Guinness is Good for You

This time I actually have a legitimate excuse for my hiatus. My macbook crashed and had to get a new hard-drive. It was pretty scary thankfully it was free because I had applecare (even my computer has a better health care plan than me!) and because I am now becoming a more responsible adult I backed up all my important things before the crash.

In my last rant I somehow left out Rick Santorum. Argh! That's all I'm going to say about him, he is not worth wasting my time or energy.

Now, onto bigger and better Irish things!

I finally got my visa sorted out and renewed so I can stay here for another year! I have rekindled my love affair with Ireland now that this has finally been resolved, it's like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders. This great news came the day before St. Patrick's day which made for all the more reason to celebrate! I went to the parade again which has this old world, steam punk feel to it which I really like. Then because I have become a true ex-pat and I wanted to avoid the annoying, drunk tourists I went to a pub outside of the city where I could watch the rugby match in peace. Ireland played England. On St. Patrick's Day. They lost, badly. I was gutted.  There should be a rule that Ireland cannot lose on St. Patrick's Day, right? Then I did some Irish step dancing and poured my own pint of Guinness. A truly quintessentially Irish day that most people would have to shell out the big bucks for, but just a normal day for me!

I poured this pint!

The sun has been shining the past few days and it's gorgeous! I hope that this is not it for our whole summer!  Because the warm weather is a bit rare you can always spot who lives here and who's a tourist because the natives shed their sweaters to bask in the sun while those who are usually visiting from warmer climates are still bundled in their coats looking at the others as if they are crazy.

I'm keeping busy with the theatre company, a few auditions, lots of acting workshops (which are great but leave my body feeling like I've been hit by a truck!) and I'm going to be an extra in a film on Monday. I have been meeting up with some of the people I met during the film festival to talk about helping each other/collaborating on work and that has been exciting. Last night we had an official reunion which was fun but has left me very tired today. I think I'm getting old. This is how it starts, right?

I have been thinking about changing the title of my blog since I have been here for more than a year and I appreciate accuracy. I have a few ideas but anyone out there have any thoughts/suggestions?

Be back with more witticisms soon!