Saint's Day - Ranting

School is Killing Me

So today, I'm back in school. So this should be fun and exciting and.... ahh, what am I kidding, considering how much I don't think I did during the term break and how much I need to do, I'm screwed. -_- Well never mind, let's just enjoy time with our friends. Maybe I should be less negative, or more realistic.

To anyone living in the UK, you'll probably know that today is St. George's day. So it's a day we celebrate in the appropriate manner. By having the news do a 5 minute article and amusing our friends with English banter, before doing absolutely NO partying. That's right, very few actually care about today.

To any non Brits, St. George's day is our national day. It's sort of what we have instead of an Independence day. So why don't we have an Independence day, well we've always been independent. We're the country most other countries break away from, thanks guys, could have stuck around a bit longer.  To anyone interested, all of the British Isles countries have a saint's day, look it up. 

 - [Annoying Voice] What about the establishment of the Monarchy in 1066, that united England or the formation of the UK on 1st May 1707.
 - Well, we don't really have a celebratory day for the first date and this is St. George's day, relating to England, not the UK. Hence why I mentioned the other saint's day's earlier. Really Guys keep up.

So what do I think of this date; I agree with the concept of a flag day or national holiday, but considering how few care about it and the fact it is not treated as a holiday, should it even stand to mean anything. I say this in comparison to the 4th of July in the US where it is well known and celebrated. Also, it is quite amusing how the most well known of the Saint's days - St. Patrick's Day, is from the only independent state. But what should also be pointed out is the out dated regions, while it is true that only the countries (of the UK) have Saint's day's what about Northern Ireland, or if they are to be included why not any of the other crown colonies, such as the Isle of Mann or Jersey. Then we open up a whole new realm of possibilities. So, should we have Saint's day; Yes, but far more celebrated. This may be hard to do considering how each country likes their identidy, so you can't really have a UK day without someone getting stroppy, and thats usually the others mutually ganging up on England, no-one like us.

On a more cheery note; a package came today that said on the box, "Live Plants", I'm sitting in my room waiting for the Triffid attack.

Be Proud of Where you come from

-|CJ|-