Say hello to Bono and Sandra Day O'Connor!
("Those are the stupidest fist names I've ever heard.")
Danny boy, don't be afraid, to shake that ass, and misbehave
Danny boy, I know you got time, but what are you waiting for,
Anyway the dust may just blow away, if you wait for a windy day
But you may find the chance has passed you by;
- "Sewn" by The Feeling, who are probably slightly more Irish than the author of "Danny Boy" because at least they've been to Ireland before
There is a yearly tradition associated with Srahtown and The University I Work At, wherein local bars start serving green beer at 5:30am and students start drinking then (or start at home before 5:30) and continue late into the night. It started as a St Patrick's Day celebration, then the university decided that in order to curb binge drinking, they would always schedule Spring Break to fall during the same week as March 17th. The students countered by removing Green Beer Day from St Patrick's Day and just permanently celebrating it on the Thursday before Spring Break (this year it was March 13). So far the university hasn't come up with another counterstrike, other than encouraging professors to schedule papers and exams for that Thursday and Friday.
Srahtown is completely unnavigable during Green Beer Day, and it's best just to stay at home. I was looking forward to St Patrick's Day, so that I could have an opportunity to go out and enjoy some corned beef and cabbage¹ and Irish music while wearing green (and orange), but without all the binge drinking and immaturity. Turns out, I can't find anywhere in Srahtown that celebrates St Patrick's Day separately from Green Beer Day. I guess the weird Easter calendar this year might have thrown things off too - maybe I should have been looking for festivities on Friday or Saturday instead. But I haven't seen anything advertised anywhere.
I guess I'll just hang around at home tonight, wearing my orange and green and listening to Irish music while I eat my... spaghetti.
srah - Monday, 17 March 2008 - 12:19 PM
Tags: food, green beer day, holidays, music, srahtown, st patrick's day, the university i work at
Comments (7)
EV - March 17, 2008 - 4:59 PM - ℓ
If your local grocery store sells seasonal cookie cake, that being a giant 16-inch-diameter chocolate chip cookie with frosting and plastic decorations matching the current holiday (labeled by our store as "Message Cookie"), I highly recommend picking up one of those. We had our St. Patrick's cookie cake last week, because it was there.
srah - March 17, 2008 - 11:16 PM - ℓ
Good news! While the "Irish pub" in town was not doing anything special for St Patrick's Day (please, let that sink in for a moment) they do have shepherd's pie on their regular menu. So we went out to dinner there.
Cheryl - March 18, 2008 - 8:14 AM - ℓ
1. unnavigable?
2. Do you look like a pumpkin, in your green and orange? I imagine you do.
srah - March 18, 2008 - 8:33 AM - ℓ
1. Unnavigable.
2. I just had orange tights and a green sweater. Maybe more carrotish.
i just got back from lunch - corned beef reueben, irish red beer, and green as far as the eye can see.