PERSONALDEBRIS  

so as june 11th approaches more news about the proposed citizenship referendum appears… and again, though i’m pretty neutral on the subject i detest the language of hysteria and xenophobia that i percieve regarding the horde of “economic migrants” and “citizenship tourists” that are abusing the irish citizenship laws. puh-leeze… pretty ironic in light of this article i found recently, urging president bush to do more for undocumented irish immigrants in the united states! can you believe it? oh the hypocrisy!! - do you think those undocumented irish might be “economic migrants” of the same type that are so reviled here? (more…)

Rumsfeld Fighting Technique - contains photos of rumsfeld’s fighting moves, like the ‘mirror swan palm’, ‘hidden monkey hands’, and the ‘twin cobra fist’. in the photo above: ’sleeping dragon technique’

haha… “Getting converted has never been so easy!”- with Plug and Pray - you can select your religion in a box and pray with your PC! my favorite is the kids edition and the switch kit.

zhang yimou spoke at the asia society in new york!! what a bummer. i would have loved to have seen him speak. i’ve been a fan since high school.

mobile mag has an article on an edible camera by given imaging

while light-emitting diodes flash the gastrointestinal tract, images captured with the microchip camera are sent via the RF transmitter to a data recorder worn on the belt of the patient.

this sounds like something that is just begging to be hacked into…

so in light of my more negative posts about ireland here’s a list of what i like about the “city that for the time being i currently call home:”

1) the ntrg - need i say more? engineers and computer scientists who know how to make artists feel at home.

2) the trinity college library - copyright libraries rule! i can even drop off book titles that i want and pick them up the next day.

3) d.a.t.a. - it’s been over a year and going strong!

4) the city arts centre - for taking risks and being so cool…

5) om diva in georges street arcade: for the inexpensive cute clothing fix. almost my whole summer wardrobe comes from there.

6) ryanair - they just get you there… but at their prices i’m not complaining…

7) european media art festivals - ok, so these don’t really take place in dublin, but living in dublin facilitates my participation and has made it easy to travel to many of these.