No previews....

...at least not at this movie theatre in Cork. But let me back track a second. We woke up with the intention of going to Blarney and after setting out very late to walk to the Cork Bus station to take a bus there we missed our first bus. We then bought tickets for the next bus and as we looked for it in the "Departing Buses" section of the bus station, it left without four of us, two of us made it onto the bus but the rest of us did not. At this point, dejected and wet from the constant rain that has been falling in Ireland as of late, we had no interest in going to Blarney anymore. So we walked to a music store we saw along the way and stopped in and then we asked where the closest movie theatre was. After asking maybe 5 times for directions we finally found ourselves at the Cork Cinema.
This cinema was a very different experience for me. To start with, you buy your ticket and then you wait outside of the theatre. Our movie started at 1:30, so at 1:27 one of the employees went and opened the doors to allow the other movie-goers to file out of the movie that showed before and then we rushed in, found seats and the movie started sans previews by 1:40. Genna and I saw P.S. I Love You. Why I even wore make-up today I haven't a clue. Throughout the whole movie I had a river flowing down my face, I don't think I have ever cried so incessantly through a movie. It was amazing, I highly recommend it. PLUS - it's got some great scenes of Ireland in there. It was awesome to think, "Hey I'm there right now." So definitely go see it. After that we checked out some sports stores. I had hopes of finding the perfect rugby but did not and ending up finding a beautiful Boston (Ironic huh?) Fighting Irish sweatshirt. Which said 100% Irish on the tag, and I'm basically in love with it. Then we came back here napped, hung out, watch a creepy De Niro movie while complaining that we could not watch the football game.
By the way, I have like 3 channels on our TV. So that means no football game, which at this point in the season s basically torture, even for me and football isn't even my fave. Hence why it is now 2:10 in the morning here and I am still awake watching the scores change on NFL.com and reading the play-by-play. At least it gives me a chance to catch you all up on the day. I know you love to read about when I take naps.
So that's my day, I hope you are all enjoying your BBQ chicken wings and my Dad's delicious nacho dip while watching the Pats game on the HD big screen. I could be jealous of you, but I'm in Ireland, so you know it's only a millisecond of jealousy and then I remember - oh yeah I'm in a foreign country with rolling hills and green, green grass and good looking Irish men. Plus, my school looks like Hogwarts. Awesome.
Yesterday night was really fun. Carolan, Sam and I got up and went to the school to register for our history classes and pass in some papers to sign up for a Heritage Weekend in Kerry - which I am wicked excited for. We then took a quick library tour to learn how to use their high-tech library, which is wicked nice and newly renovated. While walking we found some really awesome graffiti. Then we went to the Cork museum and spent some time walking through the beautiful gardens, walked up the white footbridge and then stopped for a cup of tea and some chocolate cake in a small cafe beside the river. It was a dream come true. We had a great time in the museum too, which was free admission. I think we are definitely going to go back later after we have taken more of our Irish History and History of Archaeology of Ireland classes so we can understand and appreciate it all a little bit more. Plus the gardens are going to be even more beautiful in the spring. Oh and on our way out of the gardens we saw the cutest little girl frolicking through the gardens. It was adorable.
After that we checked out the sports complex which is, in one word, amazing! First of all, you don't get in with your card you get it with a fingerprint. No lie they finger print you and it is the only way to enter the gym complex. Plus everything is free to members of UCC (the college I go to here) and they have this great personal trainer type program (also free) and a pool, and a women's only gym. They have plenty of equipment and I can definitely see myself taking full advantage of that free gym. I am so excited.
We ended up staying in for the night and just hanging out in the apartment with everyone. It was a good craic. (That means good times over here in Ireland - sorry I couldn't resist.) And now I am here watching the scores change on NFL.com. I'm so glad church is at noon so I can actually sleep in. Oh yeah, I also got a free poster from the movie theatre. They give away the posters once they are done with them so I grabbed the last "We Own the Night" movie posters for our apartment. Nothing spruces up and apartment like Mark Wahlberg on your wall.
By the way, I apologize that I haven't uploaded pictures. I've been having a lot of trouble with photobucket. But as soon as I am able to upload more I will. For now I'll just upload a couple and try to put them into my journal entries. Sorry!