Dreaming Time: What you doing for the summer?

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I don't really have much time off for the summer, but i'm thinking about heading away for a bit to do some research in the soltitude of Achill Island.

Has anyone got any interesting plans for the summer?

ApeXaviour

No.. had interesting plans. But they all went to the gutter. Another reason I'd like another shot at this year.

Prob end up working in the local video shop again. Go camping a few times, and go to canada for a week in august to see my cousin's wedding.

cuckoo

sleep

then, earn some money and hopefully squeeze a holiday in there somewhere - i haven't been anywhere 'away, away' for a long time. last summer my 'holiday' was a weekend in monaghan for a wedding.

John

I'm working in the zoology department for the summer and I'll be going to France for three weeks at the end of June. Also going to Berlin at the end of September. Possibly squeeze in some gigs by my band during the summer too. Watch my sig for details.

I had something written out, but I'll throw it up later cos the person who's sitting beside me is emitting an odour which is possibly the worst thing I've ever smelt. And yes, it's just him that smells. Jebus, I've to get out of here.

Right, I finish on the 9th, and will be opening a bottle of ouzo when I finish. I still have to go away sometime in between the 13th and July. I'll be giving my mate's sister maths grinds all the weekend of the 10/11/12th of June, then wandering away for a few days maybe. Some SU stuff later on that week, then that'll bring me up to the weekend of the 18th or so? That week I'm going somewhere....might just put a pin somewhere random and go. Then I'm back to annoy the EduCat for a week or two.

Have to go to Moby and REM in the meantime too. So to answer your question, no, nothing really interesting.

Andrew 83

Working in DCU for 6 weeks until the end of July, will go on holiday for a fortnihgt around late August/early September, and throughout the summer get everything together for another great year for TN (hopefully!)

Scruff101

I finish exams on 10th......move out of trinity the 12th.....start work in a "grown up job" on June 20th........graduate on the 7th July.......go to Oxegen on the 8th...camp....go home on the 11th.....take 10 showers in a row on the 11th so I don't smell too bad going back to the adults at the "grown up job" on the 12th....work....work.....work....go on holiday at end of August...........work...hope to drag my boyfriend along to the Electric Picnic at beginning of September to camp.....come home.....some more showers........back to work............perhaps another little holiday around Christmas.......work....work.....work and go to Australia by next September!!!!!

Crash

I'm a-working with andrew for the first 3 weeks of my summer.
we'sa gonna be work buddies, Hyuk!


then its my cousins wedding, then finding another job to keep me going. after that i'm off back to germany for a few weeks travelling around, and maybe learning to dive up at my cousins dive school on clare island. anyone wanna come? :P

Kevin_rc_ie

andrew and crash are obviously nerds.

Plunky

Goin' to my friend's Prom on 5/6.. Back 2 weeks later, and job hunting... Might go to portugal in august for a week or two... Not sure apart from that!

Stargal

crash_000 wrote:

I'm a-working with andrew for the first 3 weeks of my summer.
we'sa gonna be work buddies, Hyuk!

That's the second time I've been left out of something on these boards in a couple of days. It's starting to remind me of primary school

Yeah I'm working in CTYI aswell, except it's going to be with the younger kids who I'll be co-ordinating to do my every bidding

Kevin_rc_ie

my judo coach from georgia got me a job as a animal assistant with a circus. hopefully other then cleaing out elephant **** i'll get to chill with the fauna.

Plunky

Do the Munchkin RAs/TAs have much time to spend with the Biggun RA/TAs?

Crash

...can we cross them with some sort of elephant?

Stargal

Not really. The TA's for the young kids are in class at the same time as the older TA's, and they have to supervise some of the kids at lunch so there's no time to spend with them during the day. There's a couple of hours before the older TA's go into evening study, but a lot of the younger TA's just go home before then cos it's so tiring

cuckoo

stargal wrote:

Yeah I'm working in CTYI aswell, except it's going to be with the younger kids who I'll be co-ordinating to do my every bidding

Are they that biddable to start with? Any CTYI alumnus i've ever met has been pretty strong minded, and a little odd (in an interesting way). I've heard tales from friends of mine who've worked there, they think the kids are behaving themselves, turn around for a second, turn back to face complete chaos.

Crash

*narrows eyes* i am not a little odd.

Plunky

I dunno about everyoen else, but I was pretty quiet when I started out... Though yes now I am strong minded and willed and all that good stuff, back then if an RA said jump, I'd ask how high!

Plunky

crash_000 wrote:

*narrows eyes* i am not a little odd.

Neil... Remember what I said about being honest?..

cuckoo

crash_000 wrote:

*narrows eyes* i am not a little odd.

a lot odd? (in what i am confident is a very good way)

ApeXaviour

Plunky wrote:

I dunno about everyoen else, but I was pretty quiet when I started out... Though yes now I am strong minded and willed and all that good stuff, back then if an RA said jump, I'd ask how high!

Lets nay turn this into a ctyi thread..

Plunky

ApeXaviour wrote:

Lets nay turn this into a ctyi thread..

Apologies Ape, was just clarifying the idea of malleability...

ApeXaviour

Plunky wrote:

Apologies Ape, was just clarifying the idea of malleability...

*looks up dictionary

Well.. ok then, just don't let it happen again!

crash_000

crash_000 wrote:

*narrows eyes* i am not a little odd.

Oddly little?

Crash

*narrows eyes* ok i am a little odd.

Time Magazine

What do I plan to do this summer?

The same thing I do every summer

Nietzschean

finish exams on the 10th, start work on 13th, finish work sept 30th, return to college following monday...

Pet

I..am going to a couple of gigs (Billy Corgan, Oxegen, Electric Picnic..uhm, some others), hopefully working, playing some gigs in town with the band (I shall also put notices in my signature, and I expect you all to be there. If you don't show up, I'll hunt you down and set my hairballs on you).

Aside from that, I'm spending 3 weeks on the Dingle peninsula in a house with some friends and lots of musical instruments and a boat, and going to Edinburgh in August for concerts and street theatre.

That's about it..

ApeXaviour

At least you'll be in the money Ian.. fund all your expensive southy and red

Nietzschean

ApeXaviour wrote:

At least you'll be in the money Ian.. fund all your expensive southy and red

i've already a list of things worked out to spend it on though, so twill all be gone no doubt ..... how much does sky diving cost? i'd luv to do that...

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Darth Bobo wrote:

how much does sky diving cost? i'd luv to do that...

Costs €320 from the Irish Parachute Club (see: http://www.skydive.ie/)

sleepingbeauty

Hrm well Im going to florida a couple of weeks after the exams for 2 weeks. May also be going to edinburgh and/or amsterdam in september. Other than that I have to find myself a job. May end up working in the solicitors I worked in last summer, but havent decided yet....its boring but pays pretty well and tbh im too lazy to find anything else :rolleyes: But there's gigs to keep me going: oxegen, pixies, etc. oh and Ive just been informed im going to billy corgan aswell....So all in all quite a bit to keep me occupied over the summer :cool:

Stargal

Can't wait for Weezer in Vicar Street on the 7th June. It's the only gig that I want to see this summer. I'll be working in CTYI for July (sorry Ape), possibly working somewhere else for August and then going far far away in early September. Well, Italy or Morocco. Not that far away really.

Nietzschean

Roundtower2 wrote:

Costs €320 from the Irish Parachute Club (see: http://www.skydive.ie/)

deadly, must do that over the summer so

cuckoo

Darth Bobo wrote:

deadly, must do that over the summer so

Pick a charity to fundraise for, i for one always sponsor ppl who are crazy enough to jump out of a plane waaaay up in the sky. Also, it'll be an excellant incentive in case you feel like backing out at the last minute!

Nietzschean

cuckoo wrote:

Pick a charity to fundraise for, i for one always sponsor ppl who are crazy enough to jump out of a plane waaaay up in the sky. Also, it'll be an excellant incentive in case you feel like backing out at the last minute!

yeah but i'd be interested enough in doing it a few times n what not.... at 30 quid a pop after ye know how to do it tis well manageable...

DrIndy

Texas....... living the dream......

Pet

oh and Ive just been informed im going to billy corgan aswell....

Did you get standing tickets?

John

stargal wrote:

Can't wait for Weezer in Vicar Street on the 7th June. It's the only gig that I want to see this summer.

*high five for weezer*

Stargal

=W=

*high fives John2*

Stargal

*misses John2, slaps self in face*

John

you need to work on your high fives

Stargal

I have much to learn.

Agent Smith

off to nevada, my parents are getting married again in september, most likely spend the next 20 years in jail in the states,

Crash

Heheh, just found out i'll also be TA'ing for session two theoretical physics apparently - I DONT KNOW TP!!

Stargal

I had the same thing a couple of years ago. I was RA for Session 1 and then TA for Economics for Session 2. It turned out grand - I was straight with the kids when I wasn't able to explain something to them in evening study, but 9/10 it was grand. (And this was when I was studying French and Sociology!) What are you studying yourself?

Kevin_rc_ie

ta?
ra?

something adviser?

John

territorial army and personal assistant and robust acronym

Crash

Teaching assistant. am doing CS but meh :P

Kevin_rc_ie

RA for Session 1

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