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<strong>You Are Rouge Red</strong>
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Of all the reds, you are the most energetic and vibrant.<br />
You never need to recharge, and in fact, you often recharge others.<br />
Gutsy and brave, you’ve never let your fears stop you from doing anything.<br />
You figure that life is all about experiences, and you’ll always take that leap of faith.
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I am sick and in more ways then one 🙁

I had tought that I had battled the cold monster and won; turns out it was just lurking and not in retreat but regrouping to luanch a swift counter attack.

I woke up this morning with a streaming head cold and I can already hear a thickness in my chest.
This does not bode well at all. 🙁

My weekend was to be one of drinking, gaming and general debauchery; I have been planning it all year.
Last year my October bank holi was a utter wash out and I only made it to one day at gealcon.
I was very much intending to run riot in the rpg room this year but right now all i want is my bed and a hot whiseky and uniflu.

I am heading out to Scorplett’s birthday celebrations this evening and that may just wipe me out
for the rest of the weekend.

It could be worse I will get to spend most of the weekend with my scratching post and the children will be away visiting thier granny in wexford and a weekend of doing as I please is wonderful;
but as I please and what I need to do may well be at home in bed and not in Clontarf. 🙁

I know where I will be, nestled in the armchair in the sitting room with a large mug of tea watching

The fact that the dashing John Barrowman is back as Capt Jack is a plus (hmmmmm eye candy and general rwar! ) but I wonder if he will be singing at any stage in the series, cos the man certainly can.

6 months, 1 day.

There are 12 very long stemmed red roses in my vase on the kitchen table and a misting of baby’s breath.
It has been a very very long time from when I was last given such roses at least 10 years.
They were unexpected, but wonderfull and moving, pretty much like the relationship that has developed over the last 6months and a day.

They have made me rethink and reassess things I has discounted and wonder how jaded I had become about certain things,
and written the possbility of them out of my life and squash any expectation or need for them.
I long ago embraced the thornier aspects of me and my life and really at this stage screw the thorns I do want roses.

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My pirate name is:
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Passion is a big part of your life, which makes sense for a pirate. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate’s life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well.    Arr!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day

This just complete caught my eye.
It is by johncoulthart http://www.johncoulthart.com/pantechnicon/tarot.html and there are Cafe press products.
http://www.cafepress.com/modernarcana
I really like the large wall poster, oh oh or better yet the calendar, oh and greetings cards and a note book.
I also like the use of semaphore, reminds me of when I was a lot younger and in girl guides and reading Swallows and Amazons forever.
I would be unsure how such a deck would work for divination purposes, it would be intresting; but then again when needs must we can read the wind.

http://www.rte.ie/tv/truelives/

“This Week

‘The Grove: More than a Feeling’ looks back at the 30 years of a northside Dublin institution – The Grove disco – which ran from 1967 to 1997.
Tuesday night RTE one 10:15pm

From its inception in Belgrove Football Club, through the fire which razed it to the ground and on to the ‘New Grove’ in St. Paul’s, Raheny; this disco was central to the lives of local teenagers for three decades.

‘The Grove: More than a feeling’ explores – through the retrospective accounts of the former teenagers who went there – the changes that took place over three decades, fuelled by a soundtrack of the music that shaped those memories.

The Grove was more than a disco; it was a rite of passage – a place that marked a point of maturity in the life of a teenager of the area; where many had their first kiss, found their first love or perhaps experienced their first heartbreak.

Told through the eyes of ‘Grovers’ from different generations, from those who attended the original Grove in Belgrove in the 60’s to those who frequented St. Paul’s in the 90’s. Some well known faces such as RTÉ 2 FM’s Marty Whelan, News presenter Eileen Dunne and comedian Brendan Bourke recall their personal experiences and describe why the Grove was so special to them. We also hear from a couple who met first met at the Grove and went on to marry and from other Grovers who candidly recall their memories of the famous disco, from the drinking beforehand to what happened when couples went to ‘the compound’ outside. But one man is acknowledged by all the Grovers as the unifying force- DJ, Cecil Nolan. Described as ‘our John Peel’, Cecil is revered and respected by all who went there for three decades.

While others were dancing to Abba or Bros, Cecil was introducing Northside teenagers to the likes of Leonard Cohen, Deep Purple and The Cure. This environment provided a place where teenagers could freely express themselves, whether it was as Cureheads, Goths, Mods or Rockers and has had a lasting influence on those who went there.

In this programme Cecil also recalls his memories of ‘The Grove’ from the vantage point of the DJ box and why his love of music drove him to preside over the disco for thrity years.”.

Oh this should make for intresting watching and a trip down memory lane.