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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2009-11-21:/</id><title>MoonBunny</title><link rel="self" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/feed/atom/posts/"/><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/"/><generator version="1.0">MokoFeed</generator><updated>2009-11-21T07:40:25+01:00</updated><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2008-08-16:/2008/08/16/change-of-blog-4596453/</id><title>Change of Blog</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/08/16/change-of-blog-4596453/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2008-08-16T14:25:44+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-16T14:26:29+02:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone, I haven't written here for a long time but that's because I have another blog that I am preoccupied with. I'm keeping this blog to look at and perhaps post in sometimes but in general, I will be over at &lt;a href="http://wonkycat.blog.co.uk"&gt;wonkycat.blog.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; so I would love any of my friends on this blog to add me as a friend on that one. I was going to send invites myself but that creates a sense of obligation to accept, so I leave it up to you!&lt;br&gt;
Hope all is well, fellow bloggers.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/08/16/change-of-blog-4596453/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2008-07-03:/2008/07/03/weird-coincidences-4396203/</id><title>Weird Coincidences</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/07/03/weird-coincidences-4396203/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2008-07-03T01:59:19+02:00</published><updated>2008-07-04T19:51:56+02:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;I'm going through a period of weird little coincidences - it's actually a little unsettling. Yesterday, I suddenly thought "I haven't seen the Wizard of Oz in a long time" and snuggled up to watch my favourite childhood movie. Today, I happened to randomly StumbleUpon an article mentioning it and the fact that it was released on my exact birth date, 56 years before my birth year. Then I looked up Stephen Fry - a hero of mine - while I was verifying the Wizard of Oz release date on IMDB, and his birth date is the day before mine.&lt;br&gt;
A few weeks ago, I decided I wanted to watch my Moonlighting boxsets through from the beginning again for the first time in ages. Then while staring enviously at Maddie Haye's hair, I suddenly remembered the sitcom she starred in in the nineties, which I loved watching as a kid. "Now there's a show that hasn't been repeated in an awfully long time" I thought. "I'd love to see it again". One day later...I suddenly see an ad on Paramount advertising that they would be showing it every day at 4.30pm. Cybill Shepherd also hasn't been interviewed over this part of the world very often in the last decade - what do I see in the supplements of two papers I specifically buy every weekend? Two interviews with her, two days in a row.&lt;br&gt;
Then the sibling and I were looking at a completely random website, and saw a photo of a guy pulling a funny face. "He looks like..." I started. "John Culshaw" we both said in unison before looking at eachother and backing away slightly.&lt;br&gt;
The weirdest thing was not so much a coincidence, so much as a case of ESP or something. My friend and I were discussing something, and it reminded me of something, but only in a very abstract and slightly contrived way. It wasn't a connection you would have expected anyone else to make. Then my friend said "Remember when..." and paused while she thought about how to phrase her sentence. But she didn't have time to finish it because I immediately said "Yeah that was mad, wasn't it?" "Yes." she said. It took about a further 10 seconds for us to slowly raise our heads and frown at eachother. "I didnt even say it!" she exclaimed. "And yet, you're still positive that I know what you didn't say!" I replied.&lt;br&gt;
Nervous giggles ensued.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/07/03/weird-coincidences-4396203/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2008-06-23:/2008/06/23/accidentally-drawing-famous-people-4354000/</id><title>Accidentally Drawing Famous People</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/06/23/accidentally-drawing-famous-people-4354000/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2008-06-23T22:10:35+02:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T22:19:43+02:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;Accidentally drawing famous people's faces appears to be a motif in my life. When I was about 10, I decided to try drawing a male face because I only drew female faces. I ended up with an absurdly accurate sketch of Jay Leno, completely unintentional but amusing. A few years later, I tried to draw a female profile - something at which I remain useless. I ended up with Naomi Campbell. Then years later in secondary school, our Art teacher instructed us to choose a portrait of someone from a newspaper or magazine and paint our own interpretation of it on canvas. I found a striking image in a weekend newspaper supplement, which appeared to be a painting of a photograph (which would make mine a painting of a painting of a photograph) of an exotic, thick-browed woman with dark red-stained lips and a superior expression. The strong outlines of the picture gave me confidence that I could pull of a reasonably convincing version of it's general form, and then interpret colours and shading myself.&lt;br&gt;
I found the painting at the back of my wardrobe the other day (at least it's fifth home), and every time I see it I remember being engrossed in it for a whole week of Art lessons (approx 5 hours), even using texturing paste (a lot of effort for this lazy art student) and being very pleased with the lips but disgusted with the shading on the eyes and the perspective of the ring. But the memory that stands out most is when I brought it home to show the parents, and as soon as I unveiled it, there was a joint exclamation of "Oh very good - Maria Callas". Despite coming from a classical music loving house (with very specific opera tastes which I don't think include her particularly), I only knew her name - I had no clue what she looked like. For the last week, I had been having a staring competition with one of the most famous singers in the world. Can you beat my staring contest record?!&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/maria_callas/2613204" title="Maria Callas"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/204/2613204_0ffe69c6f9_m.jpeg" alt="Maria Callas" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/06/23/accidentally-drawing-famous-people-4354000/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2008-06-06:/2008/06/06/astonishing-4282704/</id><title>Astonishing</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/06/06/astonishing-4282704/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2008-06-06T21:36:06+02:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T21:36:06+02:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wuntvor.mirror.waffleimages.com/files/44/44cb4b91287cfcd8111d471867502a3cac861ab0.jpg"&gt;http://wuntvor.mirror.waffleimages.com/files/44/44cb4b91287cfcd8111d471867502a3cac861ab0.jpg&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/06/06/astonishing-4282704/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2008-05-23:/2008/05/23/now-where-was-i-4213799/</id><title>Now, where was I.</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/05/23/now-where-was-i-4213799/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2008-05-23T21:25:11+02:00</published><updated>2008-05-23T21:25:11+02:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;I disappeared for quite some time, partly due to parentals deliberating over a new internet provider (I steered clear of those conversations), and partly due to an intense workload from college. And then not bloggin became part of my routine. However, a certain blogger friend (hi Menhir!) very sweetly sent me a message to say hello and I realised I hadn't posted a single entry for about four months. Well, it's summer, I haven't a clue what I will be doing for the next three months, and I have no money. The only change in my life is that I am now one year away from graduating from college and then I am free. Free to panic over the even bigger lack of direction my life will have, but freedom of any kind is what I most appreciate!&lt;br&gt;
Hope all my bloggy friends are well. I don't think I will be able to catch up on four months of blogs but I will certainly look forward to trying&lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"&gt; I imagine I have missed some rather interesting developments, but I hope I haven't missed any sad or worrying developments. There have certainly been enough of them in the world in the last little while haven't there? Well, off I toddle to clean the house - the parentals are back from their holidays tomorrow so it's back to routine. Not that I had any privacy while they were away - the sibling is totally in love with the fridge and the washing machine - no she does not have objectaphilia (on the subject of which, here is a very interesting article about it relating to a character in Boston Legal, and what the journalist says about the show is exactly what I love about it &lt;a href="http://patients.about.com/b/2008/01/24/when-a-diagnosis-isnt-real.htm)."&gt;http://patients.about.com/b/2008/01/24/when-a-diagnosis-isnt-real.htm).&lt;/a&gt; Rather, she appears to think it is my main purpose in life to wash her clothes and put away her kitchen mess while she fecks off home to her flat where she lives with The Fiancee. I honestly don't know where the clothes are coming from, I don't even see her wear half of them. I think I washed a total of 15 items of my own excluding underwear in the last two weeks. How is it humanly possible to get through almost 4 or 5 times that in the same timeframe? Ok I just realised my fingers are typing of their own accord, which means I am ranting. So I will bid you goodnight bloggy people. Hope you are all very well.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/05/23/now-where-was-i-4213799/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2008-01-22:/2008/01/23/in_memory~3618185/</id><title>In Memory</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/01/23/in_memory~3618185/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2008-01-23T00:15:23+01:00</published><updated>2008-01-23T00:18:13+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;Me and my friend have fond memories of our huge love of Heath Ledger when we were in school. This is truly shocking and sad especially as he had a little daughter.&lt;br&gt;
This is how we will remember someone who reminds us of our more innocent years.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.hollywoodteenmovies.com/HeathLedger%2010Things1.jpg" alt="http://www.hollywoodteenmovies.com/HeathLedger%2010Things1.jpg" title=""&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/01/23/in_memory~3618185/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2008-01-17:/2008/01/17/the_weird_activities_of_the_sleepless~3588960/</id><title>The Weird Activities of the Sleepless</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/01/17/the_weird_activities_of_the_sleepless~3588960/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2008-01-17T04:03:23+01:00</published><updated>2008-01-17T04:23:50+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;You do discover some crazy things when awake in the middle of the night in a slightly feverish, headachey state of mind.&lt;br&gt;
I discovered a site which allows you to morph photos of faces, including pre-uploaded celebrity visages. It's great fun! Seeing as my idol is Audrey Hepburn and I personally believe her to be the archetype of beauty, I mixed her face with those who are considered most beautiful at the moment, and particularly those who I believe share some similarities in facial structure. It's amazing what you notice about facial structure when you look properly. Can you study this in college, I wonder?&lt;br&gt;
Here are the results:&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;(Pay attention to the Calista Flockhart one - the nose doesn't change!! Check out the second link below that one - Kevin Aucoin made her up to look like Audrey Hepburn and her facial structure is really incredibly similar even if the resemblence does not strike you at first - although there is something slightly grotesque about the picture that I can't put my finger on.)&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Audrey Hepburn and Natalie Portman&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/212281-Morph-of-Audrey-Hepburn-and-Natalie-Portman"&gt;http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/212281-Morph-of-Audrey-Hepburn-and-Natalie-Portman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Audrey Hepburn and Sienna Miller&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/2638681-Morph-of-Audrey-Hepburn-and-Sienna-Miller"&gt;http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/2638681-Morph-of-Audrey-Hepburn-and-Sienna-Miller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Audrey Hepburn and Julia Roberts&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/255980-Morph-of-Audrey-Hepburn-and-Julia-Roberts"&gt;http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/255980-Morph-of-Audrey-Hepburn-and-Julia-Roberts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Audrey Hepburn and Audrey Tautou&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/2832268-Morph-of-Audrey-Tautou-and-Audrey-Hepburn"&gt;http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/2832268-Morph-of-Audrey-Tautou-and-Audrey-Hepburn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Audrey Hepburn and Alexis Bledel&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/213149-Morph-of-Alexis-Bledel-and-Audrey-Hepburn"&gt;http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/213149-Morph-of-Alexis-Bledel-and-Audrey-Hepburn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Audrey Hepburn and Kaherine Heigl&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/1804160-Morph-of-Katherine-Heigl-and-Audrey-Hepburn"&gt;http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/1804160-Morph-of-Katherine-Heigl-and-Audrey-Hepburn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Audrey Hepburn and Angelina Jolie&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/215585-Morph-of-Audrey-Hepburn-and-Angelina-Jolie"&gt;http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/215585-Morph-of-Audrey-Hepburn-and-Angelina-Jolie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/218893-Morph-of-Grace-Kelly-and-Audrey-Hepburn"&gt;http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/218893-Morph-of-Grace-Kelly-and-Audrey-Hepburn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Audrey Hepburn and Calista Flockhart&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/1523364-Morph-of-Calista-Flockhart-and-Audrey-Hepburn"&gt;http://www.morphthing.com/celebrity/1523364-Morph-of-Calista-Flockhart-and-Audrey-Hepburn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Kevin Aucoin &lt;a href="http://i.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/entertainment/0205/gallery.kevyn.aucoin/gall.flockhart.audry.jpg"&gt;http://i.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/entertainment/0205/gallery.kevyn.aucoin/gall.flockhart.audry.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/01/17/the_weird_activities_of_the_sleepless~3588960/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2008-01-15:/2008/01/16/oh_sleep_my_old_friend~3583324/</id><title>Oh Sleep My Old Friend</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/01/16/oh_sleep_my_old_friend~3583324/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2008-01-16T00:12:59+01:00</published><updated>2008-01-16T00:12:59+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;Sleep and I are not talking. Our friendship was rocky for 22 years, and now it has ceased to be. It is an ex-ally. I've always been a night owl but now, even if I force myself to stay awake all night and the whole next day in order to tire myself out so that I will go asleep at a reasonable hour the next night thereby starting a proper routine, it still evades me. Even after 36 sleepless hours. I have passed exams on less than 3 hours sleep before. If I do find myself sleeping like a normal person, it turns out it is just the sleep centre of my brain playing a hilarious trick on me, because after about one or two days or this normality, something will come to screw it up.&lt;br&gt;
Saturday night - up all night with headache and aches. Fall asleep at 5am after lying in dark for hours, giving up and watching various eighties movies, and sleep till the revolting hour of 12pm. Wake up feeling lazy, guilty, useless and disgusted with self, so not a good start to the afternoon.&lt;br&gt;
Sunday night - feel distinctly coldy and headachey and cramps, same problem as night before and sleep till about 7am when I am awoken by darling mog scratching on bedroom door to sleep on my bed. 7.10 am wake from snooze to hear familiar retching sound of cat who knows not how to digest properly. It takes about half an hour to clean mess off floor and stain is still present now. Stomp back to bed and try to ignore thumping headache and sick stomach and wake up at 11am. Manage small dinner at 6pm. Headache makes me fall asleep at impressive time of 10.30pm. Wake at 1.30am to the feel of ice cold liquid spreading across my back. Sleepily sit up only to cause a 7Up bottle to splash the remaining contents all over my bed and ELECTRIC blanket. Get up and spend next hour turning mattress, putting sheets in wash, remaking bed, testing electric blanket which appears to have broken despite being watertight and washable (it's fine now - toasty warm) and trying to figure out how the hell the 7Up bottle got into my bed in the first place seeing as I did not to my knowledge wake up once before 1.30am and it was not within arms reach unlike the water which I would have reached for on my bedside cabinet. Am not prone to sleepwalking either. Still confused. Methinks there is a poltergeist.&lt;br&gt;
6am - Finally fall asleep and wake up still exhausted due to virusy yuckiness at THREE O'CLOCK in the bloody afternoon!! Well I wouldn't have been out of bed anyway with this gross sickiness but still.&lt;br&gt;
Luckily I received two DVDs I ordered in the post today so I will be entertained while I don't sleep tonight. Wonderful. (I'm on a Molly Ringwald/James Spader binge at the moment)&lt;br&gt;
This is the second time I have been really sick in two weeks. Don't you just love germs?! And due to last few days of wonder headaches I have read the same sentence in my VITAL college reading over 20 times and nothing else. And my driving test is in about 3 weeks and I'm stuck in bed and back to college next week and therefore utterly screwed. I'm a model for your children people, a model!!&lt;br&gt;
Must go as eyes are drooping. Don't be fooled into thinking that's my body deciding to sleep. My body laughs in the face of slumber.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/01/16/oh_sleep_my_old_friend~3583324/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2008-01-02:/2008/01/02/tonight_there_s_gonna_be_a_jailbreak_in~3520192/</id><title>Tonight There's Gonna Be A Jailbreak...-in</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/01/02/tonight_there_s_gonna_be_a_jailbreak_in~3520192/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2008-01-02T20:42:42+01:00</published><updated>2008-01-02T20:42:42+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;Yes, today a man was arrested for breaking IN to a prison.&lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif" alt=":DD" class="middle" border="0"&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2008/01/02/tonight_there_s_gonna_be_a_jailbreak_in~3520192/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-12-24:/2007/12/24/merry_christmas_everyone~3487533/</id><title>Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/12/24/merry_christmas_everyone~3487533/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-12-24T21:18:19+01:00</published><updated>2007-12-24T21:19:24+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.3planesoft.com/img/fireside_screen01.jpg" alt="null" title="null"&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/12/24/merry_christmas_everyone~3487533/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-12-23:/2007/12/23/sweet_relief~3483994/</id><title>Sweet Relief</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/12/23/sweet_relief~3483994/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-12-23T22:03:35+01:00</published><updated>2007-12-23T22:03:35+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;Eurrgghhhh.... &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_redface.gif" alt=":oops:" class="middle" border="0"&gt; why are there no proper queasy faces on this site? Hotmail has them. I've just had a seriously queasy half hour. You know that dreadful moment when the nausea makes you genuinely crave the end? Honestly, black nothingness would be better than nausea. But the relief that comes when you realise the Devil's Session is properly over is utterly life-affirming! I feel like skipping through daisies in the summer sunshine! But I can't cos it's 9pm in winter, it's lashing outside and my bed is far too comfy to be getting out of.&lt;br&gt;
The weird thing is - and no one ever believes me - except for when I was a baby I assume, I have never vomited once in my life, ever. I swear. All my er... issues occur in what my grandmother used to refer to as the netherlands. Now that could mean one of three places but I'll let you link nausea to the correct part of the anatomy using common sense. This is a polite blog, and subject matter of this post is already distasteful and distinctly non-Christmassy. Actually, it is rather seasonal what with all that delicious stodgy food packing us all up - everyone stocked up on Rennies?!&lt;br&gt;
Anyway, I'm all alone and now I'm lonely cos I've no one to give me a comforting hug, so I thought I'd just share my revolting bodily issues with the world!&lt;br&gt;
Hope you're all having a nice lead up to Christmas.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/12/23/sweet_relief~3483994/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-12-19:/2007/12/19/another_survey_i_nicked_off_someone_s_bl~3467814/</id><title>Another Survey I Nicked Off Someone's Blog</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/12/19/another_survey_i_nicked_off_someone_s_bl~3467814/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-12-19T23:32:35+01:00</published><updated>2007-12-19T23:49:25+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;This one is from Bloglikeit's blog again. He's good at providing these!&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;1. Do you own a box of crayons?&lt;br&gt;
No but I have a box of coloured pencils.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;2. Have you ever seen a dead body?&lt;br&gt;
Yes.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;3. Do you always wear a seatbelt?&lt;br&gt;
Always, always, always. And I give out to the matriarch who puts it on AS she is driving down our road - and the point of that is? &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_evil.gif" alt="&gt;:-[" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;4. When do you shower most often?&lt;br&gt;
In the evenings my dahlings.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;5. What songs do you sing in the shower?&lt;br&gt;
I don't sing in the shower and I don't sing unless I'm positive no one can hear me! Not that they could anyway cos I sing as loudly as a mouse (do mice sing?)&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;6. Do you own any diamonds?&lt;br&gt;
No and I honestly cannot understand the fascination with them.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;7. What was the last thing you purchased?&lt;br&gt;
Fried noodles last night, yum&lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_surprised.gif" alt=":o" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;8. What makes you feel warm and safe?&lt;br&gt;
Being wrapped up in bed and not having to get up for a long time.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;9. How often do you remember your dreams?&lt;br&gt;
Not that often and the memory is brief.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;10. Did you go to public or private school?&lt;br&gt;
I don't know which is which anymore cos they call private school public in Britain and it confuses me. We call it private school if you pay fees. And therefore everyone thinks I'm rich when they hear what school I went to and I am most certainly not. It irritates me cos my parents struggled and worked so hard to put me through secondary school. My primary school was comprehensive. (And yes there were logical reasons why I attended a private secondary school rather than a comprehensive, not due to snobbery! And quite frankly, I would probably have had just as good an education in a comprehensive if not better cos the teachers I had were quite literally useless. That makes it sounds like I'm saying comprehensive teachers are useless - I'm don't mean it that way!! Seriously though, my teachers were all eejits except for one&lt;img src="/img/smilies/grayno.gif" alt=":no:" class="middle" border="0"&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;11. Will you donate your organs after you pass?&lt;br&gt;
Yes, I believe so which reminds me that I must pick up an organ donor card. You know, in case I get knocked over by a bus. How frustrating if I was to be knocked down on my WAY to picking it up! And what would happen with your blog friends? Would they think you hated them, or would they realise you were dead? Happy Christmas everyone!!!!&lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif" alt=":DD" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;12. How do you vent your anger?&lt;br&gt;
I don't, I bottle it all up and we all know what happens to earthquakes when they're overdue. Perhaps I should take up kickboxing before it explodes?!&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;13. What is your heritage?&lt;br&gt;
Um, well nationality - Irish, and then family connections to Scotland and Wales, and possibly some connection with Portugal or Spain (in relation to our surname and after reading too much about research into the origin of Celts!), and France according to some amateur genealogical research!&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;14. What kind of watch do you wear?&lt;br&gt;
I only wear it when going out of the house, but it's silver and clear frosted and rather pretty.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;15. Did you ever go to camp?&lt;br&gt;
I didn't see the word 'to' there and got confused. No I haven't gone to camp, and would have probably point blank refused being an anti-social little scamp.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;16. Where were you on September 11, 2001?&lt;br&gt;
Last year of school coming out of Games. I bounded up to some friends in a hyper manner then stopped dead when I saw the looks on their faces and heard an extremely serious conversation taking place about how a hijacked plane was heading towards the Pentagon. Actually, this was some misinformation they had heard somewhere because the plane had already hit the Pentagon. When I saw my mum I burst into tears because by that time there was hysterical talk around the school of this being the immediate beginning of World War 3 and 50,000 deaths in the Trade Centres. By the time I got home, I'm pretty sure the two towers had fallen but despite remembering almost every aspect of that day vividly, I honestly can't remember if they had fallen or not when I got home and if I saw it happen. I draw a complete blank on that. I remember mum buying chocolate for us and all of us sitting in front of the news the entire evening in the dark, and then lying in bed in the dark terrified because there was a helicopter flying over our house for ages.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;17. Have you ever been to a gay bar?&lt;br&gt;
No but I've heard some great stories of my friend's exploits in them!&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;18. What is your ringtone?&lt;br&gt;
The Nokia ringtone I'm afraid because it was the least offensive choice and it is a fairly gentle version. And I like the original tune by Francisco Tárrega that it is taken from.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsp6dR-fL4A"&gt;http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsp6dR-fL4A&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;19. What kind of milk do you drink?&lt;br&gt;
Low fat. Sometimes skimmed. And only when the whim takes me. I need to up my calcium&lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_confused.gif" alt=":-/" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;20. Are you touchy-feely?&lt;br&gt;
No not at all but I do go to the rents for a hug sometimes. And my cat is being quite accommodating to my head at the moment when I want a pillow. Despite being a grumpy wagon.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/12/19/another_survey_i_nicked_off_someone_s_bl~3467814/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-12-16:/2007/12/16/oh_my_goodness_very_naughty_flintstones~3449394/</id><title>Oh My Goodness!! Very Naughty Flintstones!!!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/12/16/oh_my_goodness_very_naughty_flintstones~3449394/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-12-16T01:47:23+01:00</published><updated>2007-12-16T01:47:23+01:00</updated><content type="html">	



&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/12/16/oh_my_goodness_very_naughty_flintstones~3449394/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-12-09:/2007/12/09/panic_panic_panic_help_help_help~3418424/</id><title>PANIC PANIC PANIC HELP HELP HELP</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/12/09/panic_panic_panic_help_help_help~3418424/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-12-09T17:45:17+01:00</published><updated>2007-12-09T17:45:17+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;Having trouble - anyone know anything helpful about the different styles of narrative in Jekyll and Hyde and how it affects one's interpretation of the novel? Total blank here, any thoughts whatsoever appreciated.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/12/09/panic_panic_panic_help_help_help~3418424/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-12-06:/2007/12/06/one_down_zzzzzzzzzz~3404531/</id><title>One Down....Zzzzzzzzzz</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/12/06/one_down_zzzzzzzzzz~3404531/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-12-06T16:18:23+01:00</published><updated>2007-12-06T16:24:23+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;First exam over. Not helped by the fact that one of the tutors supervising said I didn't need my coat on but it turned out to be FREEZING, Arrogant Boy from my tutorial was sitting beside me and had BAD breath and an incessantly whistling nose, the girl in front kept flinging herself back in her seat knocking my sheet back off my desk constantly and giving me an eye lashing with her over-'messified' hair that she seemed so fond of tossing (a tosser one might say), the wind was literally screeching through the room rattling the blackboard at the front, and my body decided to start developing a cold that very hour. &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_cry.gif" alt=":'(" class="middle" border="0"&gt; But the exam itself did go a little better than expected. Hopefully passed anyway.&lt;br&gt;
Another one tomorrow which haven't even had time to prepare for yet, so that's my day and night and small hours planned then!&lt;img src="/img/smilies/graysleep.gif" alt=":zz:" class="middle" border="0"&gt; And then I'm doing NOTHING tomorrow night because my brain is now the size of a raisin, and I don't even want to think about the two 3000 word essays due for Tuesday that I haven't even chosen questions from because of the OTHER essays I barely got handed in on time in the middle of studying for exams&lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt=":roll:" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
And I'm babysitting Saturday. And my friend's graduation is on Monday, but I'm going to have to give that a miss because quite frankly she wouldn't come to mine even if she had nothing on, and is one of those friends that likes to get what she's 'owed' whether that's texts or phonecalls etc. Which is not what friendship is about AND I went to her birthday dinner even though I had two essays due the next day so I think I've paid my dues enough to get away with skipping this&lt;img src="/img/smilies/grayno.gif" alt=":no:" class="middle" border="0"&gt; *Faints from stress*
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/12/06/one_down_zzzzzzzzzz~3404531/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-12-05:/2007/12/05/on_what_planet_is_this_fat~3396881/</id><title>On What Planet Is This Fat?</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/12/05/on_what_planet_is_this_fat~3396881/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-12-05T01:12:48+01:00</published><updated>2007-12-05T01:14:03+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;According to the ever knowledgeable media, this is now fat and unattractive, and according to one delightful male commenter 'unacceptable'. Opinions? And since you ask yes, I have indeed been procrastinating by getting outraged at sexist gossip sites.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://thesuperficial.com/image.php?path=/2007/11/1128_jennifer_love_hewitt_bikini_01.jpg"&gt;http://thesuperficial.com/image.php?path=/2007/11/1128_jennifer_love_hewitt_bikini_01.jpg&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/12/05/on_what_planet_is_this_fat~3396881/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-11-29:/2007/11/29/the_truth_about_women~3370967/</id><title>The Truth About Women</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/11/29/the_truth_about_women~3370967/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-11-29T18:32:14+01:00</published><updated>2007-11-29T18:34:31+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;I thought I'd start a mini series about women and what it's like to be one. I will try not to get on my feminist high horse but if I do, don't worry, I'm not one of those hysterical women who gets offended if a man holds a door open. I think it's healthy to accept that men and women ARE different, and yes we do tend to fall into certain roles which are always good to challenge, but the sexism comes from assuming that the woman is not &lt;em&gt;capable&lt;/em&gt; of opening the door, not from a man showing simple old-fashioned chivalry. Hell we need a bit more Pride and Prejudice style behaviour. (Oh and any surly Darcy types feel free to contact me. NOW)&lt;br&gt;
Anyway, I thought I'd start with a few of the most cliched questions. If any men have questions they'd like to see in the mini series (that phrase makes it sound much grander than it is!), then feel free to comment, or if any women disagree with my explanations, or wish to add to them, then please comment also.&lt;br&gt;
Also, gender related topics can get people's dander up (or as I used to think - dandruff), so please remember this is just a bit of fun!&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;- When we go to the toilet in groups it is for the following reasons.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;*We are shy walking past a whole bar/pub/restaurant full of people.&lt;br&gt;
*We feel like Bambi in our heels and need subtle support disguised as arm linking.&lt;br&gt;
*We need to ask an urgent question such as "Are there herbs in my teeth? Cos I haven't smiled in an hour", "Do I look fat? Honestly? No HONESTLY!!!" or "Do you have a spare pad" Sorry if that last one is too much info boys but it's true.&lt;br&gt;
*We just feel like having a girly giggle and comparing our control pants.&lt;br&gt;
*If social situation is tedious/tense/awkward, then it is to discuss best tactics for dealing with said situation.&lt;br&gt;
*But usually it's the first reason - we're just a little shy and want our girlies, that's all.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;- Why do women say "If you don't know what's wrong, then there's no point me telling you"?&lt;br&gt;
Well to be fair, I don't ever say this and my friends don't seem to either, they're fairly straight up and don't expect boyfriends to be psychic (except about chocolate truffle needs.) But here is the logic behind it never the less. If you sense you have done something wrong then you should realise what it is you have done wrong, because you should be 1.sensitive enough to understand how something could have hurt them before you did it in the first place but as we all make mistakes you should 2. be intuitive and know your partner's character enough to at least make a good guess at what the general area is from which their upset is arising. The fact that you can't (or appear not to be able to) makes some women feel like you don't really know them deeply. It's just based on an insecurity. Though sometimes it might be due to genuine insensitivity on the man's part.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;That'll do for today, I need some testosterone in my evening after that, so I'm off to drool over pictures of Alan Rickman&lt;img src="/img/smilies/grayyes.gif" alt=":yes:" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Tomorrow: PMS  *all male readers suddenly run for cover* - get back here you cowards!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/11/29/the_truth_about_women~3370967/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-11-25:/2007/11/25/to_emphasise_my_point_about_the_irish_la~3350365/</id><title>To Emphasise My Point About The Irish Language.</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/11/25/to_emphasise_my_point_about_the_irish_la~3350365/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-11-25T17:32:08+01:00</published><updated>2007-11-25T17:34:18+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;In my last post, I spoke about how little Irish most people have in Ireland. I had been hoping to show this by posting a video of a Carlsberg ad currently playing here that everyone finds hilarious, mostly because of the familiarity of the words the man uses - you could say they are 'default' words and phrases, learned off in order to scrape a pass in an exam. Finally, someone posted it on YouTube. Look out for the word 'cáca milis', a favourite of mine! Watch the video first before reading the translation in order to get the full effect of its funniness.&lt;/p&gt;
	



	&lt;p&gt;Here's what he says in order of when he says them.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;An bhfuil cead agam go dtí an leithreas? - Can I go out to the toilet?&lt;br&gt;
Agus madra rua, is maith liom. - And a fox, I like.&lt;br&gt;
Cáca milis - Cake&lt;br&gt;
Agus Sharon Ní Bheoláin - And Sharon Ní Bheoláin (an Irish news presenter, popular with the men!)&lt;br&gt;
Tá geansaí orm - I am a jumper.&lt;br&gt;
Tá scamaill sa spéir! - The clouds are in the sky.&lt;br&gt;
Tabhair dom an cáca milis! - Give me the cake!&lt;br&gt;
Ciúnas bóthar cailín bainne - Listen road girl milk&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Classic ad!
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/11/25/to_emphasise_my_point_about_the_irish_la~3350365/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-11-23:/2007/11/23/buster_keaton_would_never_get_past_healt~3339061/</id><title>Buster Keaton Would Never Get Past Health and Safety Now</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/11/23/buster_keaton_would_never_get_past_healt~3339061/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-11-23T04:07:51+01:00</published><updated>2007-11-23T04:07:51+01:00</updated><content type="html">	



&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/11/23/buster_keaton_would_never_get_past_healt~3339061/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-11-17:/2007/11/17/the_irish_language~3311789/</id><title>The Irish Language</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/11/17/the_irish_language~3311789/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-11-17T19:39:49+01:00</published><updated>2007-11-18T02:02:29+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;Inspired by a post on bloglikeit's blog (not real name obviously &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"&gt;). I thought I might start a post on the Irish language. In Ireland, all students, except those who are exempt due to either being from somewhere outside the country or issues like dyslexia, learn Irish from Junior Infants right through to their final year of secondary school. That's 14 years. Yet the majority of students leave not even near fluent, save for those with a talent for languages, those who attended an Irish speaking school, or those who live in the Gaeltacht areas. The way it is taught turns students off. We don't use it in general conversation, though it is on all roadsigns and the news is given in Irish after the usual edition etc., yet it is given huge priority in our exams over languages we would use like French. The pressure caused by insisting on it being one of the core subjects we are examined on for our finals means we get no enjoyment, especially as they force the culture of it into the lessons, which, being Irish anyway, we don't need. However, having been out of school a good number of years now, I have noticed myself feeling more of a need to be even semi-fluent and a lot of my friends feel similar. It is no longer just a boring school subject, now it is a part of my heritage.&lt;br&gt;
I think a lot of people feel let down when they get older by the way it is treated in schools.&lt;br&gt;
Most people probably know more than they realise but just haven't enough practice using it to feel competent. There are several phrases which are almost like running jokes because they are pretty much guaranteed to turn up in any student's essay whether in first year or you final Leaving Cert exams. These include the use of phrases such as "I like...", "I prefer...", "I hate...", "I was sad" or "I was &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; sad" if you're feeling particularly clever. Then you will find some contrived way to include phrases such as "He ran like the wind" or "The clouds were in the sky". The majority of essays will be written in the past tense because that's the easiest one to remember, and at all costs students will avoid having a character say that they "would do" something.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Here are some of the standard phrases we learn when little.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;“Rith mé ar nós na gaoithe” - I ran like the wind.&lt;br&gt;
“Ta scamallach sa spéir” - The clouds are in the sky.&lt;br&gt;
“Is maith liom cáca milis” - I like cake.&lt;br&gt;
“Is fearr liom an sceallóga prátaí” - I prefer chips.&lt;br&gt;
“Bhi an fearg orm” - I was very angry. Most essays end this way.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Most essays end up being about someone who went to school, saw clouds in the sky, liked cake all day, went home, had chips for dinner and then went to bed angry for no apparent reason.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;It’s hard to explain how to pronounce Irish words. An important thing to understand is the ‘fada’. This is similar to the accents and graves in French. The word ‘fada’ means long, and it is a dash found over vowels, indicating that you should draw out the sound of the vowel. So the word ‘cáca’ without the fada would be pronounced “cah-cah” but as it does have a fada it is pronounced “cawcaw”. Sounds like a mad bird screaming basically.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Pronunciation also depends on the dialect (Munster, Ulster, Connacht, Leinster). Prepositional pronouns come at the end. This is the sort of thing that makes people completely unfamiliar with the language so confused - most of the sentences are constructed with the words out of order, by English standards anyway. For instance, if you want to say that someone possesses something you use one of the following - agam, agat, aige, aici, againn, agaibh, acu - I, you, he, she, we, you, they.  To say "I have a book", you say "Tá leabhar agam" which translates directly as "There is a book at me". Now you know where people get that idea of the Irish being poetic. None of our sentences are constructed logically! A 'h' is also added after the first letter of many words if it's plural, or else there is an 'í' or and 'aí' at the end of the word.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Now for some basic phrases and that's the end of todays (and probably any other) lesson!&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;MoonBunny is ainm dom - MoonBunny is my name - MB is (hiss the 's', don't pronounce it like a 'z') annum dumb.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Dia duit - Hello (literally God be with you) - Dee-ah gwit (slur the t at the end of a word by pushing your tongue gently at the bottom of your front teeth)&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Conas atá tú? - How are you? - Cun-us ataw too&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Tá mé go maith - I am fine (literally I am doing well) - Taw may guh moh (or 'my' depending on dialect)&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Go raibh maith agat - Thank you (literally Thanks be with you) - Guh rev moh a-gut (remember to slur the t!!)&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Tá failte romhat - You are welcome - Taw faultcha row-at (slur the 'at')&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Slan leat - Goodbye - slawn lat&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Is breá leat - I love you - Is (hiss the s) braw lat&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Maith thú - Well done - Mah who&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Sláinte - Cheers - Slawncha&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Sin sin - That's it - Shin shin&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Le do thoile - Please - Leh duh hullay&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Gabh mo leithscéal - Excuse me - Gah muh lehsch-gale&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Más é do thoil é - Please - Maws (remember the s is always quite clipped)ay duh hull ay &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Actually the last phrase reminds me of the most commonly used phrase by students - "Lig amach mé, más é do thoil é?"  - "Can I go out please?" which means can you leave the classroom to go to the loo please!!! If it's urgent you will need to be able to call 'Múinteoir!!Múinteoir!!" - Mween-ture Mweenture - "Teacher, teacher!!"
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/11/17/the_irish_language~3311789/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-11-17:/2007/11/17/irish_dancing_monkeys~3311423/</id><title>Irish Dancing Monkeys</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/11/17/irish_dancing_monkeys~3311423/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-11-17T18:15:54+01:00</published><updated>2007-11-17T18:16:15+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;I am writing a post on the Irish language and happened to come across this as I looked for something in relation to it on YouTube. I simply had to share. You will see why, it needs no introduction &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif" alt="8|" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif" alt=":DD" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	



&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/11/17/irish_dancing_monkeys~3311423/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-11-16:/2007/11/16/overindulgence~3308252/</id><title>Overindulgence</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/11/16/overindulgence~3308252/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-11-16T22:24:09+01:00</published><updated>2007-11-16T22:28:31+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;Overindulgence does NOT feel good.&lt;br&gt;
I have been a bit of a spendthrift lately as a way of making myself feel better when feeling beyond stressed and exhausted with college work etc. but today was ridiculously wasteful. How haveth I byn wastefule (I'm making up my own medieval spellings now after all this bloody English work&lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt=":roll:" class="middle" border="0"&gt;). Let me count the ways.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;1. Accepted a lift from the matriarch to college when I could have caught the bus (well two buses actually).&lt;br&gt;
2. Bought small bottle Diet Coke from a vending machine, after having to spend 6 quid on articles from the student copy centre.&lt;br&gt;
3. Got two buses home instead of taking one and walking half way.&lt;br&gt;
4. Bought LARGE bag of Minstrels and another small bottle Diet Coke (needed caffeine after uber heavy week)&lt;br&gt;
5. Needed to get money out of ATM to give tenner to matriarch that I owed, but ATM not working so my only option was to get cashback in the supermarket where to make it acceptable to ask for cashback I bought a large bottle of Diet Coke (!!!!!!!&lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_redface.gif" alt=":oops:" class="middle" border="0"&gt;) and a packet of Walkers Sensations and a box of straws.&lt;br&gt;
6. Got home to find -much to my surprise - two long-awaited parcels from a Japanese import site, including sibling's birthday present, but mostly Japanese snacks for...guess who? Yes me. Suffered extreme guilt attack as am expecting several other packages next week from EBay (including those rather spiffing heart-shaped sunglasses&lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_cool.gif" alt="B)" class="middle" border="0"&gt;)and because I had already bought the crisps and Minstrels.&lt;br&gt;
7. As had house to self for first time in months, decided to get a take away as that is the only time I ever get one. Spend a further 13 quid on that.&lt;br&gt;
8. Ate far too much. (Why is there no vomit emoticon?) And didn't even eat 1/4 of the free bag of prawn crackers, and didn't even touch the prawn toast I decided to try because as far as I could see there was no evidence of PRAWN on it &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_evil.gif" alt="&gt;:-[" class="middle" border="0"&gt; So I wasted perfectly good food too.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;However I did get a B+ on my Dickens essay!!! &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"&gt; &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"&gt; &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_razz.gif" alt=":p" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/11/16/overindulgence~3308252/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-11-04:/2007/11/04/i_hate_sundays_and_mondays_and_you_know_~3244871/</id><title>I Hate Sundays. And Mondays. And... you know... WEEKS</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/11/04/i_hate_sundays_and_mondays_and_you_know_~3244871/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-11-04T18:18:18+01:00</published><updated>2007-11-04T18:19:33+01:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;I am never going to get through this college year. There is literally no way to get through all the work. I expected there to be more work this year but no one is able to get all the books finished let alone the essays, the presentations and the exams. They've put them all so close together and assigned too many books. Things are changing in the college and we are their guinea pigs. This always happens when I start a course or diploma or something, and even in secondary school. They always just happened to be changing things and then my education and grades suffer as a result. Before my final secondary school exams, I think we were given a total of 7 different French teachers that year alone. No wonder I'm not fluent. I mean I'm barely fluent in English. Once I finish this degree, I'm done with education. That is IT. And I didn't sleep for a single minute last night, my head is hammering and I feel like Phineas Gage. Well at least he got a free tamping iron. I got a free lollipop.
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	&lt;p&gt;I have to warn those of a sensitive disposition that there really is some strong language here. But come on it's a parrot! This is possibly in my Top 10 funniest moments of all time. If you want to see some genius timing and an excellent choice of what words to put the stress on, watch the last ten seconds. Enjoy!
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/10/31/parrots_with_attitude~3225394/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-10-19:/2007/10/19/another_gem_from_overheard_in_new_york~3162658/</id><title>Another Gem from Overheard In New York</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/10/19/another_gem_from_overheard_in_new_york~3162658/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-10-19T17:34:22+02:00</published><updated>2007-10-19T17:34:22+02:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;Three-year-old girl to no one in particular: The white man is everywhere. [Mother looks at her, puzzled. Girl gazes up at crosswalk sign] The white man tells us when to go.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;--86th &amp; 2nd&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/10/19/another_gem_from_overheard_in_new_york~3162658/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-10-14:/2007/10/14/today_s_driving_practice~3135074/</id><title>Today's Driving Practice</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/10/14/today_s_driving_practice~3135074/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-10-14T17:48:33+02:00</published><updated>2007-10-14T17:48:33+02:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;Here is a very rough transcript.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Matriarch: "Now you decide where it is you want to turn and make assertive decisions before you reach the point where you have to stop and turn"&lt;br&gt;
Me: OK (makes assertive decision to turn left, starts slowing down and changing down a gear)&lt;br&gt;
Matriarch: No you're better to turn right. TURN RIGHT QUICK!! You're too near to this car, NOOO Don't turn right that's the main road!!"&lt;br&gt;
ME: OK OK OK!! I was turning left in the first place, SHUSH you're PANICKING me (Car shudders to heart stopping stop.&lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif" alt="8|" class="middle" border="0"&gt;)&lt;br&gt;
Matriarch: Tut.&lt;br&gt;
Me: Mum, it won't start, can you take over I'm too flustered.&lt;br&gt;
Matriarch: No you're ok just start again.&lt;br&gt;
Me: But it won't Mum quick swap with me there's a van behind us&lt;br&gt;
(Swap very quickly and I wave apologetically to the surprisingly patient van driver behind us. Mother proceeds to drive too close to cars on left, approach corner too fast and then I notice that the side pockets are FULL of her used tissues and a few leaves. Not that I'm complaining - I have a car. But honestly, used tissues!! There were so many that they were actually compacted in to the pocket &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt=":roll:" class="middle" border="0"&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Next time I'm making her sit in the back, she always thinks I'm too near cars on the left and I never am, it always looks that way in the passenger seat.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I just ate yet another Wispa. Because of my nerves you see. It's a modern day smelling salt. Honestly, it's nothing to do with gluttony&lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/10/14/today_s_driving_practice~3135074/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-10-13:/2007/10/13/random~3130894/</id><title>Random</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/10/13/random~3130894/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-10-13T19:33:17+02:00</published><updated>2007-10-13T19:36:27+02:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;Isn't everyone a little random? My family is always telling me I'm weird and describe me to friends as having lots of 'quirks'. It's meant affectionately and I guess I can't blame them seeing as I used to talk to an imaginary fairy behind a bookshelf in the living room when I was little. But the latest example of my supposed weirdness is buying bento containers from Ebay, Japanese snacks from J-List because "I like the packaging" (but the Japanese are very creative with their products), buying antique ("antique-style" so... plastic then!)pill boxes for Panadol, and buying the soundtrack of an anime drama series that no one has heard of. But surely these things don't make me so much more unique than everyone else? I'm not into Tool like my friend is (because I just don't enjoy being screamed at through the car stereo, our college tutors do enough of that thank you), but she insists I will like them after a while. Despite having played them everytime I have seen her in the last year to no avail. But I wouldn't expect her to be into the things I like, like old movies, literature and Rainbow Brite necklaces! Surely everyone is unique? I don't feel offended to be referred to as particularly unique, in fact it's a compliment, but I just would love to know at which point do you become so much more so that people actually comment on it? The matriarch says it's more the questions I ask and the way I phrase and observe things. I guess, once again, I can't blame them seeing as I did hear myself (in a sudden moment of embarrassing self-awareness) say "Imagine if you &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; have two left feet?&lt;br&gt;
The patriarch puts up with it for approximately two minutes maximum before saying "Ok I don't want to talk about this. Quiet". Charming.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/10/13/random~3130894/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:moonbunny.blog.co.uk,2007-10-11:/2007/10/11/study_zombie~3119849/</id><title>Study Zombie</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://moonbunny.blog.co.uk/2007/10/11/study_zombie~3119849/"/><author><name>MoonBunny</name></author><published>2007-10-11T15:45:35+02:00</published><updated>2007-10-11T15:50:33+02:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;I have quite literally been holed up in my room for five days straight writing essays and reading frantically to try and keep up with college. Can anyone explain what the logic of the following is to me please? It is a well-known fact that it takes about a week or two to settle into college, figure out where you're even supposed to be in the first place and get your hands on the ever elusive reading list. I make a special effort to be organised and start reading the books as soon as I get them.  Then end of the week before last, darling tutors each casually say "Oh have you finished the books yet? Essays in next week ok?" &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif" alt="8|" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Sorry but how is anyone who is not capable of pulling a Hermione (geeky Harry Potter reference to the object Hermione is given in order to attend classes that are on at exactly the same time, not pulling as in snogging), supposed to read three novels in two weeks, as well as several articles &lt;em&gt;on&lt;/em&gt; those texts, read theory books and then write academic essays on the most ridiculous and contrived questions ever? &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_crazy.gif" alt=":crazy:" class="middle" border="0"&gt; Well, I've managed it somehow. Well that's a lie, I read about two thirds of the novels, somehow wrote essays on books I haven't read completely, and glanced over the articles. And now I have to start three more books, and finish the ones I was writing essays on and somehow get some sleep too.&lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_wth.gif" alt="|-|" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
And on another topic - SHUT UP PHONE!!! Oh my god, just as I was typing the above the phone rings. There is no one else in the house and I am busy and it won't be for me. If they need someone they will ring their mobile or my mobile. So I leave it. Yet, as always happens, the phone rings about 20 times. WHAT IS THE POINT, WHAT IS THE BLOODY POINT OF THAT? First of all, after about six or seven rings maximum surely you assume no one is home, after ten, surely you assume that even if someone is home THEY AREN'T ANSWERING. So SHUT UP! It gets to the stage where it's too late to run to pick it up but it's getting creepy.&lt;br&gt;
And don't even get me started on the pretentious argumentative students in my English tutorial today. Obnoxious isn't the word. Instead of considering someone else's argument, they get defensive and huffy that their wondrous epiphany isn't the definitive answer. Oh I'm not even going to start talking about the people in college, I'll only get angry.&lt;br&gt;
So as you can tell I'm in a FANTASTIC mood and this might be my last post for another age as I plough my way through ANOTHER book I haven't chosen to read. &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_evil.gif" alt="&gt;:-[" class="middle" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
AND I have no money cos it's all disappearing through the exhaust of the motoring school car.
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	&lt;p&gt;Hurrah!!!! God I missed these. Why did they get rid of them anyway? I mean Dairymilk Bubblys aren't exactly disgusting but they are not Wispas. Look at it in all it's nostalgiac wonder. &lt;img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"&gt;
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