Promotion
I got promoted at work. haha I'm now a Shift Manager as well as Head Lifeguard... so I'm doing 3 shifts/week as each... although lately, my lifeguard shifts have turned into lifeguarding till Sheryl gets in and then heading to the office to do schedules, etc. Anyway, I will (hopefully) be making a little bit more money and getting my full 40 hours/week, so I guess that's good... I'm a little tired of work right now. I even volunteered to leave early today... I probably should have stayed to keep the hours, but I was tired and not especially wanting to be there. Oh well!
In other news, I'm going to see The Tattoo tonight!!! YAY!!! I'm really excited.. I like bagpipes a lot... and firing cannons... Why do they call it The Tattoo anyways? Does anyone know? I told someone today that I was going to see The Tattoo, and she asked where and what I was getting. It's a confusing name that doesn't make sense. Regardless, I'm going to see it tonight, and I can't wait!!! Hooray!
posted by amarea @ 5:08 p.m.
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I like to think that they called it the tattoo all those years ago cause they thought it would be edgy.
Congrats on the promotion :)!
So I have the same story as you Amarea ... on Canada Day, my roommate saw the flags advertising "International Tattoo" and she had the same reaction: "what do they mean by tattoo?!". She's from Germany. So, I have been having this discussion about why it is called a tattoo with both my roommates since sunday. I take it for granted that everybody has heard of a tattoo and when my roommate asked me what it was, I actually didn't know exactly how to explain it: "it is basically a whole bunch of pipe bands playing together" I ended up saying. So I sort of found an explanation of why it is called a tattoo from a very reliable source: Wikipedia ;) It says: "The word 'tattoo' originally dates from the seventeenth century when British Army units were stationed in the Low Countries. Drummers from the garrison were sent out into the towns each evening to summon the soldiers to return to barracks. The process was known as Doe den tap toe or just tap toe and encouraged the inn keepers to 'turn off the taps', stop serving beer and send the soldiers back for the night.The first official Tattoo began in 1950 with just 8 items in the programme". That doesn't make much sense to me.
Anyways, I LOVE bagpipes also. You should come to Glengarry Highland Games back in my little town in Ontario sometime --- lots of fun!
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