St. Patty's To-Do List

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Today is a great day to explore your Irish heritage, since everybody is Irish today! Here are some suggestions from an actual Irishman (yours truly) to make today fierce deadly:

• Be sure to wear green. It accentuates the Irish in your hair and skin tone.
• Find the nearest pub, or other place that might be serving corned beef and cabbage. Have some.
• It's a good idea to wash that down with a pint of black stuff. Guinness is a good one, and imminently available.
• Car Bombs! How: 1 pint Guinness, 1/2 shot bailey's, 1/2 shot Jameson (or other Irish Whiskey, bot in the same shot glass). Get ready. Drop shot glass in beer. The yeast in beer will curdle the Irish cream, so you have to drink it fast. The college terminology is "pound it."
• Note: The above can make one bollixed, ossified, or even three sheets to the wind.
• A good background for any of this would be to start a Flogging Molly or Dropkick Murphys station on Pandora. The listening will be great all day.

Well, That's all I have for now. I hope you have a great St. Patty's filled with fun, beer, friends, and don't forget: Beer.

"No ball or chain nor prison shall keep, we're the rebels of the sacred heart"

Thanks For Standing By...Less Emo Posts To Come

Spring break is upon me, and I must say, so far it has been quite the break. Here's what has gone down so far:

• I moved juniper branches & stumps from my friend Rod's backyard. While there was payment involved, I had a genuinely good time getting dirty and sore.
• I ran into a friend I haven't seen in a while, Mike, at Satellite coffee, and ended up going to see Watchmen for free!
• I felt old at a concert (attended by mostly 13-year-olds) where one of my favorite bands, Disciple, really rocked hard, and brought back a legitimate head-banger's experience. I still have a crick in my neck. Like I said, old.
• I had coffee today with a good friend, and some new ones.

• I had a great lunch w/ Mikey and talked about IV stuff.

• I did my nm state taxes.
• I got a haircut.
• I actually got to sleep in, 2 days in a row!!
• I had a wonderful time having dinner, conversations, and watching Frasier (Hail to you corkmaster!) with Peter & Kathleen

And the week is only half over. I'm back in Socorro now, ready to maybe hit the hay a little early, so I can be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for work tomorrow. I still have some homework to work on for Monday, but I believe in taking spring break as slowly as possible.

I may actually feel rested enough to take on the rest of the semester when it comes. More on that to follow.

"The arena is empty except for one man, driving and striving as fast as he can."