the word on the street

Just some random thoughts from the day...

I had a room set up, but was sad about leaving the hostel (imagine!). Looks like the room is falling through tho, and I'm looking at another one today. Wondering if I'm meant to stay here long-term? Some really good conversations and opportunities to talk about God. So things are in limbo yet again - the interesting thing is that I kind of expected this to happen. It wasn't a surprise - I had been holding onto the room with open hands and I'm not devastated. Just wondering what steps to take next. Hmm.

I wanted to tell you about the word craic (pronounced "crack")... it's an Irish word, and they love to use it on any occasion. It means good times, or comeraderie, or something of that nature. So you can say - "What's the craic?" which means.. What's happening? What's the banter? or something like that. Or you could say, "That guy was great craic" (yeah, I know it sounds weird) which might mean he was funny or fun to be around. You could also say, "Youth group is good craic," if you were so inclined. Just make sure you only say it to people who have read this post :)

Speaking of Irish culture, if you're interested I found out about a website with a bunch of amazing photos from the Troubles - the not-so-distant-history of Northern Ireland. It's at www.belfastexposed.com and the photographer I heard about is named Sean McKernan - it's in the Archives section. I haven't been there yet, so I don't know how well they explain everything, but it might be good craic for a rainy afternoon :)

Work is going great. I work all of next week. Kristi Brockerman's coming to visit from Wed-Sat. and I'm suuuuuuuuuuper excited! Hopefully we'll get down to Dublin together next weekend and I pray she's not too bored while I'm at work!

Not much else to say! Take care, suckas.