This is what most people are going to wake up looking like tomorrow. |
So today was good 'ol Saint Pats day and to be quite frank I didn't really give a fuck. I do in fact have Irish heritage but I really didn't feel like going onto ancestry.com to one up the rest of the world who also claims to be an ounce of Irish today. Nor did I get shit faced off green beer by 2 pm. . Mostly because I have developed a very complicated lie about myself [that I have an allergy to ingredients in beer because the taste, no even just the smell makes me want to vomit profusely] that doesn't allow me to get down. I also didn't wear green, primarily because I don't own anything in a Kelly clover color (it just doesn't do anything for my skin tone, although I'm sure it would make my eyes radiant ;). So I was a free for all for the assholes that love to pinch anyone not wearing shamrock socks or a headband with a pot of gold embroidered onto it. I briefly considered going out and was going to wear this:
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But I thought I might get sent home from work, which I can't afford so I just stuck to my regular old all black uniform. Because I'm a ton of fun. For those of you who did celebrate this is the religious icon you celebrated today:
"Why do you shame me lads and lasses??" |
Do you recognize him? Its thee Saint Pat!! And the four leaf clover represents the Holy trinity. Apparently people get crunk on this holiday because its supposed to be a lift of a fast that also prohibits drinking alcohol for several months, I'm sure everyone in Ireland devoutly follows that religious custom.
This probably looks more familiar:
Ohhh me lucky charms!! |
The way I really wanted to celebrate this holiday is the way I want to celebrate it every year....with a McDonald's shamrock shake. This is one of the few times that I get wrapped up in limited time only offers.
Its news to me that grimace has an Irish Uncle
I know I could go any old place and get a mint flavored shake any time of the year but my questions to you are: Will it be under $2? Will it be an alarming green dye #6 hue? Will it be thick and delicious, made right in front of me? Will it be served with a McSmile? And I don't think you can say yes to all of those questions. That disappoints me. What disappoints me even more is that I didn't have the time to hustle down to Mickey D's this March, its just too damn far of a walk on any given day and today for my lunch I had to study for an English all by myself at Quizno's. It was quite the lonely lunch over a sub sandi listening to lite rock and reading about Critical Race Theory.
My boyfriend spent the day being anti-celebratory about the holiday (I think he's a little bitter that nobody went all out for Black History month, I put on a mammy costume for him and served fried chicken but it still didn't lift his spirits...hey! I tried to be festive!)* That and I think he's a little embarrassed he was caught on camera in this video:
They really thought they had em! They were ready to go all Lottery Ticket on the pot of gold....oh you don't know Lottery Ticket? Its a comedy starring Lil Bow Wow made just this past year! Here's the synopsis: Bow wins the lottery and everyone in the hood wants their share (No I didn't see it, they told me the whole story in the previews while I awaited my feature film Death At A Funeral starring Chris Rock).
So I didn't get my shamrock shake on but I am going to get down to one of Ireland's most famous and talented artists imported to America...the one and only Enya. You think I'm joking around but I have been doing modern/interpretive/ballet dance in my living room since the age of four to this talented artist, if this voice can't transport you to the Emerald Isle and all of its magic...you don't even have an ounce of 'rish in ye.
And as I peacefully go into this otherworldly realm to song I will be envisioning a few of my other favorite Irish things:
Incredible magical film |
Who can honestly say they haven't been wrapped up in the magic of Riverdance on PBS once or twice?? |
Badass Sinead O'Connor |
Magical Rainbows with pots of gold |
Apparently C.S. Lewis is a 'Rish |
*I have never nor will I ever dress up in black face or any highly offensive racially based costume. I am a P.C. Princess. Only kidding, in very very poor taste.