March 17, 2005 - American's (and possibly all humans, I just don't have another reference to speak from) seem to like a good holiday to celebrate. Indepedance Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and even today's holiday, St. Patrick's Day. Everyone either adorn's themselves with something green, or says "I've got green on, you just can't see it". It seems very silly to get so worked up over someone named St. Patrick when so very few people really know what the holiday was created for. I'm not going to claim to know what it is about, but I do recognize that I don't know what it is about. I see some commonality between popular music and major holidays versus non-popular music and obscure holidays. People want to feel like they below to a community, so by wearing green on St. Patrick's Day, they are part of the people that are in the 'know', just like being able to sing along to "Respect" when it comes on the jukebox at the bar. Similarly, some holidays are less-known or -celebrated, and when people mention them they are treated as if they are different and not part of the mainstream. The same holds for people who listen to non-popular music. You can still exist in society but being a non-conformist, but you are appropriately tagged and released. I feel like my role in society is somewhere between pop culture and underground culture. I'm aware of both to a good extent, but don't really want to commit to either one wholeheartedly.