I’m Learning: Four

Dear Memory,

Today, July 3, 2009, was one of the best days. I got a blister on the top of my foot from my Rainbows’ strap by the end of it, and it was still good.

Danielle and I picked up a bagel and drink for the €5 deal at Bagel Factory. We ate our lunch on some grass in St. Stephen’s Green. There were fat pigeons and cute kids running through them. And sometimes business men in nice clothes walked by and I watched. We enjoyed this after I accidentally went the opposite way of Queen of Tarts. But things work out sometimes.

We picked up a few postcards and whatnot at a touristy shop on our way to Queen of Tarts. Take away is always cheaper, and that was an added plus when we picked up our chocolate scones. I didn’t really know where to find the right bus, so we wandered in the general direction of Phoenix Park. We found the bus stop but then we found a little book stall. I bought a book called “You Are What You Shite”. This book called out to me. Though it would have been a good book to buy if I wanted to flirt with the man selling it, luckily I just wanted directions. He said something like this:

“Yeah. You know the river Liffey? Well, turn right out of here and you’ll run into it. Take a left and follow that down till you see the big train station. You know, the main train station down there? Anyways, cross the bridge when you get to the train station and you’ll see a hill. Go over the hill and you’ll come up to the park. There’s heaps of entrances. It’s a huge park. Oh, it’s a 30 minute or so walk. I don’t really know about the bus.”

I sorta tuned him out thinking I just wanted to know which bus to take from here, but thank God I remembered what he actually said somehow. We decided to walk and we successfully made it to Phoenix Park. It’s a huge and beautiful park. We sat ourselves on the grass by the Wellington Monument. It wasn’t very busy, but there was enough people to make it fun to look around. I wrote out 8 postcards for some lovely friends in Florida. The 8 that gave me their addresses that is. I remember when I hated writing out personal notes or cards of anykind. I still found the postcards difficult at first.

We saw a boy get arrested and then let go. We watched a man zoom his remote controlled truck around. We watched countless men take off their shirt and lie down. We watched a cute dog fetch a stick. We watched people kick a soccer ball around. We watched a guy walk in with a Starbucks cup, sit down and have a phone coversation, then leave. We watched a guy pee by the fence. We watched people watch people. We laid down and relaxed for a bit. It was fantastic.

We did a lot of walking and decided to take the bus back to O’Connell St. Thankfully, the mall was still open and we were able to get the candy we were so excited about having for the movie. I had never seen any previews for Public Enemies but boy did I enjoy it. Johnny looked really good. These kind of things make me think I’m going to have to wait awhile to get married because I like the older men. Or I’ll just marry an older man while I’m young. Or I’ll go back to normal tomorrow. Probably the latter.

After the movie it was fuh-reezing outside. Which may have been made worse by the fact that I was so cold in the theatre. Which was huge by the way, and it had curtains that opened and closed. I felt like I was about to see a play, not a movie.

Kathleen and Rachel were downstairs when we got home. They told us how Julio got left behind on the way to the Guinness Factory and Rachel told us about this crazy story involving a man trying to break a seagull’s neck on the sidewalk.

I’m in my room now and I’ve finally showered and readied for bed. I’m going to sleep in and enjoy it. Tomorrow we will eat some more good food and read some more articles for class.

What did I learn today? I learned that it truly does do some good to get out into the fresh air and lay in a green field. And that Johnny Depp is cute. I learned some other things from that book I bought, but you probably don’t want to know about that.

Enjoy life.