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I haven’t posed for a while but this is worth the wait! This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen this year.

Justice - DVNO

Sorry I haven’t been updating the website for a while, but I do keep my flickr account up to date with photos, like this one of the flowery shirted boys. If you use an RSS reader, like Google Reader, you can subscribe to this site and you won’t miss any more entries.

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Sean: I don’t want to go to [restaurant] Shanahan’s tonight.
Al: Well at least you’ll be the coolest person in the room for a change.
Sean: When’s your pay review?

Mike: That meeting today was weird.
Sean: How?
Mike: Well there’s meetings, and there’s surrealism…

Shaun: Has anyone seen the Blu-Tack?
Mike: In the stationary cupboard… As opposed to the moving cupboard.

Richard: That’s not Old Spice, it’s ancient Spice!

Liam: (Singing, getting the words wrong) Don’t you wish your sister was hot like me?

Brian: I’m starving.
Al: I have some Just Right cereal in the cupboard if you want it?
Brian: That’s just wrong.

Declan: Me and Isabel understand the weirdness that is Liam.

Some girl who was chatting me up and getting a poor response: So do you have a girlfriend or are you just really bad at this?

Liam (I think??): What’s gonna happen if you shout “IRA” during the Fields of Athenry? Some pacifist glasses you?

Liam: He died of a drug overdose? Sure it happens to the best of us.

Liam (on where he’s living): I’m so happy where I am now, it’s not funny.

Some overheard snippets:
A female Garda as I drove past trucks being searched near the port: Not a fuckin’ sinner.

A girl at Electric picnic: That wretching this morning really upset my stomach.

Guy at a urinal on the phone: Can you hear me? Yeah they’re dropping like plagues. Oh I nearly dropped my phone in the pisser. Can you hear me?

I bought this painting yesterday. The artist used to be a stock broker and now paints “The Money Series.” The way it works is that you pay the price on the canvas, so for me that was US$168, about €125, including postage.

I think the one I got was one of the best. I chose the dollar one over the euro one for two reasons: the euro one that was available wasn’t great and I like the novelty of the dollar. Euro would look like a price tag. I know that’s what it is, but there’s a bit of mystery if it says dollar! Well check the money series out and here’s a nice article about it.

And it’s great. Check out this deliciously exciting preview: Doing it Right

My sister Elaine and I went up to Athboy a few months ago to have a stroll down memory lane (we grew up there until I was 12). I took a camera and stopped to photograph this old abandoned petrol station. We used to stop here back in the 80s when we lived in Athboy and used to shop in Navan on Saturdays for our groceries. I love old petrol stations for some reason.

Take a look at the abandoned petrol station photos on flickr.

I have just returned from another fantastic Electric Picnic. Went to see lots of bands, but most notably:

• The Go! Team were absolutely fantastic and I can’t wait to get their new album this month. They were definitely the highlight of the event for me
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah were really lively and got the crowd going, forgot how much I like these guys
• Manic Street Preachers had everyone stomping happily through their repertoire of depressing tracks, great fun
• LCD Soundsystem were great, I never got into them before but I will definitely be getting some of their stuff now
• !!! were pretty good, I think I’m going to get some of their stuff, see how I get on with it
• Erasure were probably the best band on the Saturday night for me (even though Chemical Brothers played some of their hits but were fairly underwhelming). When they played A Little Respect the place erupted in song, great fun!

The Body and Soul area was very impressive again this year and hats off to the organisers for putting on such a great, easy going gig, can’t wait for next year!

Check out a few photos on Flickr

This song has been stuck in my head for a week now and no matter how often I watch it I can’t get it out of my head. What a funky video too, she’s so evil and cute!

Well I’m 30 today and in reflective humour. Looking back at the archives of my 23rd, 24th… where does the time go? Anyway I’m having a party in my place on Saturday if you are around. If not you can see the photos here soon after. I have a pile of photos ready to put up - from London to Dingle and the Galway Races next week, so that should keep me occupied for a while!

I have added some photos to flickr, check them out at /photos/waltzer.

More recent quotes:

Steve W: We’ll have to have a 90’s themed party soon, I’ve been waiting ten years for it.

Jake: Some of the students in my adult class are gorgeous too. [Jake teaches English as a foreign language]

Niamh: I don’t care about that, well I don’t mean I don’t care… Well I don’t. [In a company meeting, to much laughter]

Bob: [on the music in Major Tom's] It’s not even crap music from today, it’s crap music from five years ago.