francesca is a fun girl so i am sure it will be great.

xoxo,
christie

p.s. digestive biscuits? does anyone know what they are? yeah they are an unlevened cookie with minimal sugar. how does this help you digest? no se.