Dublin, Ireland - Bubblin' in Dublin After an excellent night on the town in London last night that got us home at close to 4AM, I woke up at a reasonable hour and got my stuff together. Mild issues because of how much I've taken out of my bag. I planned to send it home via Royal Mail (british post office) but the timing just did not work out. So I carried two plastic bags worth of spare clothing across London to get to Stanstead Airport. I missed my first plane and had to pay 40� to transfer the ticket. God bless Capitalism. It worked out, and I sat across the row from an extremely cute and curious little kid. His father slept the whole way so I kept him occupied. Funny as hell. I wish I were a kid again. Wouldn't it be great if you could occupy an hour just playing with and admiring one claddagh ring? Think of all the movies you wouldn't have to see. I could at least forget I ever saw Daylight with Stallone. I also met some girls from Chicago on the plane. We're gonna go to the Kitchen which is a club owned by U2. It's in the basement of their hotel, the Clarence. Should be a good time. The International Youth Hostel, where I'm staying, is sort of in the ghetto. I hesitate to put this here because I know my mom's going to start subtly flipping out, but I thought I would anyway. (Yes, I know that makes you ask all sorts of questions about what I write here and what I don't, my thoughts on audience, etc. but just deal with it, ok? It's sort of an essential irony of this site) It's to the north of the Liffey River, but not all that far off O'Connell Street, which is sort of the main north-south thoroughfare here in Dublin. It's like Guinness: the further away from Dublin you go, the worse it is. Same for O'Connell St.: the further away you go, the worse it is. My hostel is the pail. The last bastion of buildings that look like they should be standing before slums take over. A little unnerving, especially since I'm going to have to walk home probably pretty late tonight. Tempted to taxi it, but that depends on rates. I hope everyone's doing well. Much love. Preceding entry should have been posted last night, but due to technical difficulties was not. Sorry for any confusion.