Aideen

Sunday, August 20th, 2006 by Kevin Teljeur

A big, very happy twenty-fourth birthday shout out to Aideen (did I spell that right?) who turned twenty-four on Saturday. Aideen is very clever, articulate, can do hand-writing analysis, and can figure out her position in the Zaytoon kebab queue like few other people I’ve randomly come across on a night out. Sadly, although she does read books and has a remarkable grasp of the mechanics of rain creation (What’s that ‘p’ word again?), she doesn’t know much about cloud structures.

I actually can’t remember from where I learnt about cloud types; I know we still have the book, and I would have been about ten or so, but… Ah well. Also, it’s amazing how much you can deduce from people through a few brief moments of contact. I really do need to get out more.

Altostratus. They just don’t make them like they used to.

12 Responses to “Aideen”

  1. Aideen Says:

    Why join the ‘and’, and not the ‘curve’?

    I learned about clouds in Ms.Carroll’s junior cert geog class.

    Alto- meaning low.
    Stratus- meaning those brush stroke type clouds. am i correct oh wise one?

  2. kevintel Says:

    You could join both, you know. It’s not a binary equation.

    I had Hillary Byrne as my geography teacher, if memory serves me correctly; she was bouncy and buxom (she was actually mostly a PE teacher, and always wore a tracksuit) and more sexy than a geography teacher has a right to be, and I think even the girls fantasized about her. I certainly didn’t learn about clouds in that class. And it was a long, long time ago.

    I’m not sure actually, if you are correct about the clouds. Possibly. Anyone else out there with an opinion on that?

    Welcome onboard, Aideen!

  3. Aideen Says:

    Yes you could join both, but the point is that you didn’t. i have wierd interests.

    What is the story with this blog, its so elaborate! pretty impressive. To be honest its the first blog i have ever seen so maybe i’m not the best judge.

    You must spend alot of time organising it.

    Do you often give strangers the address?

  4. kevintel Says:

    Yes, I didn’t. I, too, have weird interests, including an infatuation with my handwriting (question to you from Saturday, as yet unanswered). And I should have a logo too; I just didn’t get around to it. The logo would be a juxtaposition of the two concepts.

    The story of the blog is a long one. Why don’t you have one? I have a couple of other curious questions, but they belong in the non-public domain (unless you enjoy this kind of public exposure). I don’t spend enough time organising this site, according to my readers. Right guys?

    I do give strangers the address, but it would help if I got out more. And met more strange people. I put my address on irishblogs.ie too, a move I’m still questioning the wisdom of, so every post is viewed briefly by complete strangers. Anyway, you’re the star of this post, so maybe that’s a first for you. You were the headline act! Yay!

  5. Aideen Says:

    i made the headline, go me. doesn’t everything make the headline?

    the whole concept of a blog is something that i don’t think i would like at all. All your personal info and thoughts and experiences are there for anyone to read. i can see that it is handy for keeping in contact with mates, but i must admitt, i’m not sold on the idea.

    i’m just an old fashioned girl.

    questions, eh?

  6. kevintel Says:

    Yes, you’re sort of right about that, by definition most things become a headline here if they’re the main topic.

    The blog as a hobby isn’t for everyone. But you don’t necessarily have to write about personal stuff; plenty of people just write for the love of writing (with varying degrees of ability) about all sorts of things. The communication is wherein’s the thing, and there are now people making money by doing it for a living. I put my personal information out here because this is a contact point for me, and I write about personal subjects because I enjoy it and I can. A lot doesn’t go up here, believe you me, there is some editing in there somewhere (or lazyness; it’s hard to tell them apart sometimes).

    Yes, questions and answers in the most public way possible, no matter how old fashioned you are :-)

  7. Aideen Says:

    Any interesting converstations in Zaytoon this sat?

  8. kevintel Says:

    Well, no, actually, and although I’d like to say that it was because:
    a) I was too drunk actually talk to anyone but got the dream kebab anyway;
    b) I was engaged in an interesting intellectual discussion in how Western society would have progressed if Proust had decided to stick to pottery as his mother may (hypothetically) have advised and not written anything at all;
    c) Alien invasion/Progressive Democrat electoral majority had made conversation completely illegal.
    No, in fact, I was in Ballymurn in Wexford, with my family and what is now my car. And the sea.

    Tonight on the other hand was exciting because my home was invaded by large numbers of drunken Polish and Slovak women. I had thought that this was a fantasy I’d never live to see happen, but it’s not quite as interesting as you’d think. At least, not as interesting as drunken Romanian women, and God knows I’ve tried to make that one happen (Luckily for me, it didn’t. I can still walk.).

  9. Aideen Says:

    My favorate is option c). I think drinking in temple bar would be alot more satisfying if converstaion was completely illegal, well maybe only where people are in employment, where food is consumed and in all public buildings. Then there could be designated conversation areas outside all pubs, where one can engage in an interesting chat.

    Surely large numbers of any type of drunken women in your home should be commended. Well done.

  10. kevintel Says:

    Interesting choice, Aideen. You decided for allowing either aliens or the Reactionary Fascist Party to stamp out socialising (they’re obviously dyslexic, and confused it with Socialism) everywhere except Designated Conversation Areas. Presumably (and we know what presumption is the mother of) we would pay for access to the DCAs. You should get a prize; food of your choice in a silent place, served by mute eunuchs carrying biometric ID cards.

    Thanks, and you’re right about the commendations, it’s a difficult thing to arrange to have lots of drunken women in the house (my housemate’s work colleagues; she organised it) and if they’re all Slavic then so much the better. Glamourous drunken Poles slumped on me during ‘How to Lose Matthew McConaughey in Less Than An Hour’, what more could I ask for.

  11. Oana Says:

    :-D

  12. kevintel Says:

    :-P}