Bad theatre can be fun.

Folks, I have a friend!

Making friends is not my forte. In fact, I think most would second me in the idea that meeting people is easy enough, but to warm to someone, to open and share and actually begin a friendship is a very difficult thing.

It's also a necessary thing, so tonight I accepted the invitation of a girl from California named Clara, who works at Liam's brother's pub, to see a play at Trinity. It was exactly the embarrasingly amateurish nonsense you'd expect from a college student production, but the pint of ale afterwards was enough to loosen our tongues and to let us share more about ourselves, our previous lives, and the adjustments we're both making to our new lives here in Dublin.

It was a good night.