Ring

A lament for my poor lost ear ring.

Oh ring in my ear

Where did you go?

For months,

 You and I, fused as one

A permanent ring in my life

My own little circle of life

And now, little ring, you have gone

Where?

I am lost. Abandoned.

My ear cartilage empty

My heart empty too.

And so I try to heal these wounds, little ring

I try to replace you

Foolishly

No ring fits

No stud sizeable

Itching, when I move

Hurting, when I sleep,

Uncomfortable, under a hat

No ring the same

As you, little ring.

But gone forever, and now

... Oh well I guess this one fits pretty well..

Yeah, that'll do.

FOOD FOOD FOOD

Yep. It's happened. I am now one of those people who takes photographs of their food. I'M SORRY.

Except, it's delicious, so maybe not.  I like to cook sometimes, though I'm probably not very good at it. Since I'm mostly too afraid to let anybody taste it- for crippling fear of rejection- I may never know.

But visually... well it's still probably sub par. (Which is the name I will choose should I ever own a restaurant).
 Lo and behold! Food!:

Rice cakes with fresh baby leaf spinach, fresh basil leaves, tomato, grilled mushroom and parsley. This picture is here because 1. this was a delicious lunch but also 2. as proof that this is longest I have kept a basil plant alive.

And again:

I try to eat all my food on a window ledge.

I made this one a couple of months ago before I became the half-assed vegan I am today.
Cous cous salad with fresh baby leaf spinach (I a bit of a spinach-phile), red onion, feta cheese, cucumber, pinto beans and chick peas

Webcam photo (SORRY) of spicy cous cous (garlic, coriander, black pepper, chilli, cayenne and parsley) and a spicy bean burger (which I did nit make but put in the oven all by myself).

A similar cous cous salad to the one above but with lemon I think (you get the drill)

My camera was down for a while and so I present to you a really poor webcam photo I just had to take because this was pretty amazing. Falafel salad on gluten-free brown bread; with houmous, cucumber, scallions, yellow pepper, and a sort of side salad with salsa relish/salsa. I basically just went crazy on chickpeas and made a large tub of houmous and many adorable falafels. It was..... falafelly good.

Youtube videos ahoy!

I need a wonderful new webseries! One that blends humour with intelligence! One that features two young Irish women! One that is ridiculous and fabulously crafted and has me screaming for more!

Alright, ALRIGHT. Calm down, people of the internet! Jesus Christ.

Relax, I have found you such a series; Dunnestello City. Two girls, one city, and a whole lot of S.E.X. (probably not).

My friend and I make youtube videos sometimes (sporadically) because we need to channel the massive comedy intensity that's brewing in our collective brain.

Give this video a look see, you won't regret it (probably)


We do things like this:

"Jesus Jesus!" - "JESUS?!"

And this:

I'm really sorry your entire family died.

Pan's Labyrinth at the IFI Temple Bar

The IFI in Temple Bar in Dublin is one of my favourite places.

Not just to see movies, but to hang around looking mysterious.

This month they're screening some of their most successful films from over the last 20 years as part of their 20/20 landmark films season.

 These include some of my favourite films- Alfed Hitchcock's Vertigo and  Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth. 

What could go wrong?

Here's an article I wrote about the season and Pan's Labyrinth for Film Jam


So check out my mini review (and the film season itself, if you live in Dublin), they're one hundred per cent guaranteed to improve your quality of life.

Bachelorette (2012) Review

Here's a review I have written for the Leslye Headland's film Bachelorette, starring Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan.

Unfortunately, for me, the most interesting thing about this film was how Caplan and Adam Scott just reminded me how much I miss Party Down, and how excited I am for the that upcoming movie.

But this movie itself is... you know.. well it's grand. You know?

G.O.B, Wife of G.O.B marriage collapses- so does my world

I'm not really a believer in eternal love. Nor am I a fan of tabloids or gossip sites or any of that really- Brangelina is one of the Kardashian sisters, right?
But this Amy Poehler and Will Arnett business has broken this harsh exterior I call my face hole. As two of my favourite bringers of pure joy, I was upset that their wonderful union of minds has come to an end- no more youtube interviews, bloopers, or silly interviews- let us all taste each others tears for a moment, taste the sad. 

Frankly I don't care about their personal lives, the actual divorce- soz baby kids about your parents and all- and I'm sure it was amicable- as creators of happiness, how could it not be? And considering that Jason Bateman- official best friend of Arnett- appeared in a recent 'Boys Minute' for Poehler's Smart Girls at the Party channel, I like to think they're all best friends. 

But still, the question quietly burning on minds across the nation- WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN FOR WIFE OF G.O.B??!

But it was lies

I think I’ll be contemplating this from my bed for a while. My bed of tears.