Working For The Weekend

Bank Holidays = Awesome.

So the Irish (and the British I believe) feel that every so often they should just give a day off for no reason whereas us Americans qualify it like "oh it's Memorial Day, that's why we don't work today." Regardless of if a reason or no reason is used, I'm a fan of days off. And this weekend we have one. Bank Holiday Monday. Which means no classes on Monday. While I only had one class anyway, I am still not complaining.

AND this weekend is the Cork Jazz Festival (sponsored by Guinness). While I don't know what it quite entails, I will be down in the city finding out. I hear it's the best festival of the year. As someone who went to the Lithuanian, Italian, Chinese, Indian and Book Festivals in Baltimore, I'm a fan of festivals. You learn so much random stuff about different cultures like the word smitana is sour cream in Lithuanian. Now I haven't figured out how this knowledge will help me in the future but I figured it's best to be prepared.

So to recap: a festival and a day off on Monday, two things I'm a fan of converging on the same weekend, I'm excited.

In addition, this past week was the Languages Party in a bar entitled Sober Lane. Everyone wore name tags with what languages they could speak. This would be more effective if people didn't switch languages such as my Dutch friend who all of a sudden could speak French. I ended up with a sticker that said I speak Gaelic. At least that is what I think it said, but since I don't actually speak Gaelic, I'm not quite sure. A lot of events draw students in by promise of free food. This one promised free jelly shots and free pizza. While I didn't actually get any of either, I appreciate the effort that was made to draw students in like that.

Anyway time to get back to work so I can enjoy all the fun that is festival weekend.