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THE SECOND FRONTLINE NIGHT

My brother is hosting a music night in the local pub this Friday(tomorrow). The night is called frontline. The first 100 people get a free pint and pints are €3 all night. The line up for the event is as follows:

“Scuzzbucket”(not sure if the name is correct but you get the idea)
A rapper from Dundalk. 20 years old. Dan met him once at a house party at 4:20am, he was on a kitchen counter orchestrating a sing song.

“Messcaledo”(pretentiousness is this bands speciality)
Jimi Hendrix style music fronted by a guy who can play full solos with his teeth. I have witnessed this so I know cat can whale. Dan knows the guitarist as he lives in rush.

“Those Pesky little kids”(ironically all members are neither pesky nor kids)
Sean, the keyboard player, co hosts the frontline night and is and animal on the keys.
They play soul / van Morrison / funk / james brown style music. They are good.

“Cannon vs Rocket”(I have forgotten their correct cool pseudonyms)
Theses are two graffiti artists who are going to do a large piece each and the crowd will vote for the best one. Winner gets some metaphorical respect. Dan met them in town while shopping, they were defacing some public property and this impressed him.

“Urban Intelligence”(rappers from ballymun)A posse from ballymun aged between 14-18 (I love them at that car-robbing-age) is coming to rush to headline the night. Dan met them in tower records were they were ‘performing’. Trouble(group family members) is certain to find this event.

this weekend i went to see a home at the end of the world, collin farrell as a gay lad and it wasn’t bad - what does that say about me. is it ok to watch a film where a teenage boy masturbates his friend and then when one of my mates asks me was it any good, i describe it as a good drama. i have become an adult, i dont know when but somewhere along the way i have changed from describing gay weirdness as being creepy and unnecessary to describing it as good drama. anyway Farrell is deadly, I’m proud of him. Continuing the homosexual theme here’s a story- barry, glen, ej, Kelly and marko where on the piss in harmos (for those that don’t know him he has had sex with the same amount of women {standards varied} as john homes) gaff and they where playing darts, the lowest score takes a drink. Soon a drink turned into a shot and down the rest of the drink, then something strange happened. Harmo left the sitting room and came back in holding a ‘mens g string’ with a monkey pouch (frank n’ beans holder). “Next one to loose the round of darts has to get into this”. The lads agree and have one of the most nervous round of darts ever played by men ever. Barry looses, and refuses to put on the embarrassing tong. Donohoe, adamant on seeing some male g string action, demands that bar puts it on and foolishly says ill do it if you do.
Ej says “I’m going first cause there is no way I’m putting me balls into that after you bar”. Ej comes down the stairs and puts his naked top half around the door only to be greeted by six lads in stitches laughing, holding six camera phones. Anyway to cut a long story short glen ended up getting wrapped around a lamb-post in a pair of furry handcuffs (harmo’s) wearing only this creepy monkey tong and a head of shit locks. Serves him right god dam reggae fan. I will post the pictures if I get my hands on them.

I recently read that the “major problem with actual web diaries is that they are very exclusionist” and that “Public blogs should be reserved for opinion”. The reasoning behind this outlandish criticism was that the readers who have never met the people that are referred to in “diarising” blogs find the whole thing very uninteresting. Well rather than ending my ‘blogs with the personal touch’ (I have no real insight into life and the bigger picture and so talk only about my friends and getting dressed etc) I have decided to describe the people and relationships I often refer to. Here we go:

Sarah(g):
relationship- me girlfriend
appearance- beautiful, red hair(long), 5foot 10, nice smile, good legs, grey-green eyes
personality- fiery temper, opinionated, very funny, extremely intelligent
likes- watching films, music, reading, writing, giving out, laughing, me, theatre
dislikes- authority, decision making, injustice, violence, other people, south-side girls

Kelly (brian):
relationship- me bleedin mate (the conversationalist speciality science and politics)
appearance- black hair(long), 6 foot, hairy, cool, stocky
personality- cool, chilled out, intelligent, fonzey-like attitude, interesting, hip-cat.
likes- reggae(don’t laugh), reading, gaa, history, learning, music, meeting new people
dislikes- narrow minded people, not much else, being sober(perhaps that’s a bit harsh)

Ej (Donohoe):
relationship- my funny friend
appearance- lock up your daughters, 6”3’, snappy dresser, brown hair, skinny
personality- philosopher, extremely funny, lazy, interesting, scary, awkward
likes- writing songs, talking about lyrics, getting drunk and clumsy, hanging out
dislikes- people who aren’t up for the session, raggae

Sarah(w):
relationship- friend(Kelly’s girlfriend)
appearance- blond, 5”10’, good looking, funky dresser (used to work in peter mark)
personality- laid back, very funny, interesting, great laugh
likes- bleedin reggae, hanging out, listening to Brian sayin,” ja know what’s mad…”
dislikes- not hanging out, Brian when he gets really drunk

Glenn(Ten ton keelan):
relationship- tall friend (one of the “lads”)
appearance- shoulder length dreadlocks, 6”4’, sallow skin, thin
personality- laid back, guitar, easy going to a frustrating level, hilarious
likes- everyone to get along, being mellow, and listening to motherfucking reggae
dislikes- confrontation, the cold, bad vibes

Mark:
relationship- my interesting friend
appearance- tall at 6”5’, shy, looks like he’s trying to lift something with his mind
personality- very funny, creative, interesting, hilarious, sarcastic, smouldering
likes- film, writing, drawing, painting, theatre, being angry, talking, eating
dislikes- illogical people, hot weather, insects, being in a laid back environment

Bones (the boner, the erection, Ciaran, bony):
relationship- mad/hilarious friend
appearance- black hair, 5”10’, wild, cheeky looking, exciting and electric
personality- lightening personified, absolutely comical, the centre of a party
likes- telling stories, watching films, music, writing, united(soccer mad)
dislikes- reggae, women(mainly stuck up ones), being sober

Bar lad:
relationship- good buddy(also marks brother)
appearance- 6”4’, good looking, dreaded hair, thin, smiley
personality- up for the session at all times, mad, real funny, lazy, excitable
likes- getting excited, being wild, reggae, playing bass, GAA, Frisbee, sleep
dislikes- uptight people(me), being awoken, lads that aren’t crazy

Dan (the animal):
relationship- my brother
appearance- mad bastard, shaved head, 5”11’, stocky, crazy eyes(mr. Deeds style)
personality- multiple, absolute banger, cant sit still, wild, rapper, entertaining
likes- wrecking the buzz, confusing people, rap, hip hop, girls, whiskey, being a prick
dislikes- work, being sober, tacky reggae fans, Paddy Dunagun, the lack of disco these days

Conor:
relationship- IT guy that I worked with in ILIM
appearance- bearded walking IT stereotype, nice jumpers, crazy hair, pale
personality- extremely intelligent, very funny, cynical, a connoisseur in everything
likes- eating good food, fishing, shit tv, theatre, politics, learning, film, wine, metal
dislikes- diary style blogs, politics, racist taxi drivers, jeans tucked into boots, shit tv

so rush has slid into a weird b-movie-type cliche "attack of the dreaded locks". ah. the reggae massive have been spreading "the love" in the form of the dirty doo and i tells ye something they wont get me. sarah w got hit with one before she went to s.e.a but i fear she will have a full head of the dread on her return. only time will tell. she shall be missed. so who else fell victim to the hair of peace and chilled out coolness, well bar, sarah w, kellso, little sean and glen, thats who. thank god my good lady has not fallen into the pitt of good vibes and got the lock. we live in fear my friends, we live in a terrible time of fear. i prey that bones will not be the next to go