Inertia

A blog is a broadcast, not a publication. If it stops moving, it
dies.

- Andrew Sullivan

Hey guys, look at my zombie blog!

I'm gonna start a little writing exercise. I'm gonna blog three or more times a week. For realz, k? Hold me to it. My first task? Free association. All stream of consciousness like Joyce but super 2010!

Ok - resurrecting my blog... resurrection - Easter! See Mom, I did pick up something in Sunday school after all. I took a weekend trip to WNY for Easter which had the usual hallmarks of all things Buffalonian and Polish: pierogies, kielbasa, sugar-high children, and Dyngus Day. Seriously, google Dyngus Day now. Look, I did it for you. Once you get over the regret of not having celebrated it for the past however many years of your life immediately remedy that situation by stocking up on your pussywillows and water guns for next year.

I love having this kind of kooky heritage stuff. My wonderful Significant Other (the Sig O) and his family celebrate their Scottish heritage, with kickass music and sheep entrail delicacies, and that's certainly lots of fun. But Scottish (often hybridized with Celtic) heritage has infiltrated a lot of pop culture (see Dropkick Murphys, Ewan McGregor).

The Polish stuff is generally pocketed in Northeastern areas of the States, like Chicago and New York, and so is still kind of obscure to lots of people. It's kind of like a secret handshake to know the words to "Who Stole the Kishka?" or to lay claim to the best pierogi recipe. There are 7 of us Western New Yorkers here at my not-so-new job and 4 of us have Polish families. Pretty cool, huh?

Hooray for rambling! Zombie blog arises! Let's see how long I can keep it going until, uh... I'm searching for a zombie-killing analogy but a lifetime of shunning horror films has left me with a serious dearth of references. All I can think of is Woody Harrelson and Twinkies. So ... have a good weekend!