Thursday is a very special day. I love St. Patrick's Day the way Mexican-Americans love Cinco de Mayo. That is, more than the people who still live in the mother country. Actual Mexicans aren't all that excited about Cinco de Mayo. Actual Irishpersons aren't all fired up about St. Paddy's either. No, March 17 is really a day for the Irish diaspora, of which I am very much a part. I am also an immature alcoholic. And I like House of Pain's "Jump Around." That's pretty much the St. Patrick's Day trifecta.
Get the lazy-person's guide to the holiday here. If you'd like a more detailed account of Saint Patrick's life, try this.
This year will also be special because, as it is a Thursday, we will be celebrating with a special St. Pat's Low-Life. In addition, it is the first day of March Madness. Perhaps obvious potato-eater Brian Murphy put it best in his excellent Page 2 column yesterday (emphasis added):
"There can be, however, no pagan equivalent for the majesty of the vernal celebration set to ensue this Thursday: The First Day of March Madness, On the Same Day as St. Patrick's Day. This is the Halley's Comet of party situations. I know it's happened a few times in the recent past, and it always elicits in me the same feeling –- unfettered, orgasmic joy."
Now I know all this preparation for sports, St. Pat's, and drinking makes me sound like a big frat-boy idiot, but... well I really have no defense. After all, the Secret Squares have already let their respective employers know that they won't be at work on Friday. Just come join us on Thursday. Try not to think about the fact that Tye swears up and down he's going to play a Cranberries song. Instead, focus on the fact that My Bloody Valentine is also a Dublin band. The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers, and The Boomtown Rats are all Irish too. You might even see a fistfight when we argue over who gets to play Morrissey's "Irish Blood, English Heart."
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