Happy St. Patty's Day

Aww, thanks! You took time out of your busy, green-beer-drinking day to read the blog! What a pal. I hope you're wearing green. I am and I didn't even know I owned a green shirt. I had to resort to a pajama shirt (there's a giant "PINK" logo on it) but hey, it's not like anyone's sober enough to read today.

The world is less green than I thought it would be today. There were some people who ignored the day completely and just carried on with their regular humdrum lives. I'm not a huge fan of St. Patrick's Day myself but I still put on some green as a gesture. That in itself was a challenge. I don't own a lot of green. I did manage to find some green earrings and I made myself a giant clover, which hung around my neck on a lanyard all day long (except for a temporary crisis when it broke at dinner, but I did some speedy damage control). One side says I SEE GREEN PEOPLE and the other side says I SWEAR TO DRUNK I'M NOT GOD. The public enjoyed it.

I also had green socks but no green shoes, so the world will never know. That was just for my own satisfaction. I didn't even have to whip out the green face paint (that stuff is a pain to get off. In the end, you don't know whether you got all the red off or if your face is just rubbed raw trying to get it off).

My favourite accessories of the day:

• One guy had green-rimmed sunglasses that had green light bulbs inside the frames. They lit up and everything!
• Several people had those giant green hats. If you've ever seen my Canada Pride hat, it looks like that, but green and covered in shamrocks.
• My favourite giant hat was shaped like a great big mug of beer sitting on a green plate. That one made me jealous.

Unlike my fellow colleagues here at Carleton, I will sadly not be out running wild on the streets in my green attire. I have crazy plans of my own: a midterm tomorrow. Don't wait up.

What did I learn about St. Patrick's Day? It's the one day of the year when everyone is drunk before noon and no one else can judge them or send them off to AA meetings. I don't know how these people are going to survive the whole night to party away. They'll be puking by 9 p.m. Mark my words!

Fun fact #2: The reason the beer's green is because of... are you ready for this? ALGAE! Yeah! That's how they make it green if you want it organic. If you're smart and don't really care if your beer is organic, I'm pretty sure they just put dye in it that they extract from bugs or create out of some chemical concoction. Bottoms up!

It's back to the old grindstone for me. Drink safe, lassies and laddies! Aim for the bucket and watch where you face-plant (other people may not be so good with the bucket-aiming).