yey for the internet!

after much tinkering with settings and so on, I was able to figure out the whole internet thing, which I found very exciting. I just want to make sure that I don't use the computer instead of being social and going out and doing things here. it seems like it would be really easy to use this as a crutch, and I don't want that to happen.
I do have some plans though for things to do in the coming weeks. the first weekend in october tara, elisa, and I are going to inis mor with a group of elisa's friends. it's very funny to me to see elisa and her group planning for things so far in advance, since it's so much at odds with the irish mindset of just kind of letting things happen. we tease her a bit about being the one who organizes everything and she blames it on her german heritage. ah well.
then (we haven't quite worked out the details yet) tara and I are going to go to brussels, belgium. why brussels you might ask. well I'll tell you: ryanair is having a sale in which plane tickets to several places, including brussels, are free. most of the destinations from dublin or shannon were somewhere on the neighboring island, and tara had expressed an interest in travelling a little further afield. we have to pay something like 16 euros in taxes, but really, that's practically nothing.
I guess that's about it for now...hurray for the trojans beating the mormons yesterday! it's so great being able to talk to people on aim....