That’s Right Nate

Saint Jing-Tao-Wow Day was indeed a great day for the Irish

What a great day I had this morning celebrating America’s newest holiday Saint Jing-Tao-Wow Day!  I hope you and yours had a joyous holiday as well.

9:00 Woke up and had 3 soft boiled eggs on white toast with orange juice for breakfast.  Went out in my pajamas to get the newspaper.

10:15 Arrived at work late and chewed out my employees for slacking.  Demanded that DuJuan an African-American employee play basketball against me at the local park.  I didn’t believe him when he told me he wasn’t very good.  We played for like 20 minutes of just awful basketball.  I let him know that I’d expect more from him next year.

11:30 Went to lunch.  I had a tuna melt and 3 martinis.  I had a lot of fun hitting on the waitress.

12:40  Arrived back at work and took a nap.  I told my employees that they were in charge and left promptly at 2PM

2:15  I listened to some light rock on the car radio as I drove around and watched other people celebrating the holiday.  I saw a white police officer had pulled over a black motorist and I honked at them both and gave them the thumbs up sign.

4:00 I arrived at my sister’s place.  It was a madhouse.  All the kids were running around acting super Catholic.  Somebody didn’t get the memo and decided a Saint must mean its yet another religious holiday.  I guess too many crazy kids running around and overly religious behavior is stereotypically Irish so maybe in their mixed up way, they celebrated the hobby.  Steve started prattling on about something or other with Easter so I was out of there by 4:30.

5:00 Dinner was tuna noodel caserole, but I used my mom’s recipe which has a special secret ingredient–you put crushed up potato chips on top and bake it with the chips right on there.  Of course when you eat alone you mostly just scrape off the top layer with the potato chips and put the rest into tupperware until you’re not really sure what it is anymore.

7:30  Cracked open a couple of microbrews and began to write this article.  I’m not really sure what this stuff is, but at $7 a bottle you know its good.

I’ve received a number of comments and questions about St. Jing-Tao-Wow Day and I thought I’d answer them all at one place.

What is St. Jing-Tao-Wow Day? Saint Jing-Tao-Wow Day is a new American holiday that was created after listenning to Lou Dobbs.  The day celebrates the ethnic stereotypes that unite our country and will be celebrated on Tuesday March 31st.  To hear Lou Dobbs’ comments on the holiday try this link .

Why ethnic stereotypes? This country has long been under the belief that we are great because we are a melting pot of all the immigrant groups already in this country.  However, the next immigrant group whether it be Irish, Italians, Asians, or Mexicans are the ones who will really mess this place up.  This attitude has led to a lot of ethnic jokes, slurs, and stereotypes and I think it is good for us to remember exactly what was said about our own people because it reminds us not to be so quick to stereotype other cultures. It is basically an ethnic version of a gay pride parade.   I am sure this is what Lou Dobbs meant when he called for a “We’re all the same day”

How can I participate? Like all great holidays, I expect that everybody will come up with their own way to keep it in their heart, but spreading the word will help spread the holiday.  If you have a blog mention it.  If you post on a forum please mention it there.  The only way a holidy can take off is through word of mouth.   Join the Facebook event group started by Richard Wang (Thanks!) and check out some of the great posts about the holiday on the internets at Zenyenta 2.0, Just My Little Piece of the World, and Fair.org.   Of course there is the Saint Jing-Tao-Wow Day video on the Youtubes also. When the day comes, celebrating is as simple as picking an activity that is stereotypical for your ethnic group and doing it whether that means playing basketball, building a submarine with a screen door, or driving poorly.   Then come here and post about it.

What kind of food is served for the holiday? Any ethnic food is appropriate, but even more appropriate is Americanized ethnic food like Olive Garden, Panda Express, or Taco Bell.

I don’t have an ethnic group.  Can I still participate? Wasp is still an ethnic group you goof.  Go oppress some minorities and then dance really poorly.

Does Lou Dobbs know about this? Lou is very busy right now defending our borders, but I’d like to think that if we all believe in Saint Jing-Tao-Wow hard enough, Mr. Dobbs will know.