Dublin, Double Toil and Trouble Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble!

Ok...so I couldn't really think of great title for this week's Hallowe'en (that's how the Irish spell it) blog. For Halloween I went trick-or-treating with Jack (the youngest) and 5 of his friends. He was dressed as an American boxer with USA boxing gloves, a boxing hoodie and a black eye that was painted with Halloween makeup. They sang the "Trick or treat! Smell my feet! Give me something good to eat!" song ran around wildly trying to get as many sweets as possible just like in the States. Trick-or-treating didn't last long because around here there aren't that many houses that don't have big stone gates, so the boys proceeded to eat probably too much of their candy and played video games while I got dressed up to go out on the town with some DBS people. I picked Kristyn up who was dressed as a bunny (I just wore a dress and a masquerade mask) and we took the DART into town. We first went to the apartments and played some card games, I met some people that I hadn't spent time with who turned out to be fun people, then we headed for Temple Bar. We should have just stayed at the apartments because some people really weren't in the right state to be out and about, but luckily there were enough sober people (me included) to make sure everyone got home ok. Unfortunately Kristyn lost her wallet, though. Nothing tragic or irreplaceable was lost, but it was still kind of pain and we fruitlessly spent an hour that night and a couple of the next day looking for it. I had a really good time and managed to meet Scooby Doo, Superman, and Batman all in Temple Bar that night :-p.
On Thursday all I did was read some of On the Road by Jack Kerouac, which I'm not quite sure if I like that much, walked to the park in Dun Laoghaire and then after dinner I went to movie night at Kristyn and Krista's house. Phil, Andrew, Amy, Krista, Kristyn and I watched The Holiday and generally had a good time and a quiet night.
Friday was probably the highlight of my week. Krista and I set out early for a day of exploring secondhand shops and vintage shops and just meandering. We found some really good green tea mixed with strawberry, blueberry, and vanilla at a very small stand in this arcade between Aungier and S. William St. It was kind of a bonding day for us and I realized that she's the person I feel most comfortable around here. It's kind of sad it took this long for us to just spend a day doing whatever together, but I think we'll be hanging out a lot more now. The rest of the weekend will be spent writing a paper for my Cinema History class and then on Thursday I'll set out for ROME!!!!! I'm very excited (hence the multiple exclamation points and capital letters). About a week ago I was walking around thinking about how easy I have it here and that most of my time is spent doing whatever it is I want, on a whim. And that particular fall day happened to be sunny and beautiful so I went for a walk with my camera in St. Stephen's Green in the middle of Dublin City Centre. It's very close to the buildings I have classes in so I go there to watch the ducks sometimes. Here are some pretty photos I took that day. Enjoy!