Christmas is 4 weeks away and my plans this year make it seem as if it will be the best Christmas ever. I'll be spending the 25th of December with my Aunt and Uncle in Yorkshire, England, and then 2 days later I will be in the South of France, and then Paris for New Years.
Everytime I go over to England I feel like I should make the effort to visit my old pen pal Stacey who lives in Cornwall but its about 6 hours away from my Uncle's house and I'm lazy. Maybe I will actually get to do it during this trip however.


49.) Mrs. Doubtfire 48.) Aladdin 47.) Nightmare on Elm Street 46.) The Towering Inferno
45.) Of Mice and Men 44.) Save the Last Dance 43.) SLC Punk 42.) Rounders
41.) The Green Mile 40.) The Basketball Diaries  ¶ 7:02 AM

 

What a hectic week and it's only tuesday! I have all my deadlines coming at the sametime which provides a bit of entertainment in my life, no wonder I like the constantly going pace of city life so much. I'm meeting with a huge potential client this afternoon to decided whether or not they will work with our company in the future. That just reminds me, I should probably explain in a bit more detail exactly what my job is.
Okay so my official title is Marketing & Sales Representative, but that means abosolutely nothing because my responsibilities go far above regular marketing and sales.

• I'm Responsible for Advertising schemes
• I am manager of the communications department
• I write the Tri-Monthly Newsletter
• I organize Student Interships in companies
• I market our company in Ireland and throughout Europe
• I attend networking events all over the country

So thats basically what I do on a day-to-day basis, any questions?


59.) The Greatest Game Ever Played 58.) One that Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 57.) Batman (1989) 56.) Dueces Wild 55.) Universal Soldier 54.) Mary Poppins 53.) Rocky IV
52.) Amelie 51.) Pirates of the Caribbean 50.) Casino  ¶ 7:58 AM

 
I have completely forgetten to mention that on the 27th of December I will be heading to France. I will spend 6 nights there overall, 3 in Montpellier and Rodez, and then another 3 in Paris. I will be ringing in New Year under the Eiffel Tower, okay well maybe not right underneath it, but in the same city as the monument atleast. I can't wait to practice some of my french, I hope I'm not taking lessons for nothing.

To continue with the list, here are the next 10 best movies of all time.

69.) The Twilight Zone: The movie 68.) Phonebooth 67.) Major Payne 66.) Gangs of New York 65.) The Wind that Shakes the Barely 64.) Boomerang 63.) Terms of Endearment
62.) Fracture 61.) Murder by Numbers 60.) Cursed  ¶ 4:54 AM

 
This was perhaps the first weekend since I've been in Europe that I stayed in on both Friday and Saturday night. Then on Sunday I went to the cinema for the first time in months, and I must say I was happy with the movie that I saw (Good Luck Chuck).
Speaking with my brother on the phone last night, he said to me, "how did you know, that Boston was going to become the greatest sports city in the world?" This statement may be a bit premature, but the results lately are simpley amazing Patriots undefeated so far, Red Sox 2007 World Series Champions, Boston Celtics 5-0 and looking unstoppable with the new big three, and the New England Revolution in the MLS Cup Final. The Bruins are up next and anything less than the Stanley Cup finals will be disappointing.

79.) Indiana Jones: The last Crusade 78.) Beauty and the Beast 77.) Go 76.) Black Sheep
75.) The Fugitive 74.) Romeo and Juliet 73.) Drop Dead Gorgeous 72.) The Money Pit
71.) White Chicks 70.) Home Alone  ¶ 10:52 AM

 
Okay this story just struck me as really funny. On Monday Manchester City's Stephen Ireland scored a goal in the closing seconds of a match against and then dropped his shorts to reveal that he was wearing superman underwear. The newspapers the next day had a story about how this was the most appauling thing since Robbie Fowler scored a goal, and then pretended to snort lines of cocaine. If you thought NFL touchdown celebrations were outrageous you should watch some English Premier matches, you never know what you are going to see next.  ¶ 5:31 AM

 
Yesterday was a rough day in terms of work, and I think I will start to have alot more of those as time gets closer for this big project to take place. I have a million different things to do in order to make sure the transition from one place to another is as smooth as possible.
To continue with my list of movies these are the next few films that I really enjoyed watching, in fact I enjoyed them so much that I have probably seen them more than 20 times each.

89.) River Wild 88.) Maria Full of Grace 87.) The talented Mr. Ripley 86.) Armegeddon 85.) The Fifth Element 84.) Don't be a Menace In South Central while drink your Juice in the Hood 83.) American Psycho 82.) The Beach 81.) Tommy Boy 80.) Flowers in the Attic  ¶ 9:14 AM

 
I have decided to do another countdown of my favorites, this time the category is films. Movies are alot harder for me to rank because I'm such a big fan. Films have always appealed to me more so than music, and in my lifetime I have probably seen a couple hundred if not thousand different movies, but these are the ones which stand out to me the most. Starting at number 100 here they are.
100.) Cape Fear 99.) Pee Wee's Big Adventure 98.) Flight of the Navigator 97.) Revenge of the Nerds 96.) Dream a Little Dream 95.) Radio Flyer 94.) The Notebook 93.) 9 Months 92.) Menace 2 Society 91.) Secret Garden 90.) Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom  ¶ 5:53 AM

 
I read everyday about the U.S. soldiers in Iraq that are killed by roadside bombs or suicide attacks, and I wonder if Americans knew that this total would reach 3,840 would they have been so quick to rush into the war.
I rememebr back in 2002 having an argument with my friend Tim Buckley about the war when it was in it's infancy. He was vigorous in his support of the Bush Administration and the War. I thought it was stupid to attack Saddam Heussein who hadn't really been a threat to the world since 1991. They were blaming him for weapons of mass destruction at the time, and supporting the terror group that attacked the United States on September 11th. It is now 2007 and no weapons of mass destruction have been found and propoganda is the only thing which can link the former Iraqi leader with Al Queda.
The people I feel bad for in all of this are the United States soliders. The young people dying everyday for a cause that is not know by the eevryday man. A cause that only the American governments highest officials are aware of. If indeeed it is only to promote democracy around the globe, that sounds a lot like the crusades and they were in a large part unsuccessful.  ¶ 7:04 AM

 
I spent the last two days in Limerick promoting the company I work for, and I found it to be very different than my first visit to that city.
I stayed in a hotel right in the city centre called the Sarsfield Hotel which was quite nice, and I spent most my time there attending networking events and getting the awarness about our company out there. When I had time to myself I took a walk around the city and I find it to be more of a proper city than Cork is. It has two things that Cork is definitely lacking which makes it more city like to me. The layout is in grid form much like most American cities, and there are actually a few buildings with more than 10 floors.
While I'm not exactly sure how it would be to live there, I'm impressed with the amount of companies and the feedback that I am getting regarding the business side of things.  ¶ 11:50 AM