Tonight HP and I went to Opart Thai House for dinner. The curry was very good. Other than the curry and chicken there was a significant amount of basil which I appreciated. The curry was not as thick as I'd prefer but the flavor ran deep and it was the perfect amount of spicy. I was asked how spicy I'd like it, I requested medium and received medium, which at times isn't always the case. The chicken was a nice surprise, succulent and of a superior quality. Would I go again? Emphatically yes.
I haven't seen HP in a while and we had a nice catch up session. At one point...HP: So me and this girl Lindsay have this class we teach together. And we've been teaching this group since they were 4 and they're 8 now. They're all really great kids and level headed, they go to school together, Hebrew school together, and take our class together.
Me: Sounds nice.
HP: So she has this whole lesson plan written around St. Patrick's day. Leprechauns and shamrocks and stuff. And this one kid looks at her and says "I'm NOT gonna do this! I hate St. Patrick's Day! I'm not Irish and I'm not Catholic! I'm gonna draw Stars of David over all this!" Can you believe it? (laughs)
Me: (pause) Yeah. Good for him.
HP: What!?!
Me: Well I mean it's a Catholic Saint's holiday. Why should he have to participate? I mean he doesn't believe in it.
HP: But to disrupt class and come on it's really a secular holiday.
Me: Well I mean it is Saint Patrick's day. It's become secular because of commercialism. But it's still a religious holiday. A lot of holidays are Christian, just because they're popular doesn't mean you must celebrate them.
HP: Sure but...(pause)...Steve (laughs) you're like really on this kids side for standing up to the status quo.
Me: Oh yeah. Fight the power.
HP: (laughs)
Happy St. Patrick's Day
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