i may very well receive nasty comments about this, but it really bugs me when people refer to st. patrick's day as "st. patty's day". "patty" is either your great-aunt who owns 15 cats and crochets pot holders or a form of processed chicken. "paddy" is the irish nickname for patrick. so it should be called "st. paddy's day". i don't know why this bothers me. it does. various assorted articles in the collegian kept talking about "st. patty's day", and it just annoyed me.
speaking of the collegian, each issue is starting to irritate me more than the last. i don't know if it's a combination of poor writing, poor editing, imbicilic grovers, or the lovely editorials by annyoing female engineer extraordinaire, but there is always something i can get riled up about. (for example, a few weeks ago there was a letter to the editor where some dumbass tried to make it sound like dr. tilford was some psycho lunatic who wants to nuke the world, and that he doesn't really know what's going on the middle east. regardless of your opinions of earl the bomber, there is no debate that the man knows about war. sorry ted, but i'm think i'm going to have to trust the opinion of a 20 year career officer who works for the war college. there is just the slightest chance that maybe he knows more about this than you.)
today's issue was no exception. on top of a letter to the editor by yet another idiot against dr. tilford, the standard article by dumb chauvenist boy, and yet another editorial gem by the one and only L.A., there was the blatant factual mishap screaming at me from the page. attention everyone: there is no such thing as "Southern Ireland"!!! you do not refer to them as "Northern Ireland" and "Southern Ireland" like you would North and South Dakota. They are Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (or just Ireland). sheesh.
ok, enough whining. things that made me happy today:
- the policemen, particularly the ones who wanted to bring us lunch tomorrow while we're working in the costume shop
- talking to the one and only caitlin
- spray painting buttons
- clean sheets
- hearing from my sister
- showing off the golden chili pepper shimmy dress
- a co-op who gives me food because she knows how awful college food is
- hearing that all three classes of freshmen were paying attention to what i was saying
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