Do You Know This?

Things I never knew and/or I never want to forget:

• Contrary to what I thought I knew, you need forty-four candles for Hanukkah, not nine
  
• The presents are supposed to get bigger for each night
• Night #1: A chocolate Santa Claus. Brilliant :-)
• The Menorah is supposed to go in front of a window
• It is also supposed to be something kinda fancy
• When this fails, you should put two jars and a mug side by side and put them in front of a mirror and it's almost the same thing.
• When there is a lack of sand, brown sugar and hot chocolate mix are the next best things
• Apparently chocolate dipped candles are good enough to suck on...
• Big Daddy Noel
• When inviting someone home for the weekend to meet your family, don't tell them you're going to leave them there to get to know them better...
• Also, make sure you're ACTUALLY going home and not just extending the invitation
• Simon has this face that can contort into anything you want to see. Cathal doing a bee impression? Done. Waking up next to Moe every morning? Done.
• Gaiety kids talk terrible behind each other's backs. But they do it sneakily. "What do you think of _______" and it makes me miss Junior High.
• Guys are nasty. This is not so much of something I've learned or something I want to remember, more of a reiteration of what I already know
• "They" are making Titanic 2: The Return. It features Wilson the volleyball, Tom Hanks, space crafts, and Jack Dawson.
• Chicken and peppers every night for 3.5 months will not only sustain you for that long, but it will also make switching the menu for the evening one of the most exciting nights you've had
• It rains in Dublin
• It will also be 57 degrees outside while blowing rain sideways
• And I will still go out in it
• REI umbrellas are indestructible
• "Tha mo bhàta-foluaimein loma-làn easgannan" is Scottish Gaelic for "My hovercraft is full of eels."
• "Arthach foluaineach" is Irish for Hovercraft
• What's bizarre about this is that these languages were developed before a hovercraft was ever even thought of
• When a washing machine is full of water, do NOT open it unless you are prepared with wellies and lots of towels
• If buying an Aran Island sweater, be prepared to smell like a sheep...
• ... To water proof it they dip it in sheep urine, so you, inevitably, will smell of it.
• A pencil skirt instantly draws attention to parts of you that you haven't given thought to in years
• When apologizing for French kids, try French wine...
• The Frenchies are outrageous. End of story.
• Rachel can support someone who randomly throws himself on her. Good to know and keep in the back of my head.
• Nude has good wraps. And no one is actually naked.
• And by "wraps" I mean food, not bathrobes...
• When opening presents in front of your landlord, do NOT show them your inappropriate gift. They will NOT think it's funny, they will NOT understand and they WILL throw you out...
• Don't worry, that wasn't me :-)
• When sick, the best medicine is actually laughter and a good movie
• All you have to do is talk about Subway Meatball sandwiches and I'll collapse in a fit of giggles
• This now happens every time someone says Waterford as well...
• Kenny Chesney instant makes me ten degrees warmer thanks to his connections with summer
• He also means home
• Flour should be kept in the refrigerator...
• ... Eggs should not be.
• White paint obviously makes the party more fun. And no one will know you're putting it on their face until 45 minutes later when they take a self-portrait picture. Everyone will think you are just a "touchy person"
  
• A piece of paper can be worth more than anything else in the house, even if it looks like it was done by a 10 year old
• I type-o-ed and that said 20 year old. Which is ironic because they were all done by 20 year olds. And they definitely don't look it...
• The type of keyboard I'm typing on is called a "QWERTY" because of the first six letters on the board reading left to right on the top left side.
• If you go the other way it says "POIUY" and that's infinitely more funny
• Stream of consciousness papers are terribly hard if you think nothing about the class you are supposed to be "reflecting" on.
• 2000 words in 3 hours is not impossible
• 6000 words in four days is.
• Don't ask
• My roommate talks in funny accents, mostly French and Kazakhstan and German. Go figure.
  
• I will miss the bad things about people I've met
• I will miss the everyday things about people I've met
• I will miss having female instructors
• I will miss the people more than the country
• I will miss the country more than the school
• I will miss the city more than the country
• I will miss the pubs more than the restaurants
• I will miss some people more than others
• But the ones I will miss the most will be the ones I'm not closest to because the ones I'm closest to I will always be close to, while the ones who I merely interact with everyday will be the people that I will never see again.
• The longer I sit here, the closer I am to coming home and not living every minute of every day that I'm still in Dublin.
• Expect no more posts until I get home (or to Rachel's house) for that very reason.