Loot at you there up on your hind legs like a Rory Calhoun

Hello,
Its been an interesting few days, well no sorry its been pretty quiet really. Plans are a foot to go to the electric picnic, no idea how we're getting there yet the plan is to get a train to portlaoise and hopefully there will be a shuttle bus running to stradbally where this thing is on. Really hope things work out that way or we're going to walking with a tent, clothes and beer for about ten miles if its not.

Music

Made it to the Ruby Sessions in Doyles last night, finally. Some really good acts playing,

• Travega
• Jamie Lawson
• Jenny Lindfors - accomplained by Alyanya
• Paul Wilkes

Really really good, the places is roasting though must remember to wear less next time!

Sport

Celtic League starting on Friday! Going to miss the game cause I'll be off in a field watching lost vagueness on friday night. Here is the squad though

S Payne, J Manning, J Kelly, R Henderson, M Lawlor, T Halstead, B Murphy, P Burke, F Murphy, P Stringer, D Ryan, A Foley, D Wallace, D Leamy, F Pucciariello, J Flannery, M Horan, A Quinlan, F Roche, F Sheahan, J O'Sullivan, M O'Driscoll, S Keogh, T Hogan.

We Lost :(

Ya we lost, gutted by our performance. Kerry are a better team but we didn't even challenge them after 5 minutes into the first half. So fustrating to watch! Our backs let the Kerry forwards run off them and their half backs ran all over the field freely.

I've decided I'm going to split this blog up into sections from now on, stuff, music, sport etc.

Sport

We lost in the football, I don't really want to say anymore about it. We have a young team and should be better next season.

Rugby season is kicking off this weekend, Munster are playing the borders in Thomond Park, won't be able to make the game because I'm heading off to the Electric Picnic, no regrets there. We should hammer The Borders with our internationals back the gap in quality between the sides should be relevent to our distance from the sun. I'm hoping for a good run in the Celtic League this year, it will decide our seeding in the Henieken Cup next season and we're going to have more internationals available so a top 2 finish should be well within our reach.

The word around the place is that fringe players last season have improved a hell of a lot so watch out for Paul Devlin, Jeremy Manning and Ben Martins, also Brian Touhy but apparently his handling isn't up to pace yet. We need an outside centre badly! Trevor Halstead will hopefully break into the side as well and compete with Hendo for the 12 shirt.

All is good on the Hurling front at the moment, Corks are facing off against Galway in the ALL Ireland final on the 11 of september I wasn't that impressed by their victory over Kilkenny in the semi, I don't think they will trouble us. There is no way they will get as much space against us.

Music

Heard an excellent band over the weekend Sia and their song Breathe me, quality tune.

Electric Picnic is on this weekend, heading out camping on friday night with a slab on castlemaine XXXX under one arm, tent in the other! Happy days. Looking forward to seeing the Arcade Fire, Flaming Lips and Doves there are a host of other bands playing but I can't remember half them.

Starting listening to songs that were my favour tunes from last summer, some quality tracks. Belle and Sebastian - I'm a Cuckoo, Devendra Banhart, British Sea Power. Memories of Leeds came flooding back.

Programming

Started making in roads in to my final year project, game for a mobile phone. Just got to get around to learning J2ME but knowing me I'll leave it for another month before I go and do anything about it. Got Blender to make my models. It looks savage complicated so if anyone has any advice or anything please do comment. I'll be updating this blog with screen shots and progress reports as this game advances.

Stranger Things Have Happened

Its 3.45, 45 minutes until kick off. I realise this more than likely means feck all to most people but Cork v Kerry is a rivalry I grew up with. Oh if we beat them, happy days I can go into work on monday with my head held high and two fingers to everyone that said we'd lose!

Night club last night, well thats a lose way of putting it, a house that charged a tener and played load dance music. It an interesting experience one that I've had enough off but we still go there every weekend, happily I'm living in Dublin at the moment so its not so much of a problem anymore and I'll be back in college in Limerick next month so I suppose going a crap night club with the lads isn't too bad. Got a bit drunk now last night, so I did. I really hate to say "you kind of have to" but its true! I've done the night clubs at home sobre and its rubbish, small town Ireland is such a clique its not even funny. Its nearly impossible to talk to random local without prior approval and all that jazz. So all in all I prefer going out else where.

Electic Picnic next weekend, still have to get tickets! But I got my tent of a mate so I'm all set to go camping in a field for 3 days and listen to the Arcade Fire, Nick Cave, etc. Nice! But the weather is starting to get crappy here. I think if I'm half cut for the whole weekend the weather won't bother me.

Off to watch the match now! Come on the REBELS