flashback: june 9, 2004

innesheer, ireland.

it's not even a good photo by any means. but i was amused at the sign posting on the small island off the western coast of ireland.

the entire trip was played by ear.

a week earlier i had gotten a gig ch. i found out k-cork had an extra ticket to a chili peppers/pixie concert the following week. only catch -- it was in phoenix park, dublin.

so, i booked a ticket. new york to dublin, dublin back to new york.

i had to go to one more meeting with ch. it was coerced to be four hours before my red-eye flight.

flying to dublin there was a stop over in shannon. 20 minutes before landing on irish soil i decided to get off the plane there. ended up in ennis for breakfast and decided to base myself in doolin for the few days. hike around the cliffs of moher, the burrens and the arran islands.

i don't remember 9th, too much. log entry looks like:

another day, another hike. legs a bit beat. hopefully bounce back by tomorrow fanere -> blackhead and around. might want to photo copy those pages.

today was quiet, a 9.15 wake up too late really, but the boat was at 10 and there really isn't too much to do in town -- except drink. not the best of bases maybe i should stay in finore tomorrow.

still have to get a phone card to call k-cork, have to do that tonight. hopefully hit dublin by midday friday. squeeze in a nap and a museum before dinner, but we'll leave that for another day.

for the weekend i would make it to dublin to stay with k&a-cork and catch a concert with them.

(side note story...)

my flight was the day after, it was bloomsday. between getting up lazily and traffic, i missed my flight. i would have to start at ch the next morning.

i calmly went to the counter. "so, when's the next flight to new york?" "tomorrow." "tommorrow?!" "yes."

i looked up at the big board.

"is the flight to boston full?" "let's see... no, but you'll have to hurry through the gates to board" "i'll take it."

landed in logan, t to chinatown, chinatown bus to new york. turns out would get home before i would have by taking my original flight which had a stopover in shannon.

i figure i will only get lucky like that once every five years.