HAPPY BISCUITS

Bantering round barca with a fish eye

2007-03-07T13:21:00.000-08:00

Twas deadly...
Lovely to see all the good faces again, feel the sun baking my bones, jump around with Giant Jolie and gay Paddle, drink Leche de Pantera, go far too long without sleep, drink cocktails and my god the meals, Tom's monkfish, yum! PAELLA! Ra for lunch in the sun, so much cheese in Mattia and Maxes no one could finish dinner.... ah the yumness of it all...
Got to a super gig as well- Junior Murvin and U-Roy in Apolo, fun beaming faces knee bopping times. Oh and I love my new camera too much. Six rolls too much. YAy. More to come.

JOLIE!!!!!!!

2007-03-01T18:00:00.000-08:00

BREAKFAST AFTER 3 YEARS

2007-02-18T16:15:00.000-08:00

Had a happy breakfast with Killian. Made french toast,sliced up oranges, drank juice and coffee and ate plenty of Especially You, (Dunnes Stores own brank Special K but soooo much better) I do love breakfasts with the boy.

I LOVE TRACKING ORDERS

2007-02-14T11:14:00.000-08:00

Ordered myself the cutest little lomographic camera from the B&H store in New York, a crazy chocolate factory for photographers, staffed only by sweet Hasidic Jewish men with long long beards and big smiles. I walk round that store in a daze, it's huge, I mean HUUUUUUUGE and when you buy your camera they put it on this little travelator thing that whisks it off above your head and zooms around the store to the cash desk where you collect it. Wandering round that store is such fun, all the zooming cameras above your head and everything you could ever dream of relating to photography. They also have little refreshment tables all round with lemonade and sweets and little pretzels.
So I ordered my camera, oh my it's so cute. It's a little compact film camera with a fish eye lense. I got it for my documentary in Spain in april with Niamh on her walk to Santiago. Aoife in Brazil got me to order her one too. I just logged on to check my order and they give full details of where our cameras are. They started their little journey in New York and then they hit some adverse weather conditions but now they're in Philadelphia. How exciting.
P.S I changed my blog design by mistake and don't know how to change it back, please help.

SPARK

2007-02-04T14:20:00.000-08:00

Been working with a programme called spark run by the axis centre out in Ballymun. It's definitely one of the best things I've ever worked on. Spark places artists in schools teaching them everything from ethnic drumming to mosaic to photography (me) to animation and musical theatre. The kids are deadly, so enthusiastic and full of ideas. The kids all made documentaries and giving them back their photos this week was the best feeling ever. They were so full of excitement looking at their photos and I knew they were getting the same buzz that makes me love photography so much. This is a collage I made of some photos we took in class to give them a few ideas for their own stuff. Their documentaries are incredible...I expected them to be good but they're so amazing. It will all be exhibited in the celebration week.....in two weeks I think.

New lenses are fun

2007-02-04T13:40:00.000-08:00

Borrowed Lili's sexy wide angle lense to do a quick photo shoot for the kaboogie boys and realised how much fun it is having a new lense to play with. There's a funny shop on Baggot street selling knickknacks or antiques as they call em. Never thought it was particularly pretty til I had a new lense to see it with.

Bought myself these pretty flowers the day my dear hound Jess died and nearly three weeks later they're still gorgeous.

Saturday night

2007-02-04T13:26:00.000-08:00

Been super busy and super happy these days, workin hard and having loads of fun. here are some photos from last night, met up with lili and una and corina. They are the pretty ladies.

NEW YEAR in LA TAVERNA

2007-01-06T17:06:00.000-08:00

I think this is where we first started to lose our brains. Ah but what fun.

Ah Bread Pitt. The centre of our world...

My brother took these

2007-01-06T17:03:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve when I was struck down my mysterious stabbing pain in my left lung.
So no more photos from the festive season til Dan gives me more of his smashing ones.

Ah where to Begin.....

2007-01-06T15:54:00.000-08:00

Where it all started I guess....not that I know when that was....

Christmas was lovely.

These were taken at a session in our gaff, after the max tundra gig in Kennedys, my new favourite place, especially the huge puddle you have to jump over to get in. Everyone's friendly not in an -'Oh my god you're my new best friend hug me, do you have gum' way but in the 'hey you're sound, so am I, deadly', kinda way.And the tunes are kickin.
We all came back to sit on the floor, couches and pandas of our gaff, drink beer, spill beer EVERYWHERE, light fires, toast marshmallows, rar rar rar blah blah, I love dogs and sligo and dubstep and niamhs hat and rar rar rar blah blah blah. Savage.

Photo a day

2006-12-29T09:33:00.000-08:00

For a while in Barcelona, when my digital camera was smashed and I was too broke to develop film, I took a photo a day on the cheapest slide film I could find, Prixcolor.
I wrote down what every days photo was in a tiny handmade book I bought from a man who sold them in the bar Zarabanda beneath our flat.
Some days I was happy, some days I was bored, some days I was drunk, some days I was hungry and our fridge had only cheese and beer. Some days I was silly, some days I was angry. A lot of days I was blurry.

Today I found the roll, and got it developed.

Today is also my grans birthday, she would have been 90 I think. I had such a lovely day, bopping round town, listening to music, buying flour and chillis, drinking a pint on my own in Grogans, waiting for photos to be printed. Now I am really late making dinner for my mum and dad but I wanted to put up these photos cos I had such a super day today. Happy birthday gran. xxx

Panda is BACK!

2006-12-17T10:20:00.000-08:00

EABHA HAS COOL EYES

2006-10-24T13:39:00.000-07:00

AND KILLIAN DRAWS COOL THINGS..

P.S I am super grumpy cos our flat is being sold and we have to start the search for another one. Grrrr you pesky landlord grrrr you to hell.

I LOVE KILLIAN

2006-10-17T12:54:00.000-07:00

HE FOUND OUR NEW FLAT!!!!!!!!!!!

ITS IN TEMPLEBAR, DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO CITY DISCS AND URBAN OUTFITTERS...AND A CERTAIN LOON OR TWO IN SPRANGERS YARD.

IT IS BIG AND HAS WOODEN FLOORS AND FLOOR TO CEILING WINDOWS AND SPACE FOR DECKS AND HARPS AND ALL THE LAUGHS IN THE WORLD.(I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SEEN IT COS KILLIAN SAW IT ON HIS OWN BUT ME KILLIAN AND FIONN STOOD OUTSIDE IT FOR AGES LAST NIGHT TRYING TO LOOK UP INTO THE WINDOW....IT HAS A LOVELY SHELF AND LIGHTBULB ANYWAY)

YAYEEEEE GOODBYE DAFT AND QUEUEING FOR 2 HOURS TO SEE FLATS AND SHOES TOO SMALL AND WALKING FROM IFSC TO ADELAIDE ROAD TO BACHELORS WALK AND ALL OVER THIS CITY I LOVE TO CALL HOME. NOW I HAVE MINE!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU SPUD.

(we move in saturday)

ESPECIALLY FOR LILI!

2006-10-14T10:45:00.000-07:00

Further to my recent phone conversation with lili I am delighted to present her first photo as a bride!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vivian in Dublin!

2006-09-30T23:29:00.000-07:00

Vivian most amazing lady in the world was here nearly two weeks ago. We had so much fun eating ice cream, drinking pints, boot shopping, laughing and talk talk talking RA RA RA. The brazilian chica cooked us up a mean irish breakfast too. Hurry up and visit again! I miss my beautiful friend.

UNA AND EABHA STAND UP IN BALLYMUN!!

2006-09-25T15:17:00.000-07:00

Oh how we laughed. Well done ladies. Hats off.

Ah....jumpy photos....

2006-09-08T10:20:00.000-07:00

Sometimes it's so sunny you just gotta.......TAKE JUMPY PHOTOS!!!!!!!!!!

It's finally been settled...the sun really does shine out of my ass.

CRIKEY!

2006-09-04T14:58:00.000-07:00

R.I.P STEVE IRWIN

Maaaaaad

If you're feeling blue play with your eyes

2006-09-04T04:41:00.000-07:00

Ballykelly

2006-09-04T03:04:00.000-07:00

Killian's from ballkelly. It's very quiet there and I like it. I wish I had taken some photos of the cows..they were cool.
Killian and his family built the house. It's beautiful. So is the fence that killian built the day before I came. (picture 3)

Feliz Cumpleanos Strick!!!

2006-09-01T10:11:00.000-07:00

El Cancion de Strick

Quer Dancar!

Quer Dancar!

O Tigrao vai te ensinar!

TchuuCHUuuuca TchuCHUuuuca!

POG MO THON! POG MO THON!

GRACIAS PARA LOS FOTOS STRICK, TIENES QUE IR A DUBLIN Y TOMAR UN GUINESS COS NOSOTROS PRONTO!

BESITOS A + K

Happy Birthday to ME!

2006-08-31T05:20:00.000-07:00

Killian drew this for me for my birthday.
It's the most beautiful thing ever...my entire life with him and all my friends for the last year in Barcelona..I photographed one corner of it...

PHONE PHOTEES!

2006-08-15T15:00:00.000-07:00

I finally managed to take my photos off my phone so here are the highlights!

Seriously the nicest Gin and Tonic I've ever had in my life....

Terrace! Before it got too hot to go up there we had fun times.

Breakfast Killian made for me one happy day.

Awesome chair left on Diagonal.

We drank a lot of wine and I thought this photo was a superb visual representation...erh....

Tree with a mouth!

BUNNIES!!! In the field near our flat. They're named the Sampras family cos you know Ted...the whole bunny tennis connection.

Killian with sunny glasses in the park when it was quiet and sunny and lovely.

Lost on a random night bus home one night.

Graffiti I passed every Tuesday and Thursday on my way to teaching a class and I always smiled.

Killian! at The Anti-Sonar Arson party that seriously kicked ass. Pity my camera was smashed.....

I made up a song for this video store.....Video Bum Stop! Video Bum Stop! Da da Da da da Video Bum Stop! Video Bum Stop! Da da Da da da....

Vivian modeling mini bana hands she grew one night.

Chocolate Shop displays at Easter in Barca

Paddle- Hound of Vivian and super cool.

Killian and Jasper in The Hapenny Bar at Easter.

Hee hee landing on head signs in Catalan.

Tom being erm.....think it was axl....hilarious anyway.

I LOVE UNA

2006-08-07T06:09:00.000-07:00

HASTA LUEGO BARCA!

2006-08-06T06:34:00.000-07:00

Hard to believe I've left Barcelona...my beautiful home for over a year.
The best people in the world, the funnest times, the craziest biscuits.

These are from saturday night, we went speedbowling, watched the musical fountains, CASA PACO and back to Max and Mattias for a terrace session...then back to papillon and of course some morning jumping.

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HOME

2006-04-18T03:37:00.000-07:00

Coming home for easter has been beautiful....Went for walks up kiliney hill and down the pier and pints and laughing a plenty and shopping in penneys and lunch in the botanical gardens (so feckin cool those greenhouses) and pushed my dads broken down car off the phibsboro road and bought bags of chips after the pub my mum cooked us all roast beef on easter monday and danced to Peter Michael Mysterious girl in the doorway of Athena as we passed it on the way home and my dear bro and I did some work on my website (he worked)and got caught out in horrible rain and cold and banter...lots of banter.
It's a good place to call home.

DREAM JOB

2006-04-17T03:37:00.000-07:00

Would be working on films that emily designed the set/costume for cos I could spend all day wandering round em photographing things like this....

HAPPY EASTER!!!!!!!

2006-04-15T14:20:00.000-07:00

Ceile Dancing and Riots and Skipping.

2006-03-21T04:43:00.000-08:00

WEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!! Have been trying for a week to upload photos onto my blog so this is late.......

Paddys day was Fun.

Kila rocked in The Apolo. Crazy biscuits seeing the band I used to see play in my school hall play in Barcelona, where the crowd were going wild dancing but no one knew what the hell I was on about with my ´isteach, amach, cailini trasna, buachailli trasna!
We missed the riots.....I don´t get it....you can drink on the streets Aaaaany day in this city without a bother but I guess everyone decided to irish it up by organising a ´permitted´ boozing it up session (bottellon=big bottle) and then wrecking the gaff......
Luckily enough we left the raval before it started, dropped Killians parents back to the hotel and went to Poble Nou for a free party in a warehouse where DJ Rupture was playing. There was a huge skipping session with a big rope outside on the road..no one was really any good but it was some laugh anyway.
Then it was barking all the way home for bowls of popcorn and beers...Not before Tom and I attempted once again to do crabs on the street- where you lie on your back and push yourself up onto your hands and toes.....like a crab...falling over.

Shot

2006-03-15T03:42:00.000-08:00

I assisted a photographer on saturday...rather gruesome 80s backdrop that I don´t know if any photoshopping could really fix and the posing..oh dear...but I got a small chance to work with the model and here´s one shot...must learn vocab for tilt your chin, face a little more towards the light, all the stuff you don´t even notice you´re saying when you´re working until you´re trying to conjugate verbs and the model is looking at you rather strangely because you´ve asked her to bend her lips instead of her elbow.....ah.....but what fun all the same.

CASA PACO

2006-03-11T05:30:00.000-08:00

Casa Paco ROX.

It´s like dancing round your living room when loads of people have crashed your party but they´re total soundies so it´s all cool.
And if you get hungry you can run across the square that´s always full of dogs and eat in Pizza Paco. There´s nut oil with chillis to spill on your pizza.
There´s a playground in the square too with see saws and sand to fall in.
Some people dance like crazy, some people fall over, some people sing, some people play music, some pour drinks, some put the coats somewhere safe, some take photos and EVERYONE talks and laughs all night.Such fun.

Killian and Tom play there tonight, ha ha look at the flyer, DJs Tom y Redmond...Tommy Redmond boy.

It will be cool.

I have my first photo job later this afternoon, marvelous.

Gonna drink some coffee and eat some cake now.

WOOOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

2006-03-02T01:03:00.000-08:00

I am going to La Palau!

Thanks to my dear Mam and Dad I am going to La Palau next week for this concert
ALEXEI VOLODIN, piano
CONCERT DEBUT
SCHUBERT: 4 impromtus, op. 142
CHOPIN: Polonesa-Fantasia, op. 61
RAKHMANINOV: Etudes-Tableaux,
op. 39
STRAVINSKY: 3 Moviments de
Petruixka

And look how beautiful La Palau is!

And happily I am going on Miss Moos birthday (8th March) so I will celebrate it in style lady!

My Projects

2006-02-28T04:21:00.000-08:00

At the mo I am working on doing visuals for this gig below, the TOM WAITS one.
How cool....visuals for Tom Waits lyrics.
When I get home from work I start setting paper boats on fire and throwing dice on them whilst trying to film them on paulas camera or try to make a spotlight out of cardboard tubing and a reading light to photograph a teddy gorilla (thanks dad) climbing up the curtains...LOTS more work to do...such fun. Now I just gotta learn how to use flash to put it all together. Hey so if anyone fancies going to this gig its on the 13th march and it will be cool.

UNAS FAVOURITE THINGS

2006-02-23T05:13:00.000-08:00

Decided to put up unas favourite things cos some of them should be on mine too cept that i forgot.
I AM NOT A HIPPIE. I dont like hippies, they smell and are arrogant. ridiculous combination.

UNAS FAVOURITE THINGS

in the spirit of Burco being a hippie (jaysus, I'm turning into LiliTheHippieHater) I would like to add:

men walking small dogs

chefs on cigarette breaks

amyl nitrate

toy instruments

ice

collars for cats

blagging

feeding animals (especially goats)

neon signs

watching the extreme sports channel for 9 hours straight

checking in luggage that is JUST underweight

really fucking tall buildings

elevators

dancing so much you sweat like crazy (gross but cool)

puddles

bike rides down giant hills

REMEMBER LADY THAT BIKE RIDE IN FRANCE¿ MAN THAT WAS SO COOL.

drinking local beer (where ever, and even if it's less superior than other beer you could drink)

playing frisbee when you really should be doing something else

the moment a band comes on stage

people falling down

tents

fishing

my favourite things

2006-02-20T05:47:00.000-08:00

My favourite things!

In no particular order

Tea.

Limes.

Small red pencils.

Having lots of juice in the fridge.

Hugs.

Giving lost people directions. (whether they want it or not)

Laughing so much you think you might die.

when you're thinking about someone and they text you or ring you that exact second.

Finding a tenner in old jeans when its 12 days til payday and you're totally broke.

Letters in the post.

Parcels.

Free stuff given out in the traffic.

Taking photos.

When you realise you need another beer and look up to see your best friend/boyfriend is putting one down in front of you.

Chocolate.

Lying in the sun and looking up at the perfect blue sky.

Setting up crazy lighting to light an apple peel you managed to peel all in one long strip.

Those nights that aren´t planned and nothing Huge happens but everyones laughing and having fun and making up songs and buying each other pints.

Surprises.

Lyon-Antwerpen.

Dancing doing the washing up.

Making it home when its freezing outside and wet and windy and you wore the wrong shoes and finding dinner on the table.

Lots more but cant think of em now.

Make lists! a perfect monday activity.

when your camera goes smash........

2006-02-09T07:45:00.000-08:00

So does your blog......
bah.....
yes i know boring blogger these days although shock horror im not too keen on the whole blogging method of keeping in touch with everyone anymore......i know I´ve mortally offending some of my blogging pro amigos but there i said it...
but still...here i am....snoring away with another post......
hmmm lets see......I did see a big fat woman pee on the street after waving my parentals goodbye yesterday at sants bus station.
ooooh and i survived my first ever attempted mugging in barcelona, yes my grumpy phone is still mine loser mugger!
oh but twas so lovely having my parents visit, really it was and i miss em now.
We ate calcots yummy catalan onion leek things that are YAWM and fun to eat cos they serve them all charred in a roof tile.

booooo I had a photo of the calcots but it wouldn't upload and times up in this internet cafe.

Well I tried anyway.

So I´m totally pyschic

2006-01-19T05:17:00.000-08:00

Like I didn´t know that already............

BABES

2006-01-13T11:42:00.000-08:00

Myself and Paula dressed up and took accessories shots, only had time to do up one photo of the beautiful paula.

Kathleen-model for my shoot next weekend!

Make up ideas

2006-01-07T08:18:00.000-08:00

if anyone (lili really) knows where i can find those photos of a girl with....hmmm they're like plastic tears on her face......well if anyone knows where i can find them please let me know!

Location/light tests for fashion shoot.

2006-01-07T07:46:00.000-08:00

Very excited bout fashion shoot I'm planning with Kathleen and Sirrku, its gonna be shot in the raval so I did some tests last night and i quite like em!
Corina im still looking for a stylist so if you're free jan 21st?!

NEW YEARS EVE!

2006-01-07T07:26:00.000-08:00

In Spain they don't sing auld langs syne. thats a strange thing to do here. What they do do is stuff a grape into their mouth for each of the last 12 seconds of the year....which is quite hard to do so i am very happy i managed to do it and get a photee of everyone else at the same time. PRO. And then at midnight every kisses and hugs with a mouthful of grapes. It's rather splendid.
Also splendid was our sixties themed partay. Una was over and gave it socks. Kike and Vicki and Diego came from Zaragoza. Our house was invaded for 20 minutes by a million drunk french people i didn't know but then they left.
Such fun.

FEAST!!!!!!!!!!

Check this out!

2005-12-09T06:03:00.000-08:00

Takeover 6 EP! featuring Redmonk aka Killiano & Ed Devane and Tim of course and other people I don't know but I'm sure are lovely gents.It is doing brilliantly..I reccommend you all to go buy it NOW!
Yay.

takeover website

REVIEWS:

We're loving this sick 4 track sampler from Belfast's Takeover label featuring a mish-mash of artists doing some ill underground breaks/electro and dub-style shit. This 5 tracker cuts a deep path thru electro, dubstep, breaks and dancehall with our fave being the Ed Devane/Redmonk/Thatboytim-produced "Guilty Feet Got No Rhythm", a firing slice of spannered breakbeat pressure.

on this site

AND........

The Belfast Takeover crew come up with another showcase for these new and not-so-new artists, fitting five tracks of varying style and consistently high quality onto a single slab of vinyl. Plenty of unexpected sonic treats here, with a common theme: bass. These five tracks cut across several genres - electro, dubstep, dub techno, breaks, dancehall, straight dub... there are some truly sparkling gems here from Black Sea Project, Deverb, Ed Devane, Redmonk, and Thatboytim.... so much talent in one place... great, innit?!

on this site!

GRADUATION!!!!!

2005-12-02T04:40:00.000-08:00

I'll be honest I stole all these from lili's blog but only cos I can't do my own photees til I go back to Dublin...

I am so Smart. I am so Smart. S.M.R.T...

Ali McBeal and Alligators in the Floor

2005-11-28T04:32:00.000-08:00

This morning was baaaad......I woke up with an ali mc beal song in my head after dreaming about a 4year old boy who had the best aim in the west shooting stickmen soldiers.......actually that dream was kinda cool but the dream I had before that......I was talking to Roisin about 'where my life is going' and I realised at the end of the dream that my life had gone 'so digital, sob'.........No clue what I meant by that but it explained everything for me in the dream..... it sounds ridiculously lame anyway.......
yeah so I woke up with an ali mc beal tune in my head and it was one of those mornings you CANNOT move........I tried to think of all the nice things happening this week- moving house, getting paid, killians gig, soup for lunch, mojitos on pay day, nice clothes to wear.......nothing worked...I would happily have given up all that for the morning in bed......but of course I did get up but didn't have time for breakfast and hurried about emptying the muesli jar and ladling soup into it because we'd left all the lunch boxes in work.....all the time fuming about that dumbass ali mc beal song and trying to figure out what 'my life has gone so digital' means.
Work started out SOOOOOOOO boring I felt like crying.....but then den den DEHN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A giant alligator started breaking up through the floor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well thats what I thought....we didn't know what was causing it but the floor was coming up in the shape of a giant alligator....the tiles were cracking and snapping and raising up......Killian (the legend) started telling everyone bout that film the Tremors where the giant alligators break up through peoples floors......
Everyone was so freaked and screaming and jumping about.....Earthquake! Giant Alligators! Building collapsing!!!!
It was very exciting....
It's stopped now and everyone's back to work.... with a few worrying hills in the floor and burst open tiles.....I'm daydreaming the way I used to in school....maybe the office will have to be shut down for a week for repairs........like in Scoil Lorcain when the roof was leaky and we all got three days off........but stinker supervisor said that we'd work from the store-room if that happens......
In other news I have €6.30 til payday...which, thank god, is Wednesday...and James Blunt is playing AGAIN on the goddamn spanish radio....

PUPPIES!!!!!!!!!

2005-11-25T09:41:00.000-08:00

While checking loquo for jobs or flats I always look at the pets section....NOT cos I'm getting a dog but just to dream......and cos Killianos laptop is sick and Eds moved out I cant do any of my own photees of dublin for my blog so I will put these up. CUTE!!!!!!

BARK BARK

2005-11-23T03:39:00.000-08:00

I dreamt about the hound Jess this morning...we were on Killiney beach and I was throwing stones for her to chase and she was pegging it up and down the beach and we were both having the best laugh. Then I found a green tennis ball and threw it for her and it bounced so high and the two of us laughed and chased in and out of the spray and I think it might have been the best dream I've ever had.
She is a cool dog.

I WAS IN DUBLIN!!!!!

2005-11-22T09:02:00.000-08:00

Photees on the way but here is one of me lili and una after the funnest night out ever. highlight was the dance off me and una had with these two losers in the george and totally kicked them off the stage ha ha...and docdocdocdoc doctor love ian and whats a walnut lili and kebabs and oh the guinness....yawm........
Dublin well and truly rocks.

aoife the other aoife

2005-11-22T02:15:00.000-08:00

Emailed me this photo of the road to rio.
Where she is.
Deadly eh?
I miss that fantastic woman.
In case you're checking my blog, I have a bday pressie planned for ya lady and didn't forget I'm just an unpunctual eejit.

Job search in Barcelona

2005-11-15T09:47:00.000-08:00

SO.......

I miss photography...I'm planning a fashion shoot soon with model and make-up artist and quite a kick ass idea too if I say so myself so thats cool....
And every week or so I look at loquo, a site to find flats, jobs, roommates, adopt dogs, buy bikes......everything I need in barcelona...
And I always look at the artist jobs even though its nothing but jazz pianists and guitar lessons but still I look.....all the photography jobs are porn. NO KIDDING. Now I wouldn't mind so much if the 'photography' jobs were taking the porn pictures....c'mon americans spend more on porn than they give to charity (bill hicks said so and I believe it) so it's a valid industy..not my first choice but at least its a real photography job if thats your buzz...but its not even taking the porn photos- its modelling in them...of course they're advertised as 'photography job'... For a while Ed and Killian would email me or show me ads but everyones copped on now...BUT........

I saw this ad and I thought...oh......a real photography job..how odd...wow imagine, I could get a photography job....wow it could all start here....

busco fotografo para sesion
But of course.......when I clicked it......

Modelo de 21 años con algo de experiencia busca fotografo para hacer sesion fotografica tipo Playboy.
Agradeceria seriedad y buen gusto.
Al responder remitire diversas formas de contacto asi como muestra fotografica

Even if you don't understand spanish 'tipo playboy' kinda gives it away...

sigh.......

How funny

2005-11-14T04:16:00.000-08:00

Aoife

You are fairminded, wise and peaceloving and are always willing to help others. Your mental capabilities and creativity are well marked with wonderful and original ideas which you need to bring to tangible fruition. Perceptive and understanding of others your positive approach to life and influential nature means that you have leadership qualities. There is great potential for success both financially and spiritually.

Killian
Little warlike one : Irish

You have great self-confidence and a charming personality which attracts many friends and admirers. Your innate sense of personal power and ability to lead are ideally suited to positions of authority. Being so versatile and seeing the big picture your ambitions are high and much is usually expected of you. With patience and tenacity you will certainly fulfill the great potential you have for success.

LITTLE WAR LIKE ONE!

A bit strange cos Killian always has dreams of battles....

birdies

2005-11-11T07:34:00.000-08:00

I've been wondering lately bout the birds. THE BIRDS! ha ha....
no but I have been wondering- about now all the birds in Ireland fly south, seeing them on the wires always reminds me of going back to school when I was seven and school was fun and Maire my teacher describing how the birds all sit on the telephone wires to have a chat about the best route south for their holidays and if you're lucky you'll see them all take off at the same time...and I always liked to imagine them flying south to spain and africa......and if there was anyway I could go with them and how did they fly over the oceans especially in the dark.......
NOW the thing I'm wondering is- do spanish birds fly south too? Like do they go further south? And also- might we have Irish birds in Barcelona this winter? or is this not far south enough....I daydream A LOT at work and when it gets really boring (which is all the time) I think about these little birds with Dublin accents going wha's the stooory bud to all the little spanish birds.....

Blocked Drains and Custard

2005-11-10T14:56:00.000-08:00

So tonight was the first night in a gazillion years that i had the flat to myself..I actually got excited at the thought of having some hours on my own...don't get me wrong my flatmates are without doubt the finest to be found but I like time on my own too.
So I started making custard for dinner..I can see the horror on killians face already..but its what i wanted..
Then I noticed the drain was still blocked in the sink in the kitchen and full of mank mank MANK water....now as Daniel will confirm, I HATE sinks full of manky water and plates and forks swimming in water filled with soggy lettuce and bloated pasta.....if anyone's making a list of how to annoy me thats gotta be near the top...although I think only myself and Daniel make those lists for each other...
So I donned the big rubber gloves ed bought and spent 6 hours trying to unscrew the costic soda bottle to chuck a load of it down the sink...my spanish doesn't stretch to costic soda instructions so I decided chucking 4 shakes down would do it....then I realised that I dont really know what costic soda does or whether I should be chucking it anywhere and these gloves don't really look that tough.......I started imagining my arm melting like in who framed roger rabbit when they have the green goo to kill all the toons......that film rocks...yeah so my arm didn't melt off but my sink is still blocked...
The other thing I did tonight was talk to my mammy which always leaves me feeling so happy.
And then my pops emailed me this photo of him and my mum at my dads do in Doheny and Nesbitts.
I think they look fantastic.

This weekend ROCKED.

2005-11-07T04:33:00.000-08:00

We went to the beach on Sunday with a bottle of cava and ham and cheese and croissants and it was fantastic.
Paula started a dancing on one leg cometition and I won ha ha.
So......the 6th of November in Barcelona, No esta muy mal eh?
Not too bad eh?

Fancy soap.

2005-11-06T13:44:00.000-08:00

This weekend we also stayed at the silken diagonal snazzmatazz hotel cos Killian won it at the fancy dress party.
we drank margaritas and gin fizzes at the coolio bar and there was the same funfair that was outside sants train station on my birthday. We were so broke we spent our last few euros to go on one of the rides and laughed so much. we lived on pasta and tomatoes til payday but it was worth it. So it was nice to see the funfair again.
Aaaand it was right beside the most ridiculous building i've ever seen but its lit up pretty at night.

And the sky was very very blue.

my new bike!!

2005-11-06T13:30:00.000-08:00

Se llamo Monty.
I bought him at a hippie anarchist commune at the end of the green line.
His name is monty cos there was another bike I wanted to get and it said monty on the cross bar. I was gonna buy it but the saddle was broken so i got this one instead and kept the name. My dad posted me a dog called monty cos i missed jess.
I love my bike.

EMILY!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-11-04T12:54:00.000-08:00

KIKE!!!!!!!!!!!VICKI!!!!!!!!!BRONEK!!!!!!!!!!!

All came to visit us.

It was so great to see Emmmmmm again, we had so much fun, she's such a lady.

I came up with musica para smoochica for Kike and Vicki. My new favourite phrase.
So cool to see them here in Barcelona after all the fun times they've shown us in Zaragoza.
The photo with Bronek and Paula was taken on the metro seconds before we nearly missed our stop and fell off the train laughing.

In other news: today I bought my bike!

We went out to this hippy anarchist commune at the end of the green line and bought ourselves some rather fabulous bikes. Mine is cooler cos it has a bell.
They were so nice they gave us lots of apples and two jams of pear and peach jam and yummy beer too. Next week we are invited to go back and bake bread or work in the garden.
It is too much fun cycling round barcelona. beep beep.
What wasn't fun was bringing the bikes up the four flights of narrow stairs to our gaff cos we don't have locks yet.
But yay yay yay bike fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and the photos in the bar are of Manny, how cool does he look there? ha ha. And I know the last one aint so great, I'll take a better one but this is our local cocktail bar, it rocks supreme as do the mojitos.

I like this photo of paula.

2005-10-27T12:51:00.000-07:00

What a day after the party photo..so wobbly...waiting for a bus home...I like it...

KILLIANO COMIC MASTER

2005-10-27T12:31:00.000-07:00

There's this cool little window from paulas room into the sitting room...and when paula has her lamp on in her room when she's sketching fashiony things a rectangle of light shines into our sitting room.
Ok now it was me who got the idea to cut out stencils and make shadow images...sitting on the couch one night....but check out how much killians one rocks!
I have this idea to make animations out of em....a live shadow comic book of sorts i guess....oh and i did cut the splinters that are exploding out of the door....but the rest is killians..

And the last one is one of the drawings that are up on our walls...between paula ed and killiano we've got quite a cool collection at this stage..

I take photees. I like photees.

But these rock.

my pops

2005-10-26T11:20:00.000-07:00

eamosworld

Check out my dads blog!!

AWH IM GETTING TIRED

2005-10-22T11:19:00.000-07:00

TOO TIRED TO GO BACK AND FIX ALL THE DOUBLES OF PHOTEES AND PUT EM IN PROPER ORDER AND BLAH.....MANANA CHICOS......

ZARAGOZA ZARAGOZA

2005-10-22T11:07:00.000-07:00

MET SOME REAL SOUNDIES AT THIS PARTY.

ZARAGOZA 2!!!!!!

2005-10-22T10:56:00.000-07:00

ZARAGOZA 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-10-22T10:49:00.001-07:00

WE WENT TO ZARAGOZA AGAIN FOR JOHNS GOING AWAY PARTY AND WE HAD TOO MUCH FUN.

BABY DANIEL

2005-10-22T10:39:00.000-07:00

THIS IS DANIEL IMPROTA, SALVATORE AND MARIE-FRANCES NEW SON.

HE WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 27TH. BEAUTIFUL EH?

SEEING HIM MAKES ME WANNA SEE ORLA AND OISIN SOOOO MUCH....OR EVEN SOME PHOTOS..... HINT HINT UNA? MAMMY?

THANK YOU LILI!!!!!!!!!!

2005-10-22T10:30:00.000-07:00

LILI SENT ME THESE OH SO COOL ICE POP THINGS SO I MADE SOME WITH PASQUAL JUICE AND LIMONCELLO.....A LOT OF LIMONCELLO IT TURNS OUT....THEY WERE DELIGHTFUL. I LOVE TOMS FACE IN THE BLURRY BLURRY ONE.....

AFTER OUR ICE POPS WE WENT ON A RAMPAGE....TROLLY RHEACING, KUNG FU FIGHTING, A COMPETION TO SEE WHO COULD DO A CRAB FOR THE LONGEST ON THE RAMBLAS DE RAVAL....TOM FELL ON HIS HEAD THEN SO HAD TO GO HOME....PAULA AND KILLIAN DID SOME LIVE DRUM AND BASS IMPROVISATION FOR ALL THE PAKHISTANI BEER MERCHANTS....THEN WE DECIDED TO GO TO THE BEACH....BOUT 5AM....WE NEVER MADE IT BUT STUMBLED ACROSS A FAIRGROUND CLOSED UP FOR THE NIGHT SO HAD SO MUCH FUN ON THE CAROUSEL AND ALL THE DIFFERENT RIDES...

THIS IS THE LADS WHEN WE GOT HOME....HA HA HA HA HA HA..........

A LOT OF FUN FOR US....

2005-10-22T10:23:00.000-07:00

HA HA BUT THE REST OF THE TRAIN DIDNT THINK SO.....

METRO HOME FROM PARTAY....

2005-10-22T10:19:00.000-07:00

WAS FUN.

The fancy dress competion

2005-10-22T10:14:00.000-07:00

Anthony got second prize for his castellars outfit (which he was wearing that day cos he was building the human towers-castells that day)

KILLIAN WON FIRST PRIZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A NIGHT IN THE SNAZMATAZZ 4 STAR SILKEN DIAGONAL HOTEL....SAVAGE...

Jorges fancy dress party

2005-10-22T10:08:00.000-07:00

we had some laugh at this partay...and just as much fun going to it!
i was a pirate, killian was a buddhist monk, ed was Father ed, Paula was a geisha.
Jorge lives up by sagrada familia, so ashamed but that was the first time id seen it!
its too awesome.

el punky

2005-10-22T10:07:00.000-07:00

Correr-Foc

2005-10-22T09:58:00.000-07:00

Took these photees at the BAM festival in Sept, its mad altogether, all these different teams run into the middle of the square and set fire to their dragon or devil or pig and dance around waving sticks armed with exploding fireworks. it really does look they're all on fire..they wear these masks and suits...kids run about in there too.

finally im updating my blog!

2005-10-22T09:52:00.000-07:00

I've had the best day ever. sitting at home with photoshop cs2 baby and a stack of photos to go through and put up on the blogblog.
I know i've been very slack recently but i've been working on visuals for eds gig...which was gonna be this wednesday but its delayed a bit now..ah well got time to do my other stuff!
just waiting for cd to burn.....
listening to Drum n bass- Aled- dj mix, bloody jungle music. might have to go for a boogie.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

2005-09-28T04:35:00.000-07:00

Legend of the deep

Ian Sample
Wednesday September 28, 2005
The Guardian
A photograph released by Dr Tsunemi Kubodera of Tokyo's National Science Museum of an 8m (26ft) long giant squid taken as it attacked bait on a longline at 900m depth off Japan's Bonin islands. Photograph: AP

Captured on film for the first time in the wild, a giant squid attacks a baited long line off the coast of Japan. Previous specimens have been found either washed ashore or entangled in trawler nets, leaving scientists in the dark about their natural habitats, movements and behaviour.
Tsunemi Kubodera, a zoologist at the National Science Museum in Tokyo, located them by tracking sperm whales, regular hunters of giant squid.

At each site he dropped a buoy with a 1km-long baited line, fitted with a camera. This shot, taken at a depth of 900 metres, shows an eight-metre long giant squid, according to Proceedings of the Royal Society B today. The images suggest the creature is a more active predator than previously thought.

more birthday photos!

2005-09-27T13:54:00.000-07:00

Just found the photees my beautiful friend Madhu took on my birthday! Plenty more but I gotta go meet Siobhan, Stephen and Sean aka the lost for words crew in Macba so hasta manana!

my dad rocks

2005-09-26T11:36:00.000-07:00

My dad sent me photos of me taking photos! how cool.

some DOOOOODES at Zaragozza

2005-09-21T14:48:00.000-07:00

more zaragozza sesh

2005-09-21T14:40:00.000-07:00

I like these photos of los chicos locos....and I think my mum would like my hat....

THE BAM FESTIVAL

2005-09-21T04:53:00.000-07:00

In 1687, Barcelona suffered a terrible plague of locusts, which did not cease until the city dedicated its prayers to the Virgin of Mercy. To celebrate this miraculous event, the Virgin was declared patron of the city.

This is the legendary origin of the current City Festival, held every year around the 24th September, which is Mercy Day (La Mercè). During the days of the celebrations (this year, from the 22nd to the 25th) Barcelona brings the best of itself out onto the streets: its public associations, its roots, its music, etc.

This is gonna kick ass...its what I was trying to get all you guys to come over here for.......but I will have fun anyway! I am really looking forward to seeing the castellars again and being chased by a fire breathing dragon through the streets of the city...wonder how flame retardant my clothers are...

A list of the events.........

2005-09-21T04:44:00.000-07:00

The Roots of Barcelona

The ancient processions through the city were full of magical figures with a strong symbolic significance: the dragon, the image of the devil; the giants, a representation of the heroes and historical figures; the eagle, the symbol of political power. All these figures have lasted in one form or another, and are still paraded in the Festival as the true myths of Barcelona.

We recommend:
Thursday 22nd / 19.45
Plaça de Sant Jaume (Metro Line 4, Jaume I / Line 3, Liceu)
Toc d’inici (The first note)
Ceremonial dances for the start of the Festival. The music is performed by a group playing early musical instruments which only meets once a year, for La Mercè.

Friday 23rd / 20.30
Avinguda de la Catedral (Metro Line 4, Jaume I / Line 3, Liceu)
Correfoc (Fire Run)
An enormous adrenalin surge: devils burst into the city and chase everyone around with fiery torches. It is important to ensure that your whole body is covered in cotton clothing and young children should not be allowed to run in the front rows as they may be frightened by the bangers.

Thursday 22nd / 22.30
Plaça Reial (Metro Line 3, Liceu)
Dragons and Giants
The giants and fire beasts meet in the Plaça Reial, next to the Rambla, in a peaceful procession to lively musical accompaniment.

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th / 12 midday
Plaça de Sant Jaume (Metro Line 4, Jaume I / Line 3, Liceu)
Castells (Castles)
One of the best-known Catalan traditions in the world: the “castells” are human castles which can reach up to 10 storeys tall. An exuberant display of strength, equilibrium and teamwork.

Friday 24th / 18.00
From Plaça de Catalunya to the Avinguda de la Catedral (Metro Line 3, Catalunya or Liceu)

Cavalcada de la Mercè (La Mercè Parade)
This is the biggest street parade in the whole of La Mercè Festival, with giants from different points of Catalonia. In addition, in order to commemorate the fourth centenary of Don Quixote, this year there will be images of the good knight of La Mancha from all over Spain.

Exhibitions of Popular Culture
When they are not parading, the dragons, giants and other creatures will be resting in different spaces where they can be seen close up to discover their remarkable history.
19th to 23rd, City Hall (Plaça de Sant Jaume): dragons and fire beasts
19th to 23rd, Pati Manning (Montalegre, 7): giants
19th to 25th, Palau de la Virreina (La Rambla, 99): popular procession of Barcelona

22nd to 24th, Barceloneta beach (Metro Line 4, Barceloneta)
Sunday 25th, Avinguda Reina Maria Cristina (Metro Line 3, Espanya)
Fireworks

Each night a different firework display company will present its show. The guests this year are Xaravia (Galicia), Promo 3 (Brazil) and Sas (France). On the last night, to close La Mercè Festival, there will be a special treat: the closing Musical Fireworks show which combines water, light and melodies.

Street Shows

Because of its distinctly Mediterranean character, Barcelona is very prone to holding its celebrations in the open air. So during La Mercè, the great tradition of street art groups is more evident than ever.

Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th / All Day
Ciutadella Park (Metro Line 1, Arc de Triomf / Line 4, Ciutadella-Vila Olímpica)

The Great Ciutadella Circus
An ancient military stronghold, the Citadel was demolished to make way for the city’s first large park. During La Mercè, this public space becomes a huge circus accommodating some of the biggest circus companies in Catalonia, accompanied by international guests. You can also find activities for children there.

Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th / All Day
Santa Caterina Market area (Metro Line 4, Jaume I)
Street Artists’ Festival
Accompany Barcelona in an historic moment: the official opening of Santa Caterina market – a colourful example of new Barcelona architecture. To celebrate the event, dozens of street artists from around the world will meet close to the façade to offer us all kinds of entertainment: comedy, circus, acrobatics, juggling, etc.

Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th / 22.30 - 1.00
La Rambla (Metro Line 3, Catalunya, Liceu or Drassanes)
Mercè Bandstand
A series of itinerant music shows which will fill with fun the streets they pass through. The best alternative to regular music concerts.

100 Concerts

From electronic music to traditional melodies. The live concerts in La Mercè cannot be pigeonholed in any one musical style. Everyone will find the soundtrack for their life.

Thursday 22nd to Saturday 24th / Nights
BAM Independent Music Festival
More than a decade ago, the BAM (Barcelona Acción Musical) became a reference point for the country’s independent music scene. Today, it continues to be faithful to its founding principles, offering high quality musicians with independent criteria. The event includes some fifty concerts in all, the highlights being:

Thursday 22
22.15 Sébastien Schuller (France, pop). Pl. de Joan Coromines
22.45 Iness Mezel (Algeria/France, jazz + Amazigh music). Rambla del Raval
00.00 Shukar Collective (Romania, electro-gypsy). Av. de la Catedral
02.00 The Sunday Drivers (Spain, pop). Forum Park

Friday 23
23.45 Ben Lee (USA, pop). Pl. de Joan Coromines
21.30 Brazzaville (Catalonia, pop). Pl. de Catalunya
00.30 Saul Williams (USA, hip-hop). Forum Park
00.45 Panico (Chile, electro-latin rock). Forum Park
03.30 Craig Richards (UK, electronic). Forum Park

Saturday 24
22.45 h Daby Touré (Mauritania, afro-pop). Rambla del Raval (my area!)
23.45 h Tahiti 80 (France, pop). Pl. de Joan Coromines
00.00 h Duquende (Catalonia, flamenco). Av. de la Catedral
00.45 h Raw-T (UK, garage and hip-hop). Forum Park

FESTIVAL DANCES
The essence of the festival nights is experienced on the Plaça Reial. There, you will find the most popular orchestras and lots of people ready to dance to all the well-known rhythms in the open air, before the nights gets colder.

22nd, 23rd and 24th / 22.00 Portal de la Pau, next to the Columbus statue (Metro Line 3, Drassanes)
Habaneras and Rumba
Where the Rambla meets the port you can find sea songs and hot rhythms every night. It’s also a great place to see the firework displays.

Saturday 24th / 21.00
Plaça de Sant Jaume
Carillon Concert
Fairytale music. If when you’re walking through the Plaça de Sant Jaume you hear the bells chiming to a jazz beat – its La Mercè Carillon Concert.

Aeronautical and Space Week

From 23rd September to 3rd October Barcelona will show its aeronautical face. During these days the traditional air show will take place as well as professional meetings, activities in homage to Jules Verne…

Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th / Beaches (Metro Line 4)
1st and 2nd October / Plaça del Fòrum (Line 4, Maresme-Fòrum)
Festival of the Sky
A meeting of hot air balloons, kites and varied exhibitions at one of the places of which the city is proudest – its beaches:

- Motorised hang glider exhibitions: Friday 23 (18.00 to 20.00) and Sunday 25 (11.00 to 13.00). Platja de Sant Sebastià (Line 4, metro stop Barceloneta)
- International Kite Festival. Friday 23 (10.00 to 20.00) and Saturday 24 (10.00 to 15.00). Platja de Sant Sebastià
- Static hot air balloon flights: Friday 23 (19.00 to 23.00), Saturday 24 (10.00 to 13.00 and 19.00 to 23.00) and Sunday 25 (10.00 to 13.00). Moll de Marina (Near the Olympic Port)

Balloon flights: Sunday 25 (18.00). Platja de Sant Sebastià

2nd October/ Plaça del Fòrum (Line 4, Maresme-Fòrum)
Air Festival
The biggest festival of its kind in Spain. It will include air acrobatic displays and also the participation of the biggest passenger aircraft in the world: the Airbus A380.

29 September to 2 October
AIR AND SPACE SHOW IN BARCELONA
A great event for professionals and the general public alike. The Air Show includes exhibitions, conferences and a set of games and shows in homage to Jules Verne.

Aren't my family beautiful?

2005-09-18T09:39:00.000-07:00

there are bout 3 photos of me from the whole day....which is a pity cos i do like my dress!

Ruth and Dominics Wedding

2005-09-18T09:24:00.000-07:00

part two of the tale to come.....

2005-09-12T13:37:00.000-07:00

A fantastic tale

2005-09-12T13:29:00.000-07:00

The scene is a castle outside of zaragoza, and we did have fun.

We found this siamese cat, whom I quickly named FRIGORIFICO.

BURCOS WORKO

2005-09-08T04:03:00.000-07:00

Ah yes first of all CONGRATS TO UNA!
Getting a little bit scared of all the brilliance around me...
And secondly I thought I would share a bit about my job, its
not cool like Lili and Unas but it keeps me here in Barcelona
and the people are super soundies every one of them so tis grand.
Now what I do in my job is receive invoices from hotels, check
they've charged us correctly, the customers had no complaints
and prepare payments...that sounds straightforward but dooooode
its incredible the amount of codes, and checking and filing that
one invoice entails...and we have thousands.....the most interesting
part is reading the complaints, my FAV was a customer who demanded (or
I'll call my lawyer)a refund because they thought they were getting
a mini bus tour of the statue of David in Florence and were outraged
that they had to walk round the gallery and were not driven in a
mini bus. Did I mention that our company only books holidays for
Americans in Europe?
So yeah I like my job, I'm not gonna be doing it for more than a year
cos I'll have learnt spanish by then...and it sure beats working in one
of those 'irish pubs' that are full of puking tourists.
Start spanish classes bout the 22nd WOOOO! ha ha the school are funny, they're
going to give me a massage to let me know about my inscription next week.

castellars in Gracia

2005-09-06T15:12:00.000-07:00

the coolest thing I've ever seen....

STORM STALKER!

2005-09-06T04:28:00.000-07:00

So I made it home from Roma (oh what fun, photees and stories to come) but on Sunday night in Rome there was a huge huge huge thunder and lightning storm and then last night in Barcelona the same storm struck again!! its following me!
Twas such a cool storm, the whole sky lit up and the loudest thunder and pounding rain. So thank you storm (not so much for soaking me in Rome) but still it did rock.

¿donde está burco?

2005-09-01T04:02:00.000-07:00

No one calls me Burco anymore.......isn't that mad?
I just realised this week..Killian and Ed have never
called me Burco and all the new people I've met just
battle with Aoife.

Tis very amusing-here are some of the attempts:
Awoof

Ayeesha

Ayoof

Oyfe

Ooofa

Aiufe

Elaine (?)

Awoosha

Amoosha

Afu

Aioofue

I like Awoosha the most.

TO ALL MY PEEPS!

2005-08-28T06:23:00.000-07:00

I really wanted to post you all some photees so I can share my birthday so far! The rather booby top was a present from Kai and the hat and armwarmers are from the Nudey Madhu. Dont I look happy in my new house? ( I think I was looking for my drink) I also got two turtles from Mattia (though one of them has gone missing already) and a beautiful sushi set of plates and tray and mat and chopsticks and even stands for the chopsticks from my dearest Killiano, Oh and Lucy gave me a sushi cookbook in spanish! see a trend here for this birthday? Anthony has promised me some peppercorns for our new pepper grinder. Right now I am going to go out and find a square to sit in for the day.
I miss you all SOOOO much, thankfully I am having ridiculous fun times here.
There are a gazillion photos and Moooooovies more to come. Love y'all. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

2005-08-28T06:13:00.000-07:00

we went out for sushi then had a partay back in our beautiful new house.
it was marvelous fun.
look at the pretty red wall and general fantasticness of the flat!

WEDDING IN ROME!

2005-08-24T04:40:00.000-07:00

check out where im going!

Villa Palazzola is nestled among 16 acres of oak, pine and chestnut forest, sports grounds, nature trails, gardens and mid-way between many of the local historic towns of the Castelli Romani (“Roman Castles”) region.
The Villa has a majestic westerly view over Lake Albano, the Pope's summer residence at Castelgandolfo, Rome and the Mediterranean Sea below.
WOOO hooo going to rome in 9 days to see all my beautiful family and photograph the wedding of Fufe and Dominic.
Got a killer black dress and heels and I'm so excited I keep falling off my chair.

where i shot greg in the head...

2005-08-17T04:46:00.000-07:00

Oh the guilt......thankfully he shot me in the head in the very first game of paintball but still...the guilt...

BRUISE THAT LOOKS LIKE A DUCK!!!!!

2005-08-15T07:00:00.000-07:00

from paintballling....

party after all the activities

2005-08-15T06:55:00.000-07:00

We went up to fernandos apartment for dancing and drinking...his apartment is by the beach and had a cool pool and views. ...killian and anthony got a bit carried away after paintball...

paella and catalan bbq

2005-08-15T06:49:00.000-07:00

kinda forgot to take photos of the bbq cos the dog was so cool.....not as cool as jess of course though!

SPEED BOATING!

2005-08-13T12:27:00.000-07:00

Was some laugh....Ha ha

QUAD BIKING!

2005-08-13T12:20:00.000-07:00

views from top of da mountain we were quad biking all over.
and the the first one was taken careering along.....some VERY DODGY moments involving
cliffs and braking....

petrol station on the way to tossa del mar

2005-08-13T12:13:00.000-07:00

MACBA SQUARE

2005-08-13T12:09:00.000-07:00

Macba square is cool.

GAUDI ROX

2005-08-13T12:06:00.000-07:00