urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort Annie Annie 2008-11-16T05:02:51Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:129500 2008-11-16T05:02:51Z 2008-11-16T05:02:51Z hello this is nickolas here, annie is busy being awesome. she says that she likes to dance and make ice cream. have a nice day! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:129035 2008-11-12T05:47:41Z 2008-11-12T05:47:41Z <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Q9Ckra6vY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Q9Ckra6vY</a><br /><br />I watched that and cried my stupid little eyes out this morning. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:129006 2008-11-04T12:53:36Z 2008-11-04T12:53:36Z VOTE......TODAY....NOW....DO&nbsp;IT urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:128391 2008-09-21T15:17:39Z 2008-09-21T15:17:39Z I am so happy urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:127998 2008-08-05T16:54:04Z 2008-08-05T16:54:04Z new layouts for both my blogs! They match now (see acohn.blogspot.com)<br /><br /><br /><br />This makes me very happy! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:126994 2008-07-14T02:30:02Z 2008-07-14T02:30:02Z i flipping love my family urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:126588 2008-06-17T03:05:27Z 2008-06-17T03:05:27Z <br />She did it!!!<br /><img alt="" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/Artsya/_MG_4955.jpg" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:126437 2008-06-11T04:56:16Z 2008-06-11T04:58:26Z <center><table width="300px" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border: 1px #000000 solid; color: #000000;background-color: #ffffff;"><tr><td><img src="http://www.magatsu.net/maritaltest/wife.jpg" width="72" height="72"></td><td><p style="text-align: center;"><font size="+3">4</font></p><p style="text-align: center;">As a 1930s wife, I am<br /><strong><font size="+2">Very Poor (Failure)</font></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><small><a href="http://www.magatsu.net/maritaltest/">Take the test!</a></small></p></td></tr></table></center><br /><br />ouch! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:126159 2008-06-05T04:23:42Z 2008-06-05T04:23:42Z <p>I don't have anything to share but I am still here :)</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:125936 2008-05-30T16:03:07Z 2008-05-30T16:03:07Z best birthday ever....EVER!! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:125003 2008-04-18T09:59:10Z 2008-04-18T09:59:10Z PS- yesterday I went to the Mall with a Nun. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:124680 2008-04-18T09:58:20Z 2008-04-18T09:58:20Z Yet another beautiful day here in Ireland. I am on top of the world. It has been very windy since wednesday but it is the kind of wind that reminds you that you are alive. It could literally pick you up and take you away if it wanted to. <br /><br />I am in the very south of Ireland, so I obviously can't speak for the whole country but of what I have seen this is the way people are supposed to live. Children have so much more independence because they are safe. They run around from house to house and visit friends and really use their imaginations. You can see it in their eyes, they aren't bored the way suburban kids in the US are.&nbsp; Even the dogs here live the life. They run entirely free. They all know where home is but all day they collect into little groups and run around the village we are staying in. And they have jobs, they have purpose. We hear them running around at night protecting the cows and sheep. It is too cool. <br /><br />So yesterday I met my Irish cousins that I didn't even know I had. First we met up with Sister Noreen at the convent in Schull. Then we drove out to Ballycotton where my great-grandmother was born and grew up. Then Noreen took us to meet my grandma's cousin Mary-Bridget and her children and grandchildren and even one of her great-grandchildren (and absolutely adorable 7 year old named Chloe). They were great people. Really funny and as hospitable as you could imagine.&nbsp; One of Mary-B's sons is a photographer and he and I traded email addresses and he is going to tell me all about the world of photography here in Ireland. <br /><br /><a name="cutid1"></a><div class="ljcut" text="Side note:">Mary-Bridget's life story is really interesting but I have to give you some family history for it to make sense so feel free to skip this part.<br /> <br /> So my great grandma was Johannah and one of her brothers was Jack and Mary-Bridget was Jack's daughter. But Jack's wife died right after giving birth to Mary-B's little brother John. So here is the interesting part: when their mother died Mary-B went to go live with my great-great-grandparent's and they basically became her parent (in fact it wasn't until she was around 10 that she understood that the man she thought of as her brother-Jack- was actually her father) and her little brother was taken in by an aunt who was married. It is just so interesting to think that a man absolutely could not raise children on his own. And not just that he needed help but that he had to forgo all parenting and give the children away. Just an interesting bit of history in my opinion.</div><br />So back to the present day. On wednesday we drove around the Beara Peninsula and a small bit of the Rind of Kerry. We saw where my grandfathers family was from and it was a town that literally was about 30 feet long. and included a trailer park. We went through the Healy Pass which was just amazingly lovely. It was a lot like Colorado . Ireland is a lot like Colorado but even better because it has ocean and beaches too. <br /><br />I do seriously think I will live here after college. My mom is eligible for citizenship and is probably going to apply for it. Unfortunantly I am not or I would totally get on that. Alright, Emily wants the internet so I am off. See you all soon! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:124424 2008-04-15T16:29:15Z 2008-04-15T16:29:15Z So here i am in Ireland, looking at the most beautiful ocean view I have ever seen. It seriously blows my mind. I have been snapping away and my family has been very kind to let me drive around half hanging out of the car and constantly saying things like "stay there" "turn towards me" and "take 3 steps to your right." More than anything I am realizing how much I am NOT a landscape photographer. I have tons and tons of photos but very few (if any) have that spark that makes a great landscape. I have an even greater appreciation for what Cade and Frank do.<br /><br />The flight here was a train wreck! It is a long story (and best told with hand gestures) but we made an emergency landing in Goosebay, Labrador. Thats in Canada (I had to look it up on a map!). The plane was fine but some woman was having heart palpations and well, it was a mess (don't feel too bad she was well enough to walk off the plane!). But when they decided to make our landing we were over the Atlantic ocean so they turned around and went back to Canada. This took and hour and then it took 5 hours to back track. THEN they landed us in Dublin rather than Shannon because the pilots can only fly for so long and we had to switch flight crews and then fly down to Shannon. So our 6 hour flight became 14 hours and we then drove to Cork which was another 3 hours and our cottage here in Tragumna was another hour past Cork. All in all we traveled for about 24 hours straight with my 76 year old grandmother.<br /><br />But don't get me wrong, it was totally worth it. It is beyond amazing here.<br /><br />Sunday I took a beautiful walk with my sister and my dad and we climbed down a beautiful set of cliffs and went right down to the water. That night we went out to the local pub - The Skibereen Eagle- and I had myself a guiness and then a few Bulmer's hard apple cider (amazing!) and once we were all a bit toasty we went home and had the deepest sleeps of our lives.<br /><br />Yesterday we went to Mizen Head which is a lighthouse at the "corner of Ireland" and we saw baby seals sunning themselves on the rocks. This was after a few hours of getting lost which in my opinion was just as beautiful as getting to where we were going.<br /><br />Today we went to Coppinger's Court which is a castle that belonged to my ancestors and burned out in the 1600's.<br /><br />I will post pictures in a while when I get stuff updated. I miss you all! I am available by email!<br /><br /><br />Oh yeah, and I am moving here after college and I am getting a cow and 2 chickens (named lavern and shirley) and some sort of sheep dog.<br /><br /><br />Also I have added the names eoin (the Irish version of owen), roury, and fiona to my baby name list. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:123886 2008-03-27T13:43:23Z 2008-03-27T13:43:23Z I slept through the night!!! Didn't even wake up coughing once! This is gonna be a good day urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:122273 2008-02-18T16:51:44Z 2008-02-18T16:51:44Z I am currently not in possession of my school ID, my license OR my debit card<br /><br /><br />my life is falling apart urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:121786 2008-02-01T03:02:11Z 2008-02-01T03:02:11Z <p>This pretty much sums up my dreams<br /></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br />I will live my life as a lobsterman's wife on an island in the blue bay.<br /> He will take care of me, he will smell like the sea,<br /> And close to my heart he'll always stay.</i></p> <p><i>I will bear three girls all with strawberry curls, little Ella and<br /> Nelly and Faye.<br /> While I'm combing their hair, I will catch his warm stare<br /> On our island in the blue bay.</i></p> <p><i>Far away far away, I want to go far away.<br /> To a new life on a new shore line.<br /> Where the water is blue and the people are new.<br /> To another island, in another life.</i></p> <p><i>There's a boy next to me and he never will be anything but a boy at the bar.<br /> And I think he's the tops, he's where everything stops.<br /> How I love to love him from afar.</i></p> <i><br />When he walks right pass me then I finally see on this bar stool I can't stay.<br /> So I'm taking my frown to a far distant town<br /> On an island in the blue bay.</i> <p><i>Far away far away, I want to go far away.<br /> To a new life on a new shore line.<br /> Where the water is blue and the people are new.<br /> To another island, in another life.</i></p> <p><i>I want to go far away.<br /> Away away, I want to go far away, away, away<br /> I want to go far away, far away.</i></p> <p><i>Where the water is blue and the people are new.<br /> To another life, to another life.<br /> To another shore line<br /> In another life.</i></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:121364 2008-01-31T05:05:45Z 2008-01-31T05:05:45Z Nip is 8 months old today.....<br /><br /><br />It seems like it was seriously yesterday that nick was dragging me over to see this teeny tiny kitten that fit in the palm of my hand. I really am forever indebted to you Nickolas.....I love this cat a freakish amount. <br /><br /><br />I don't really have anything else to share right now.... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:121194 2008-01-24T05:42:17Z 2008-01-24T05:42:17Z Hello everybody.....<br /><br />Livejournal seems to be making a comeback which has me rather excited! I like reading about all your lives. <br /><br />I am back at clark for my 6th semester (when you look at it in semesters it seems so long) and my classes are pretty good. My schedule is alright....I have almost all my classes on Tuesday and Thursday (and 1 class on Monday) which leaves me very free on wednesday and friday....which is awesome, don't get me wrong, but it makes for VERY busy tuesdays and thursdays. <br /><br />Emily came to visit me which was very cool. It was nice to have her around and she was a super good sport in following me around while I did all the day to day stuff I have to do. <br /><br />I also went home this weekend and got to see nick again, which as usual was pretty alright :) I went to IKEA two days in a row with my friend Nicole who is setting up her first apartment. Ashley also joined us and was a good sport and took a nap on a random couch in order to kill time.<br /><br />Nip is getting very large....Emily called her "weighty" today, which i think means Emily thinks she is getting fat. Maybe I will have to start walking her around the building on a leash....or maybe I will just feed her less....who knows<br /><br />I have been living in the photo lab again this semester, which is really nice. It is kind of like a second home for me because I get to go there and there are always people around, and even though we are all doing our own thing you just get to have the feeling of being with people. I don't know if anyone else knows what I am talking about but whatever.<br /><br /><br />Speaking of photos you should check out my photoblog (even leave a comment if you feel like it) because I just added some new stuff to it and there will be more coming in the next week or so.&nbsp; acohn.blogspot.com<br /><br /><br />alright, thats all i've got for now<br /><br /><br />check out Band of Horses.... they kinda rock my socks right now urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:121039 2007-12-20T05:13:53Z 2007-12-20T05:14:45Z lately I have been wanting to write in here, but i just can't think of what to say.....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><font size="5" face="Verdana"><font size="2">The town is so small<br /> How could anybody not<br /> Look you in the eyes<br /> The way that you drive by</font></font></i> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:120707 2007-10-24T04:19:42Z 2007-10-24T04:19:42Z what could you possibly have to say that would need to be posted by cell phone.....what thought/feeling/social commentary could be so important that you couldn't wait to get to a computer to publicly announce it via live journal?<br /><br /><br /><br />Theres my 10 second rant<br /><br /><br /><br />life is busy but good. i am doing more photo than ever before in my life. i might even be able to see myself doing this as part of my real person life. i miss some people. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:120467 2007-09-24T00:40:02Z 2007-09-24T00:40:02Z acohn.blogspot.com urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:120100 2007-09-11T04:45:47Z 2007-09-11T04:45:47Z the cat is very mad at me tonight.......but she was stinky and needed a bath<br /><br /><br /><br />"Annie, I think you're bleeding.....and the cat is playing in it" -Nell<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />all is well on this front.....how are you? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:119821 2007-08-13T03:56:57Z 2007-08-13T03:56:57Z Annie is....<br /><br />excited about her apartment<br />surprised that she is moving in in just 1 week<br />feeling guilty about not being a very good nanny on friday<br />thrilled to see nicole and nell soon<br />going to miss home and all the wonderful parts of her life here<br />sad to leave the outdoor shower<br />ready and waiting to start a new year of growing<br />anxious to finally have nip all the time<br />looking forward to new classes<br />trying to find work (sort of)<br />looking forward to getting together with her "little brothers" at clark<br />happy she and nick figured out the lock without major injury<br />still wanting to see No Reservations<br />almost done with work<br />not very tired<br />annoyed that her silver table refuses to come out right<br />looking for a cute set of shelves for her bathroom<br />turning into a crazy cat lady<br />excited to get to know people all over again<br />nervous about so many of her friends being away next semester<br />excited to meet new people<br />introverted this week<br />wanting to see more of mark t :)<br />really happy with the way her life is right now<br /><br />going to bed urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:119596 2007-06-18T03:52:42Z 2007-06-18T03:52:42Z this weekend was fabulous.....I couldn't have asked for anything better urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:10wishesshort:119097 2007-04-24T02:08:10Z 2007-04-24T02:08:10Z SMILES!