John O'Sullivan - Latest Comments

Re: Losing my Cool

John — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:54:47 -0000

You know after reading this a number of times and feeling "my blood boiling" I have to comment. So for every American who does present himself as a terrible "ambassador", I'm sure there is another that is being a good ambassador. Do you congratulate those American's for being a good ambassador? And actually the American was just trying to have a vacation and found himself in your world unaware that he had to watch his comments as he was in the presence of a judge of his behavior. That's a bit pompous don't you think? I'm sure for every European who's visited our shores and behaved badly in my presence I've looked at them and said they were having a bad day and I was hopeful I would catch them on a better day.

Re: Losing my Cool

branedy — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:08:53 -0000

The easiest answer to the Arizona law is that it's been rendered unconstitutional in Federal court. But you are correct that your 'American' is a dud, you should have ask him if 'America' was so great, why was he here? :-) that usually works.

Re: Play-dates

kitty — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:56:08 -0000

Hey John - I just joined CitySocialising in Liverpool so thanks for the tip!

Re: Play-dates

Esther — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:11:17 -0000

City Socialising sounds great. I'm a member of a movie club here back at the US at www.meetup.com.

Good luck and have fun!

Re: Play-dates

Dorothea Kirstein — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:19:44 -0000

Nice blog there, Mr John! So when you are into German, you might also take a look at my blog: http://rosablog.kilu.de/wordpr...
See ya later,
Dori

Re: Play-dates

Mary O'Sullivan — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:50:30 -0000

You're not alone in finding it challenging to meet friends when you're of college, if you don't have roomates, and if you don't have young kids involved in activites. The socializing website sounds like a great idea! Volunteering is also a good way to meet people who may have similar interests to you.

Re: Play-dates

John O'Sullivan (the uncle) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:36:30 -0000

Gosh John - hmmm you're a writer and a blogger. Aren't there any groups of like minded beings in Cardiff? As a musician I can hook up with a whole bunch of musicians through say a bluegrass group where people just want to play. There's your play date. Why don't you take up an instrument!

Re: Play-dates

Meg Vetsch — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:54:09 -0000

john! that's so cool! way to get yourself out there. i'm a little jealous (because there aren't a TON of unique ways to meet people in stearns county), but you've inspired me to get creative and LOOK!

Re: The Benefactor

Esther — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:06:11 -0000

Sorry. I meant to add that if you know of other affordable places to stay in the city centre that offer access to a private bathroom, I'd really appreciate the info. Thanks.

Re: The Benefactor

Esther — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:02:27 -0000

Hi John. Is there something going on in Cardiff on 27th November? I'd like to book the 3-bed private ensuite exclusively and the 27th for all the rooms are blocked.

I'd like to book the room for 26th and 27th November, departing on the 28th. Can you please let me know if anything can be done about this?

Thanks a million.

Re: Kill The American

Ceruleanbill — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:54:29 -0000

"The American is the woman who approached my former flatmate at a crowded bus stop and interrupted their silence by asking when the next bus arrived."

I see nothing wrong with that.

Re: Kill The American

John F. O'Sullivan — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:46:52 -0000

Damn straight. Why should conservatives get a monopoly on patriotism? It's gotten to infused with politics as of late. Politics and patriotism should be considered completely separate issues, IMO.

In the meantime, that tumblr is awesome. Added to my RSS. Thanks for that.

Re: Kill The American

Mary O'Sullivan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:24:31 -0000

a thoughtful piece John. I like it! Why is it that we human beings are so quick, and so comfortable with, over-generalizing and stereotyping people?

Re: An Open Letter to America

John F. O'Sullivan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:35:26 -0000

Thanks Katie. Aren't you off on your own adventure in NZ again? I'm glad to have such a diverse, international crowd reading the blog. :)

Re: Kill The American

Jennifer — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:18:02 -0000

Funny. I bought and displayed a flag at my house this year for the 4th, thinking similar thoughts. I may be a pinko commie leftist, but... well... why can't I be patriotic as well? :)

I also absolutely love this blog, which I think is related:

http://midwestfuckyeah.tumblr....

Re: Kill The American

bl4ckduck — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:08:21 -0000

your writing's getting better! really like this one

Re: An Open Letter to America

Tallbrewnette — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:36:12 -0000

I kind of stumbled on your blog via 20sb. I'm also an American who fell head over heels for Ireland. I spent quite a bit of time in Galway last year, and have been trying to get back since. I like reading your blog, its nice to see someone else my age who has a similar story- what with college education leading to a hard economy, which leads to people like you and I traveling the world, picking up whatever work we can find, and simply enjoying the ride. Life is far too short to stick around and wait to land a desk job with good benefits.

I hope to continue following your blog. I find myself in different places all the time as well, and there's never any shortage of things to write about.

Nice to meet you, John!
xo
Tall Brunette

http://www.tallbrunette.wordpr...

Re: An Open Letter to America

Aadfs — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:55:15 -0000

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Re: An Open Letter to America

Asdlkfjasd — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:48:45 -0000

Dear John,
This blog would be less douchey if you would stop douching all over it.

Thank you.

Love,
Peter

P.S. See you at our American Bar drinking American beer on Wednesday.

Re: An Open Letter to America

Cham0198 — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:23:28 -0000

Hey John! Was just thinking about where you were and what you were up to - glad to see you are continuing your travels and adventures! Thanks for the insight and excellent writing. Always good to hear about what your thoughts are - wishing you the best on the next leg of your journey!

Kate

Re: An Open Letter to America

Clare Kleinedler — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:51:10 -0000

I’ve found a way to avoid those overly chatty checkout clerks in the Irish grocery shops. I now use self check-out exclusively! Considering we have to bag our own groceries anyway, there’s no real advantage to using regular checkout. I simply pick a station, pass my groceries through the scanner, place in bag and pay the machine. No more standing in long lines held up by the chatty checkout lady discussing such intriguing subjects as her dog’s latest haircut with her customer who also happens to be her neighbor. Those days are over!

Re: An Open Letter to America

Sally Stenzel — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:17:46 -0000

John, I liked that one! You are too funny. You literally made me LOL.

Re: An Open Letter to America

John F. O'Sullivan — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:07:15 -0000

I'm not ruling out the possibility of staying abroad if something amazing happens (I meet someone, i get a job, etc), but for now this remains a temporary (albeit long-term temporary...think a year or so) indulgence.

Re: An Open Letter to America

nuts4fruits — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:40:15 -0000

It's interesting to read that you might return to the US one day. I might have assumed that you burned that bridge. Your observations on the differences between (North) America and Europe are spot on. So this Canadian is awaiting your next post ;)

Re: An Open Letter to America

Maura — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:33:09 -0000

loved reading your commentary! Come home again soon!