what's on your mind, right now?

PJSiren said:

Bigrfish said:

Just wondering if any of you US PJ fans have given the Hip a listen...I know they have done well here at home and in Europe..just not so much in the US...They are a great band...If you haven't heard them you should have a listen.
Beers are good

Never heard of them...can't listen right now as I'm at work, but I will try to remember to give them a listen this weekend...any particular song for a first time listener you would suggest?

Or...Road Apples

jennycoyle said:

ldent42 said:

ldent42 said:

jennycoyle said:

whispering hands said:

jennycoyle said:

Sad how little respect Irish people have for our language. A report today claims that it's dying out in the Gaeltacht areas (areas populated by native speakers where it has traditionally been the first language) and there are people actually saying that this is good news and that it's a waste of time anyway. The ignorance and complete lack of respect for our culture and heritage is thoroughly depressing :(

This makes me very sad. I have always loved the sound of Gaelic ( I believe that is what the language is called correct?) and thought it would be awesome to learn it. ( I made myself learn Latin when I was 13-16 cause I wanted to know the deeper meanings of OUR language) . But I'm a weirdo like that too! Just really sad.

Ours is Gaeilge, the Scots is usually called Gaelic though and they're very similar Never too late to learn you know, lots of places to learn it in America! Irish is still spoken throughout Ireland but it's worrying that the Gaeltacht areas are shrinking

I saw a thing on NY1 that one of the youth soccer leagues in an Irish American community is now getting Gaelic (I swear thats what they call it. I don't doubt that it's actually Gaeilge) lessons from the community center or whatever.

Edit: the one by my hood does classes for adults too.I am surprised they are even still there. (Gentrification hit that block HARD)

http://www.newyorkirishcenter.org/events_item.cfm?itemid=50754&catid=14443

That's brilliant! You should try it out We've always known the Americans call it Gaelic, so we don't really mind, easy to confuse it with Scots Gaelic

When I lived in Scotland I tried to learn Scots Gaelic. Of course, native speakers were rare where I lived (in a small town in central Scotland) but when you traveled to the Western Isles and some places in the Highlands there were still quite a few people who spoke the Gaelic by preference - mostly older people, of course. You could sit in a pub and hear it spoken all around you. It's a really difficult language to learn and I didn't get too far but there are a few words I still remember

jennycoyle said:

Sad how little respect Irish people have for our language. A report today claims that it's dying out in the Gaeltacht areas (areas populated by native speakers where it has traditionally been the first language) and there are people actually saying that this is good news and that it's a waste of time anyway. The ignorance and complete lack of respect for our culture and heritage is thoroughly depressing :(

I have always loved gaeilge but me too thought it was "gaelic". And I love that song Theme from Harry's Game where Clannad sings in gaeilge.

^^^ Yowsza. Hopefully his time won't be long, or maybe just long enough that he'll get over her.

Oy vey, Amy! You have your hands full. If you want/need to escape, you are more than welcome at my house.

I'm still cleaning up after Empty and Boomer's visit, but I'll have the spare bed ready and the beer chilled.

She's essentially been emancipated since she was 12. She quit high school 3 times and made the choice to go back to finish. She had a baby in November. She maintains an apartment and cares for her brother and her son. She wants to go to college in the fall. We'll be there to back her the whole way.

You know, each of his domestic violence charges were from women who were beating on him. His ex-wife broke his arm. I had to take him to the ER for that one. It looked like a towel that someone was wringing out. The latest abuser kicked him in the groin so hard that he couldn't even stand up. He crawled out to the front lawn, called the cops and they took him away. I wasn't there. I don't know what happened. I do know that I've heard that he was absolutely beyond drunk. That can't help his case. He could have been belligerent with the cops. I have no idea.

You know, I saw my brother at my niece's graduation party just the other day. I told my mom that he looked, sounded and acted just like our biological father-- the man who both of us disowned at ages 15 and 11. (I'm the older one.) Bill, as we'll call him, is a raging alcoholic and a gambling addict. Both of my sibs that share the bio father with me are major addicts in one way or another. (My sister has alcohol issues, too, but she now basically abstains. She's also had all encompassing drug habits, by what I hear.) Let's wonder why we don't drink in our house. It's not that I haven't. I did go to college. I did live a life. It's not that I'm against it. It's not that I won't. A very rare, every so many years thing is just fine with me. I'll have the lemonade, thank you.

Something else.