Mar 14 2008
Wearing of the green
Tomorrow is the St Patrick’s Day parade. I’m marching in it with my local chapter of Toastmasters International. It’ll be the first time I’ve been in a parade since I played the clarinet in grade school marching band. It’s a longer parade than the two blocks I marched as a kid, but at least I don’t have to play an instrument! My day starts early, though: 8am breakfast at Kitty Hoyne’s, my favorite Irish restaurant. So that means scurrying around tonight, trying to find all of the green clothes I own. It also means getting to bed ridiculously early so that I can try to shake the cold that’s been chasing me all week.
Meanwhile, while I sleep, my mom and dad are driving up to get my youngest brother from the bus station at 3am. If I’d known earlier, I’d have made arrangements to get him myself. Maybe next time. Still, I feel as though I’m shirking my role as number one son. It should be me rolling out of bed at oh-dark-thirty, dragging him back to my house and letting him sleep on my bachelor couch.
Eagle vs Shark is a great movie. It’s like New Zealand’s answer to Napoleon Dynamite. I guess everyone needs an answer to Amélie. I love movies about nerds!
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