Friday has sort of become our weekly pizza night, and this last weekend was no exception. We had a pizza party in my room and I did Deborah's hair and make up for the ball she went to. She looked sooooo adorable! I also went to pick up my script on Friday afternoon. The play I'm in is called "The Bear" by Anton Chekhov. It's really funny, and I'm pretty excited about it. The play consists of me and two other boys. To read a synopsis, go to: http://www.shvoong.com/books/play/1593547-bear/
The play hits the stage on December 4, though, and i have a LOT of lines to memorize by then! Yikes! Wish me luck!
Saturday we had a Saint Mary's trip to Dublin. We went to the National Botanic Gardens-- I know, it sounds dumb; that's what I thought, initially. But it actually turned out to be really cool. Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes. We saw lots of cool trees and flowers, and it was nice to see trees that had changing colors and to walk through the crunchy leaves. We also went to Casino at Marino (which is NOT actually a casino). The Casino at Marino, located in Marino, Dublin, Ireland was designed by Scottish architect Sir William Chambers for James Caulfeild, the 1st Earl of Charlemont, starting in the late 1750s and finishing around 1775. Widely regarded as the most important Neo-Classical building in Ireland, the Casino is actually quite small, measuring only fifty feet square to the outer columns. The name 'Casino Marino' is derived from Italian which literally translates to 'The small house by the small sea'. Seen from the outside, the building has the appearance of a single roomed structure, with a large panelled door on the north elevation and a single large window on each of the other elevations. This is all illusion, however, as it actually contains 16 rooms on three floors. It was pretty cool. Roberta, our coordinator, brought her two daughters, Autumn and Rosie (9 and 12 years old). They are adorable redheads with lots of spunk! I love them to death. I was in love with Rosie's hair, and I was braiding it and playing with it all day. It's the most beautiful red color i've ever seen. she said she hates it because kids at school make fun of her and call her carrot head. SO SAD, right?
Anyway, we had Eugene, the bus driver, drop a few of us off in Dublin so we could go shopping. I had to find a party dress for my birthday! I found a PERFECT dress that was exactly what i was looking for! and it was cheap-- we all know i love a deal! now i'm a little bit excited for my birthday. my friends and i are all getting dressed up and going out to dinner at a piano bar, so it should be fun and classy, and all "grown up," i guess.
We sang show tunes on the train on the way home, and when people started staring, we kept singing! (Elizabeth fell asleep-- she doesn't sing). Then when we got back, we came to my place and watched Secret Garden and The Little Princess as I did prom updos for everyone (which all turned out really beautiful, if I do say so myself).
Last night we watched The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride in Elizabeth's room. The Nightmare Before Christmas was good, but The Corpse Bride was SOOOO good! It's definitely one of my new favorite movies! You should all see it!
And tonight we had pasta night in my room and then we all sang 'N Sync songs and had a dance party for about an hour. It was a blast!
I still can't shake this cough I've got. It's not too bad except when I get into coughing fits at night and can't stop and can't sleep. or when i get into coughing fits in class and have to leave so as not to disturb those around me. i think i've really got to go to the health center tomorrow... :(
I've got a paper due on thursday that i haven't even started. uh oh. these Irish are making me lazy! but i'm done with my anthropology class now, so i'll have 4 free hours every week open. i definitely have plenty of time to get it done.
elizabeth and i miss germany so much! everything we see or hear makes us think of germany and we look at eachother and just about start crying. we HAVE to go back! if anyone is coming to europe and doesn't know where to go: go to GERMANY!
pictures from this weekend:
http://nd.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2120244&l=e6ead&id=5619987
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