Prepare for Tomorrow's Hangover Day

Oh my goodness.  Last night was St. Patrick's Day, and for some reason I guess that means everyone feels like they can skip work or class and drink from 7 am to whatever time they decide to stagger home.

Class turnout was SO low.  I was getting to class at 10 AM and people were already passed out from partying.  People passed out in some of my classes because they actually showed up drunk.  Ambulances were called as early as 11 AM.  When I was done with all of my classes at 6:30 PM, campus was a mess.  Drunk people and green vomit EVERYWHERE.

This was my version of St. Patrick's Day:

Haha, I made him buy that shirt about a year ago.

All I did was wear a stupid green shirt that said, "KISS ME, I'M IRISH" (which is obviously a lie), and then drink a little bit in the safety of my own home.
 Gingerhead dyed his beer green because green is so popular on this day.  I went to all of my classes, made my way through the mobs of drunkies, and then went home to "party" with 4 more people.  Others were doing anything from making total fools of themselves in front of policemen to getting driven to the hospital.  My lab mentor refused to wear green, because she was protesting the whole day itself.  A classmate told me that if I pinched her, she would punch me (haha).  It's amazing how some people love this day and others hate it.

I hate St. Patrick's Day, or maybe I just hate what people use it for.  It's everyone's excuse to start drinking at 6 in the morning instead of being responsible adults and going to school (or work). I don't care what the occasion is--no one should end up so drunk that they are passed out and have vomited and/or wet themselves.  (There is way too much of that on after12.failblog.org, and I am really disgusted with this website because this stuff is NOT funny.  I encourage people to check it out, though, and see how scary things can become if you're not careful.)  We have a policy at our house that the goal of every party is to make sure everyone has fun WITHOUT someone ending up with their head in the toilet.  Unfortunately, this rarely happens, but it's good to have something like that in mind.

I mean, people can have fun and people can enjoy alcohol consumption because it can also be fun, but a lot of the stuff that happened yesterday was just utterly irresponsible and childlike.  Well, I never thought anyone in college was a real responsible adult anyway.  We're all just overgrown children who are too good at pretending.

And SO many people were not in class today, but can I really be surprised?

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In other news, I HATE THAT SONG BY REBECCA BLACK, AND IF ANYONE EVEN MENTIONS WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IT IS I MIGHT PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE.  F*ck.