apres Paris

Back from Paris since Monday, only getting a chance to post now. Had a great time, with no major hassles. We went to the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, etc. but we also visited the Catacombs and the Montmartre Cemetery.

On the Saturday night, we made our way down to the local goth bar, the Kata Bar. It was a cool bar with nice prints on the wall, spooky decorations and good music but we asked if there was a club section and unfortunately there wasn't. So we asked where the nearest club was, got directions and grabbed a taxi.

The club was called Les Caves and it was excellent. Les Caves is a very applicable name as it was tunnels and passages linking moderately sized rooms. Apparently the Cruxshadows played earlier but we missed them, damn. Bought 2 CDs though.

Again, fantastic trip but would've liked to stay longer.

WitchFest

Busy day on Saturday. Went to WitchFest 2004 in Dun Laoghaire. I went to a workshop about crystals and tarot and attended a talk on tarot. The stalls were good with a good selection of clothing, crystals, paintings and tarot readers. Tasha and Finn had a reading and were well impressed.

Headed back to Finn's after that before heading out to Dominion. Had some new faces with us in Dominion, a bloke from America and another Australia. The usual mix of familiar and varied music was played. The music always seems better at the end of the night :)

Came across one of the old Dominion newsletters in Tasha's on Sunday. Shame it's not still going, it was a good read and put together well. I could suggest it on iegoth but I can only guess how that'd go down.

Brother Attacked

Well what can I say. I always knew the world is full of repugnant, bottom-feeding puke but at least most of them have kept their distance from my family. That was until my brother was attacked on his way home. He was only 1 minute from our house where he was blocked and attacked from behind for no aparent reason. Only when he offered his phone and wallet did they seem to leave. What makes it worse is that his attackers were only 14-16 but there was 5 of them. I hope each one of them gets hit by a car/bus/truck.

Whitby Nov 2004 Tickets

Yay, our tickets for Whitby in November finally arrived. Apparently Jo Hampshire was moving house.. Fair enough.

Not all that impressed with the lineup but it'll still be good fun to meet up with people, buy some nice things and take some photos. I'm sure some of the bands are cool just don't know of them.

Epson Stylus Photo RX600

New gadget wish...

I've planned to get an all-in-one scanner/printer for some time. I was going to ask my mum and dad to get me one by HP, the PSC 2175. Coincedentally, they went out and bought one for themselves a few weeks back.

Anyway, long story short, I've put that model behind me cause the one I want now is the Epson Stylus Photo RX600. It has all-in-one:

- Flatbed Scanner
- Transparency Scanner
- Printer
- Copier
- Card Reader
- Front USB port (not sure if it connects through to the PC)
- LCD Display

I might have to chip in on the cost though, it's about 430 euro.

Paris Trip

Finally got a chance to tell Tasha about our trip to Paris. We'll be heading over at the start of July for 3 nights. Should be great fun and I'm glad I was able to do something nice for her. I do love her quite a bit :)

Now I just have to study up on my French...

Dodgy Zen NX Again

Unfortunately, my Zen NX broke again. Tasha got on to them and got it sorted and they sent out a whole new kit with battery, cables, the lot.

I'll keep a close eye on this one. Fingers crossed it won't crash out on me this time. Quite like it, ya know :)

Nearly done converting my MP3s over to WMA, so I'll finish them off then do a transfer.

XtraX Catalogue Arrived

Just got our XtraX catalogue in the post and it has sooo much clothes and stuff it's unfair. Over 300 pages including Raven, SDL, Alchemy Gothic, Gothics Germany, New Rocks, Scary Miss Mary, Ruby Gloom, Rachael Huntington, Black Arts...

And the list goes on. I'm sure a lot of friends will be interested to have a look :P-

XtraX

Even though Tasha and myself have known of the German goth clothing site, XtraX, we haven't really checked it out much. This was because up until recently the site was only in German and difficult to follow.

Thankfully, it's in English too now and it's soooo cool. They have tons of gorgeous clothes and very good prices. They also stock a wide range of sizes. We've order a catalogue and will, no doubt, be ordering copious amounts of stuff in time.

Camping In Cairn

Went camping for the weekend in Wexford. Even though it was mostly Tasha's friends, a good time was had by all. We even had a little BBQ. Could've been a bit warmer but I shouldn't really complain.

I would like if we could get a bunch of our friends together and book a house like we did in Tramore. That was a laugh.