it's just another manic monday.....

i wish it were sunday....cause that's my fun day....

it's not really manic, though. i just don't know another song about mondays. except 'monday, monday' by the mamas and the papas, but i don't really know what the song is about. all i know is the chorus. don't want to reference it when i don't know what it's about. that would be dumb.

this morning actually started out ok. i left home at exactly 630am and made it into work and at my desk by 810am. i listened to michael moore promote his new book on howard stern this morning, i rocked out to 'nobody knows me' by madonna during the commercial break and i found street parking outside relatively quickly. the only bad part was this asshole in a mercedes that cut in front of me at the toll plaza. he looked like a 'todd'. like 'todd smith iv'. he probably has a trust fund and works at morgan stanley. i cursed him to hell.

so, i'm staring at my at-a-glance desk calendar. it's october. i'm looking at all the holidays. none of them, of course, being paid work holidays. the 15th is the first day of ramadan. ah-salaam-ah-ley-kim (i know that's not how you spell it, so shut up and ah-ley-kim-salaam me.) the 11th is thankgiving day in canada. stupid canadians. don't even know how to steal thanksgiving from us right. wait a minute....the 12th is 'day of the race' in mexico? what the fuck is that? is it some big marathon in mexico city that i've never heard of. did mexico get their own version of nascar? now is when i realize that it has been translated into english and that october 12th is dia de la raza.

it's funny how i don't automatically know to translate things. la raza is not a term that i would EVER translate into english, though. you really can't. it's one of the many terms that loses all meaning when you translate it. la raza isn't just a race of people. it's a mixing of 2 worlds and cultures to create one. mestizaje. it's the reason that i have blond, green eyed cousins in jalisco and why my uncle's skin is so dark he turns purple in the summer. no matter how much i talk shit, like it or not, la raza are my peeps.

MEXICA TIAHUI! VIVA LA RAZA!!!!!!!!

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