1. I went out tonight to hear an acquaintance from New York. She was a student of a former colleague of mine, and he introduced us by way of email several months ago. She’s got a nice Americana sensibility about her, and a great voice. She’s currently a very successful actress in New York, but she seems to be very serious about this as well.
2. SES seems to think that the blog trend is fading for a lot of us, and sadly, I fear that she may be right. I hope not though.
3. I am not even moderately amused by the following list of American holidays I have made in follow-up to a rant I made toward Trina last week. Nevertheless, I need to post it so I can stop thinking about when I am going to post it. In an effort to prove our celebrations somewhat strange, I am listing the name of the holiday, the thing it celebrates, and how it is celebrated. Enjoy.
Holiday: MLK Day
Celebrates: Memory of Slain Civil Rights Activist
How we celebrate: Part of Country Goes To Church and Memorial Services While Part of Country Runs Errands That They Have Been Putting Off
Holiday: St. Patrick's Day
Celebrates: Irish Bishop Who Converted Ireland from Paganism to Catholicism
How we celebrate: Drink (preferably green beer), Wear Green, Persecute Those Who Don't Wear Green By Way of Simple Battery, Dye Major Tributaries Green, Cause Thousands of High School Band Students to Permanently Despise Parades, Tell Stories About Little Magical Men, Scour Grass for Abnormal Plant Life and Believe This Discovery Brightens Our Future.
Holiday: Memorial Day
Celebrates: Memory of Military Dead
How we celebrate: Grill Out, Drink, and Open the Pool
Holiday: Independence Day
Celebrates: Declaration of Independence signing (though it wasn't signed that day)
How we celebrate: Grill Out, Drink, Blow Shit Up, Wonder if the Radio Will Ever Play Anything Other than Martina McBride or Lee Greenwood Ever Again
Holiday: Labor Day
Celebrates: American Work Force
How we celebrate: Don’t Go To Work, Grill Out, Drink, and Close the Pool
Holiday: Columbus Day
Celebrates: Discovery of America (by someone who was arguably not the first to do so, and in fact never set foot in what is now the United States).
How we celebrate: Bankers have secret super-fun sex parties (this is as yet an unproven theory) while everyone else bitches about the bank being closed.
Holiday: Halloween
Celebrates: Caricatures of the Dead
How we celebrate: Dress Up as Someone We Aren't, Beg Others For Unhealthy Food… Pass Tradition Onto Our Kids and Hope the Obesidy Problem Disappears.
Holiday: Thanksgiving
Celebrates: The Creator/Provider in the Context of a Historic Friendly Understanding with a Race we Would Later Force to Vacate the Premises
How we celebrate: Eat Turkey, Drink (in some cases), Watch Football, Sleep, Plan How To Spend Money For the Next Six Weeks
Holiday: Christmas
Celebrates: The Birth of Christ (on a day on which he was not born)
How we celebrate: Fat Man in Red Suit Delivers Toys To Kids (the volume of which is determined by their behavior and their parents' earning ability). Turkey. Sleep. Football. Stimulate the Economy. Perpetuate the Career of Manheim Steamroller.
Holiday: New Years Day
Celebrates: The Beginning of a New Year
How we celebrate: Drink, Kiss Someone, Count Slowly From a High Number Down to One, Blow Horns, Comment on How Young Dick Clark Looks, Say We are Going to Do Things That We Aren't Going to Do.
Weird. Whatever… now I can stop thinking about it.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment