Barbie!

Had the first Australian barbecue last night!  Not the first, obviously, but definitely my first.  Should probably have been studying but it was nice to take a break, and catch up with people, howbeit whilst feeling slightly guilty about not working.  It was an exclusively RE crowd, despite inviting a few others, and although the meat took an awfully long time to cook, and then still wasn't particularly cooked (cue taking a bite of chicken and finding sludginess in your mouth, which frankly isn't the nicest sensation) it was still good.  I've got to say that barbecues are overrated for their food quality, although perhaps this particular one wasn't a good demonstration of this.

Just so you know, I'm still trying to eat my way through a bag of Australian Malteasers.  These are white inside, and strangely floury.  If you try to gently bite the outside chocolate layer off, like is possible at home, you find that it doesn't peel cleanly, and you are left looking at what looks like bread.  It doesn't taste like bread, but then again, it doesn't taste remotely like a Malteaser either.  Somewhat disappointing.

To flit back to the barbie, it was quite funny actually, as GR brought his wife and little boy outside to introduce them to us, before going out to dinner, and his little boy, aged 5, was excitedly holding up his new Avengers book.  I went over to introduce myself to him, not particularly being interested in having a grown ups conversation with GR and his wife about what the weather was like, etc. and E began to tell me all about his book.

Except... he was so excited, that he would start a sentence, get about 2 or 3 words into it, and then move on to the next one.  Interesting trying to have a conversation, too

Me: "Hi E!  What's that you've got?"

E: "Iron Man!  Book, about... it has... book.... Avengers!  I'm going to be... Look!"  runs around excitedly "Hulk!  GRRRR!!!  I'm going to... Wow!  Ha ha!  BOOK!"

Me: "Wow, that sounds amazing, it's got Iron Man AND the Incredible Hulk?  Who else has it got in it?"

E: "Iron Man!  Book, about... it has... book.... Avengers!  I'm going to be... Look!"  runs around excitedly "Hulk!  GRRRR!!!  I'm going to... Wow!  Ha ha!  BOOK!"

Me: "That's pretty cool, are you going out with your family now?

E: "Iron Man!  Book, about... it has... book.... Avengers!  I'm going to be... Look!"  runs around excitedly "Hulk!  GRRRR!!!  I'm going to... Wow!  Ha ha!  BOOK!"

I think you get the gist... oh and to make it even better : it was all said in a strikingly thick Cork accent!

Nothing much else to report, except that today is The Last Day Of Study Before The Exam.  This means that I should get off blogspot, and into the books...

TTFN!!!