columbus day

you know, for all my complaining, one thing i do like is a holiday. before i was retired, i liked to get the day off - i mean who doesn't.

but nowadays, with big corporate business and the tiny globalized world, nothing ever really stops. so holidays are less important and less frequent. so you take something like columbus day. the banks? closed. post office? closed. government offices? closed.

why doesn't everyone else get the day off? why do kids got to go to school? either the day is important enough to recognize or it isn't. someone needs to make up their mind on this. it's the same for a lot of the other holidays. memorial day everyone gets a day off. president's day is a joke. why the discrepancy?

people work too much, and take no time for their families or for themselves. now that's not an excuse to be lazy. but if people had more time to spend with families or be productive in their personal lives, they'd all just be happier. and if you're happy, you don't dread going in to work everyday. that just seems real simple to me.

apparently it's too complicated for everyone else. in any case, i'm taking the day off tomorrow. granted i don't work anymore, so i have every day off, but i'm standing up for my principles. i'm celebrating the discovery of america - even if it didn't actually happen with christopher the way i learned in school. who gives a shit, throw me a beer and let's toast western culture.

it's important to take a day once in a while and enjoy life.

i can't believe i just wrote that sentence.