Three Day Holiday in Sligo

We are in the middle of a three day holiday weekend as Monday is a Bank Holiday in Ireland. So my guy and I decided to drive to Sligo and check out the surfing spots. He brought along a couple of his friends and we have been having a great time.

Although I still need to find some time to sneak off and hunt down Shane Filan from Westlife, but that's a whole other story! I never realized how many surfing places there are in Ireland until we started checking into it. Ireland continues to surprise me and I am constantly amazed at the beauty of this land.

I love to surf and its been a great time teaching my mate how to surf. Some of his wipe outs have been classics. We bought some local fish for dinner that we cooked at the place we are staying. I had shrimp and they were really some of the best I ever had. Now my friend is tired and sore and lying down watching tv. But he told me he had a great time his first time surfing and wants to do it again.

I love being in the ocean, I could have easily been born a fish. I have thought about going to Alaska and becoming a fisherman. But lately I have been thinking about buying a boat and giving tours to tourists. Nothing would be better than to be on the ocean soaking up the waves, feeling the sun on your body and getting paid for it.

The only problem surfing Ireland is the water is very cold. But I am used to that living in Pennsylvania. We would go to the Jersey Shore or Maryland shores and the water was cold deep into the summer. But I do recommend a wet suit when surfing here.

Reason Number 986 Why I Am Gay!

Driving in Ireland

Driving in Ireland can be a wee bit of a challenge for those not accustom to driving on the left (meaning anyone from North America).

Not only do you have to make sure you stay in the correct lane, you have to maneuver around narrow winding roads, rain, mist, fog, sheep, cows, roundabouts, and the dreaded loose chippings, not to mention other North American tourist drivers.

Irish drivers also like to drive right down the middle of the road to pass another car in spite of the fact that there is oncoming traffic in the other lane. First time I saw that, I freaked and I was just a passenger. I thought Americans were aggressive drivers, but at least we try not to drive into oncoming traffic.

Now today, I just found out from a friend that there are a lot of drivers in Ireland who do not have a valid drivers license! They just keep renewing their learners permits. I have been leary to drive over here since the steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car. Now after hearing this, I am really scared to drive.

I Want To Stay In Bed

I want to stay in bed and sleep like this Kangaroo. He has the right idea. How cute is that!

Why does the bed always feel so comfy and inviting when you have to get up so bloody early.

And its even worse when you have to leave someone behind in your bed.

I just love these two.

Well, time for me to head off to work. Everyone enjoy your day, or if your just going to bed, hope you have someone to warm your bed with you.

Something to make you Smile!

I love smiles, so hopefully this will bring one to your face. This video is perfect with this song.

All Boy Time

The girls are gone now, heading back to the States. It is quiet around here now. It was a fun visit. They say they all had a blast and loved Dublin, London, and Paris. So I'm happy. I think one actually found some puppy love with a French man she met in Paris.

For me, its now time to get back to the normal life again, which means its back to being all about the boys again. I can finally have some alone time with me new man. I also get me bathroom back.

I think I will pop out for some breakfast and then come home and get some much needed sleep. Me new man has been such a good sport about all me friends, when he gets off work I am going to take him out for a nice quiet dinner, just the two of us.

Men Kissing

Why is it woman are fascinated by two men kissing? I guess its like when two straight men see two woman kiss, but I just never thought woman would be into that. But apparently they are because my girl-friends that are visiting me think its hot when they see two guys kissing. At the picnic yesterday, there were other woman there and a couple of gay men couples. Whenever one of the gay men couples kissed, the straight woman were making remarks about how nice and sexy that was for them to see. I never realized that many woman would find two men kissing to be sexy. I don't get turned on when I see two straight people kiss, so I have no clue why straight people want to see two gay people kiss.

The girls have been playing on my friends computer finding videos of guys kissing that they think are hot and these are the ones they liked the most.

Girls, you know I love you and its been great that you have been here for the week, with me 24 hours a day, even when I was getting a shower you felt the need to keep me company. (I couldn't even get a good wank could I?) For a week did I mention that? After seeing these videos, I am ready for some alone time with my man. What time does your plane leave? Want me to check for an earlier flight? No really, its no trouble. Oh lets see, there is one leaving in 1/2 an hour! Whats that, that flight is to the Congo? Well, whats a little detour? You can get a nice suntan there before heading back home?

If they read this before they leave, I am going to get pounded.





From my favorite movie...Plata Quemada


My second favorite gay movie - All Over the Guy

French Music Video

Here is a video of a French singer of a song we heard a lot while in France the last few days. Apparently he is something like their version of a Idol franchise. The video is stupid now that I see it, but the song was fun to listen to while traveling around Paris site-seeing. So I thought I would post it. The girls like it, they are all singing and dancing behind me to it, its a scene here right now. Now I am getting hit in the head by their boobies. Geez.



We just got back from eating dinner and having a few pints. As we walked home, me friend had a bottle of water she could not get open. She handed it to me to open and I got it opened, but when I did it squirted all over. It was the most funniest thing and I will be laughing about that for days whenever I remember her surprised face. Classic!

Some views of Paris

This is the second time I have been to Paris and I loved it both times. Its nothing like the bad stories you hear all the time. The people remind me a lot of Americans. They react a lot like Americans in that they seem aloof at first, but once they understand what you are about, they warm up quickly to you. Yes, there are some in stores who are very snobbish, but I have seen that attitude in many places, not just in Paris.

View from Eiffel Tower

We are now back in Dublin, Ireland. Its good to be home again. Its funny to me that I now think of Dublin as my home. For a good while I was not sure what I thought of the place and now I am finding myself happy to be back in Dublin.

View at Night from Eiffel Tower

My friends leave to go back to the States tomorrow. We have had a great time. It will be quiet around here without them. Back to a normal life again, no travel plans for awhile. Although I still have lots to discover about my area here.

Moulin Rouge club

I had bought plants for my apartment, but most have died. I do not have a green thumb. So my guy is going to take me out this weekend to get new plants and he is going to help me repot them and hopefully they will do better with his care, than on mine alone.


I want to thank my cousin and his friends for the hospitality they showed me and my friends this weekend. We all had a great time and the girls wished for me to say thank you once again. Let me also add they all have the hots for my cousin and I once again and kicked to the curb. Sigh, such is me life.

Memorial Day in France

Early this morning we traveled from London to meet up with my cousin and some of his friends in France. We toured the Somme Cemetery and Memorial. The Somme was a battle from the Great War in which there were over a million casualties. It was the single greatest loss of British life at the time and many do not realize this, but there were thousands of Americans assigned to British regiments who also perished in this battle. Also, the Ulster Brigades of Ireland played a big role in this battle.

Touring this cemetery and the area was a somber, sad experience. Its really hard to comprehend how many men gave their lives when you stand and look over the fields of crosses that stretch as far as the eye can see. I grew up around Gettysburg, PA and I am very familiar with battlefields and cemetery's for soldiers. But every time I visit a memorial cemetery, I can't help but wonder who was lost in the battle, what could that person have done to change the world if he had lived?

We then traveled to Paris to have a cookout at my cousins place he shares with a friend in Paris. We enjoyed a lunch of hot dogs, burgers, steaks served with Champ which is an Irish dish of potato's with scallion onions mashed in, Yorkshire Pudding, and some French Pommes Au Four, which is a dessert of apples baked in an oven, and two chocolates cakes, one made the American way, one made the French way. Plus lots of local french berries and some French wine and Jello shooters. We also had some good old American cherry Kool-Aid. No picnic is complete without Kool-Aid.

Now we are all headed out to explore France. My cousin and his friend are taking my girl friends from the states out shopping. I love them all, but I don't want to spend my time in France shopping at woman's clothing stores. Me and my guy are going to head off and see some of the sites of Paris. I do love Paris from what I have seen so far, so I can't wait to see more of it. Speaking of that, from the sound of things in the other room, it appears everyone is ready to head out. Have a good Memorial Day to those back home and to my friends in Dublin, I will be back Wednesday. See you soon.

A Day of Remembrance

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing. Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.

The American Flag

Never Forget

The Last Goodbye

Amazing Grace

The Battle of the Somme

London with the girls

Its been a rainy day in London. We did the British Museum. An awesome place. I recommend everyone visit the museum if you are ever in London.

The girls wanted to see Buckingham Palace, so we did that. Of course being Americans, we don't like to carry umbrellas. So none of us had an umbrella. For me, just give me a baseball cap and I am good for the rain. Did the girls enjoy the rain as much as I did....not so much. Their puffed up hairdo's have now gone flat and we have had to head back to where we are staying at for some more primping.

We are leaving London early tomorrow morning and we are going to meet up with my cousin and a couple of his friends in Paris. He is going to take us to see the Somme American Cemetery and Memorial to pay our respects on Memorial Day the date in which Americans honor those who have served and fallen for the country. It is about a two hour drive northeast of Paris.

Then when we get back to Paris, we are going to have a cookout at my cousins place. A good old American cookout of burgers and hot dogs. Of course there will be some English and French foods mixed in and rightly so since they were our allies in the wars. Then after lunch, the girls are going to go out with my cousin and his friends shopping. But I have plans to sneak off with my new love and do some site seeing of Paris with just the two of us. Paris is the city of romance.

Clubbin in Dublin

Three of my girls from the States are here. We are about to go back out to finish our night off at one of the local pubs. It has been great seeing them again. We have had a great time so far. But I have to say, having three girls share my place is a big adjustment. I wake up and I see boobies everywhere as they get washed and dressed. I thought they would be more modest, but these girls have no shame. My bedroom smells like baby powder and my bathroom looks like a drag queens makeup dresser. There are curling irons, hair dryers, makeup kits, eyeliners, powder puffs, and things like the little bag beside the toilet that I don't even want to know whats inside.

We went to the pub down the street last night and Dana met this one guy. I heard him tell her she was sexy. She replied, oh I look awful, I just threw myself together tonight. Threw yourself together! Honey, you took an hour and a half to get ready. Woman lie!!!!! The guy told her he would meet her there today for lunch. So we went back and he never showed. Hmm, guess men lie too. We just did the Guiness Brewery tour. The lushes loved that. Now they want to go to a couple pubs and whore themselves around for the night. First we had to stop by my friends house so they could "freshen" up, so I figured I have time to write a blog post. They have kidnapped my boyfriend to help them freshen up. I don't even want to know the horrors he must be seeing right now. If you knew him, you would know how scared he must be right now. I better go save him.

To all the girls friends back home, they are having a great time and we will keep them safe. Tomorrow we are going to London in the morning and then Paris for Monday and coming back Tuesday. My cousin who has dual citizenship between the UK and America, is having a Memorial Day party since we Americans celebrate that holiday on Monday. We are planning on visiting some of the war memorials in France, which I am excited to see even though I know it will be very sad and solemn.

Have a great weekend and a great Memorial Day.

4 o'clock in the morn

I am really annoyed with my work hours in the morning now. I can't take getting up this early anymore! I am tired all day long, but at night when I lay down in bed, I am having trouble falling asleep. I keep thinking of something, its always something and I can't fall asleep. Then I finally manage to fall asleep and before I know it the alarm goes off. 4:00 am.

I have to wake up before the sun comes up so I can get to work on time. I am tired of going to bed early and then waking up early. I am tired of watching the sun rise. Yeah, it was nice at first walking to work and seeing the sun come up, now its like bloody hell whatever.

Everything is starting to irritate me right now because I am not getting much sleep. I am so tired right now. I just want to crawl back into bed. I just took a shower, but it didn't wake me up. Now I am sitting here in my towel, still wet, still tired, and now cold and irritated from being cold and tired. I want my bed.

It wouldn't be so bad if I could just go into work and hide at my desk until I wake up. But every morning there is someone at my desk wanting to chat, tell me about their night, or go over some project. Then I have to pretend I am listening to whatever they are talking about and nod my head to indicate a yes or no reply or shrug my shoulders if I suddenly pop back into the conversation and I feel that is needed at that point in the conversation. But in my head all I am thinking is dear God stop talking and let me lay down on my desk and go to sleep.

Now I have friends coming from the States, arriving later tonight. Which means no rest this weekend and very little sleep. Well, time to get dried off and dressed and start my trudge to work. Another day begins.

London and Paris

Both cities were very nice to visit. Don't think I could live at either one though. Too many people, too much traffic. I am not used to that. Plus, everything and I mean everything is way overpriced. But all in all, it was a nice trip. I had a great time seeing my cousin. I went to my first soccer(football) match and my first rugby match. Great times. My cousin and my new friend got along great. So thats a plus to keep this guy around a little longer.

I didn't get to see too much of either city this time, so I plan on going back with my friends this weekend to check out some sites in France. Since its Memorial Day weekend in the states, I want to go see some of the world war one and two memorials and battlefields. I am fascinated by that kind of stuff and I think it is very important to remember what happened on battlefields and remember those who gave their lives for what they believed in. I am looking forward to that this weekend and seeing my three girl friends who are visiting from the states.

Not sure when I will get to posting again, but I will soon. I have to get my arse in gear now and get to work. Have a good one all.

To my friends in PA without the server that is still down, next time you complain, just remember I am using dial up right now. So I don't want to hear it. Smile!