Bailey's and Bugs Bunny

Walking through the Hugh Lane Gallery of modern art today, I heard the silence turn suddenly into a staticky rendition of the Looney Tunes theme song and I looked back to see the security guard silencing his phone. Two seconds later I hear: "Hey man, what's goin' on? ....Yeah, what's the plan for tonight? ....Right, okay, well I'm gonna take the last train out cause... yeah I'm still at work, so I'll be there around.... yeah.... Great okay, I'd really like to see him too cause I haven't seen him much lately.... grand, yeah, that's grand..... I'll give ya a ring then, will I? .....okay see you then.... cheers, yeah...bye."

So I will also miss that people tend to not take life so seriously.

Another food item I am adding to my list is the Bailey's Chocolate Chip Cheesecake at Queen of Tarts. I don't know how I neglected it the first time around but it has revived my love of cheesecake and possibly made me snooty about other cheesecakes. We will see.


Caitlin was visiting this weekend from London and got to partake in this particular dessert. Actually I managed to get a bit of it into everyone that visited this semester so hopefully there will be a small population that understands my newfound cheesecake elitism. Caitlin's visit was also wonderful because it meant that I a) got to see her, b) returned to Elephant & Castle and saw a show at The Abbey, c) whittled my exam preparation time to the bare minimum and d) finally explored Howth on a Sunday.

The train ride to Howth is a very interesting one because it passes through north Dublin and its many very sketchy areas until opening into the beautiful seaside vistas. Once there, however, the seals and seagulls and fruit stand man rejoice in your company and a bit of Irish heaven is yours to behold. I also tried the best fruit I have ever tasted in this town so that probably made me partial to it. It is called a persimmon and I'd never had one before which is a little ironic since apparently it's an American fruit. But somehow they managed to get deliciously fresh ones on the east coast of Ireland - probably the same way they got palm trees to grow all over the country in December.

Speaking of minimizing study time, I am currently doing that for the Language Impairment exam tomorrow. This will be held, like all UCD exams, in the Royal Dublin Society building which is really a converted barn nowhere near campus where thousands of students sit at a desk and write for two hours in the same room. This seems to be for the purpose of maximizing nerves, but it's hard to say.

In any case, I'm going to try my hand at studying now, but the Bewley's gold blend is wearing off so that may turn into study by osmosis.