Tuesday 11th of April 2006

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A Note From Eleanor

A , posted by Anthony in the evening.

Eleanor has finally come through with her report of her visit. I will hand over to her after this picture.


Ultrasound

So as you can see from the picture it wasn’t just me that made the trip from Cheshire to New York, I was accompanied by my little baby-in-potenitia as well. However, as it had only existed for a mere 10 weeks and it was about the size of a grape, I don’t know if it got much out of the whole experience.

It did do its best to impinge on my enjoyment by denying me alcohol, caffeine and runny cheese. It was also sapping me of energy in a parasitical fashion, though apparently I am not supposed to actually call it a parasite; it might offend its grandparents. We managed to survive the week with plenty of (decaff) coffee breaks and sugary foods.

I am slightly concerned about Anthony’s life style over in New York, as he seemed to think by missing out on drinking we were missing out on everything that is worthwhile about the city. Hmmm. Somehow or other we did actually manage to enjoy ourselves without the demon drink; a challenge obviously as we were thrown back on looking to history, culture, architecture, art and shopping for what meagre entertainment they could provide.

The family I have married into (the geordie Rickard clan) are all obsessed with rating everything: “what did you like best?” “What are your top three?” “What were your five favourite things?” etc etc, so here is a list of favourite things from the holiday, in no particular order:

  1. Seeing Anthony in his natural habitat. (His flat is just like how his bedroom used to be, only on a very slightly larger scale. The continuity is reassuring).
  2. The cheese burger in Katz deli.
  3. Meeting Anthony’s friends. (It is nice to know he has some, and that they weren’t all fictional characters created for the blog to give an illusion of popularity).
  4. The sofa bed. Unbelievably comfortable, and Ellen was an added bonus. (Lying in the bed watching Meet the Fockers on Anthony’s massive television was a real treat. The fact we had learnt how to turn the telly on was a real achievment.)
  5. Seeing the overwhelming joy on Ellen’s face as we finally tracked down her holy grail, a branch of Abercombie and Finch.
  6. And speaking of holy grails, Spamalot was fantastic, amazing, and hilarious and the seats (for Anthony and I anyway) were out of this world. Thanks again big brother! Keep up those spendthrift ways! By the way, the t-shirt fits Jim perfectly.
  1. Being introduced to the tv series Firefly, (though apparently this makes me a ‘geek’. And my love of Buffy didn’t?).

This is in no way a definitive or comprehensive list as we had lots of memorable and enjoyable experiences. I haven’t included visiting Anthony’s place of work, as even though Ellen and I were aware we were highly privileged in being allowed visit, as neither of us have ever played a computer game I feel it was slightly wasted on us. Throwing rubber bands at Anthony as he worked was good fun though.

Have you had the housewarming yet Ant? Your friends all seemed very keen to see your new pad, and with some effort I am sure you could squeeze about ten people in there.


Hey, I never had TV in my bedroom! Any party would have to be in shifts. I’m not sure that’s likely to be successful.

Comments on "A Note From Eleanor"

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    Comment ID: 8387

    At 5:50 pm on Saturday 15th of April 2006, JIMI (M.A Hons) blurted

    so Anthony…

    how much did you have to pay the actors to pretend to be your friends? I need to ‘create’ some friends to help me woo the fairer sex…

    nice writing Eleanor. And good luck with the baby.

    Where is everybody? Dean? Daragh? Benjamin?

    HELLO???!!!

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    Comment ID: 8400

    At 10:12 am on Sunday 16th of April 2006, Ivan proclaimed

    I’m here, does anyone care

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    Comment ID: 8401

    At 10:14 am on Sunday 16th of April 2006, Anthony attested

    I care, Ivan. I care.

    And JIMI, I don’t pay them at all. I get them small parts in R* games.

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    Comment ID: 8402

    At 11:22 am on Sunday 16th of April 2006, JIMI (M.A Hons) said

    Ah, I see. Good thinking Batman. Any thoughts on why your shizzle has gone, well… let’s face it… fizzizle. I mean is there anything left of your once glorious shizzle? If the number of comments is anything to go by I’d say you really have gone quite fizzizle…

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    Comment ID: 8403

    At 11:23 am on Sunday 16th of April 2006, JIMI (M.A Hons) blurted

    Don’t worry, my shizzle went fizzizle a long time ago. And there’s nothing wrong with fizzizles, despite their bad press. I’m quite happy with my fizzizle…

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    Comment ID: 8411

    At 6:55 pm on Sunday 16th of April 2006, Ivan discoursed

    Right, so the jumper brand is shizzle, their problem, hopeless wiggers. More importantly I believe i invented a new phrase, ‘Party Tetris’, It refers to the movement and placement of people by their own means at a crouded party, it could be extended to cover bars, cafés, orgys etc. The reasons I mention it are these, 1. This blog will record its origin, 2. it could be the first proof of origin from the internet. You see I have been watchin Balderdash and Piffle on BBC, a strange coincidence.

    By the way, nice visual representation of a foetus.

    Congratulations Eleanor.

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    Comment ID: 8445

    At 8:55 am on Tuesday 18th of April 2006, J stated

    Party Tetris? Intriguing theory. Though there are whole books written about what the room you gravitate to at a party says about your personality.

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    Comment ID: 8451

    At 5:55 pm on Tuesday 18th of April 2006, JIMI (M.A Hons) was inspired to add

    Anthony>> did you see ‘The Squid and the Whale’? Two thumbs from moi…

    Discuss…

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    Comment ID: 8474

    At 10:36 am on Wednesday 19th of April 2006, Ivan imparted

    I have always found that the room you gravitate towards has a lot to do with the type of people in each one. Which has more to do with who lays claim to a space first. The substances in the bloodstream also play a major role methinks.

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    Comment ID: 8531

    At 8:11 am on Thursday 20th of April 2006, D2 wanted everyone to know

    Hello all. Tiz me. Moi! Ich bins!

    I’m sorry Anthony, but I’ve been busy writing letters into the Metro, three of which were published! I am now re-considering a career in journalism.

    I’m simply too lazy to read back on all the comments I’v missed in recent months. Suffice to say, after your web-site went down i lost interest. You see… that’s why you need to keep things updated man. Valuable commenters like me get bored. Or is it boring, I’m not sure. Ask Jimi about that one. Glad you missed me jimi. I did’nt miss you. I’ve been watching you. Closely. Very close. But more on that next time.

    As for that big picture up there, well done Anthony! I knew that operation was gonna change your life but I did’nt know they could do that. Wow! Strange looking limb though.

    Take care, see you all next time, over and out, bobs your uncle. Fandabbyddozy! Shiwaddewaddy! And so on

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    Comment ID: 8533

    At 9:30 am on Thursday 20th of April 2006, Daragh realised it was important that we all should understand

    PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION – DUBLIN CITY LIBRARY – PEARSE ST. FOR THE MONTH OF JULY – OPENING NIGHT JULY 3rd 8pm.

    All welcome – Wine n dips

    Get flutered…. see photos….nice

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    Comment ID: 8535

    At 11:29 am on Thursday 20th of April 2006, J channelled

    Ah well if we’re getting into blatant self promotion our doc on Tristan Dowse has been nominated for the TV NOW Awards cheesefest next week. So if any of you kind souls feel like voting for us text Award 0807 to 53307

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    Comment ID: 8556

    At 3:21 am on Friday 21st of April 2006, Daragh professed

    Daragh sdhfkhgdskjghwu87ttv 5u2v2n2 875235pvno5v v9862bmn 9 86;5 jy;kjlt’k tyktky yi68’tykk e09y

    .........important huh?

    God, I’m just brilliant!

    James> Are you going to the Fleadh?

    Zaini tells me our friend Feelhim Failhim is big wig Director these days, so tickets would be nice, and there should be those corporate drinks n lunches n freebies to look forward!

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    Comment ID: 8601

    At 11:36 am on Saturday 22nd of April 2006, JIMI (M.A Hons) testified

    Daragh… don’t know if I can face the Fleadh. I OD’d on it in the past…

    Give me Cork any day…

    Where’s Anthony?

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    Comment ID: 8605

    At 1:52 pm on Saturday 22nd of April 2006, Ivan realised it was important that we all should understand

    ANTHONTY!!.....hello?...

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    Comment ID: 8606

    At 1:56 pm on Saturday 22nd of April 2006, Anthony testified

    Sorry, what?

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