Has anyone happened to check their calendar and then reference that date against my birth certificate? No? Well, if you had, you'd know that we're getting awfully close to a special date. March 22 is both the day I was born and the day I received a Sega Genesis when I was 9; clearly it is worthy of celebration, and I urge everyone to stay at home that day. If we all band together, we can start a grassroots holiday. If I'm not mistaken, a similar blog rumor is how President's Day started.
I don't really like my birthday that much because I don't have any say of it. What if, just this year, I want to push my birthday back to December so I can share the pain of everyone born near Christmas? Or what if I want to skip my birthday this year and enjoy a double birthday next year? I think if it's your birthday, such ideas should be fair game. I also think you should have immunity from law enforcement for just that day, but this is a separate idea.
Birthdays get a little trickier as I get older too because I have to purposely keep from buying things for myself so that others may purchase them as presents for me. (Diabetics, I urge you not to try this with your insulin.) I imagine that's really hard for the elderly. If you're 80 and you want a particular gizmo from Golfsmith, why wait three months and rely on your grand nephew to buy the correct thing? Meanwhile, you're sitting around the house thinking, "If I shatter a hip before I get that golf gizmo, asses are getting torched." You're literally burning daylight if you wait until your birthday to get that. I would just buy it and chalk it up to senility; old people have that right.
On Thursday, will I begin to exercise such rights? We'll see.
Posted by Cody at March 20, 2007 9:35 PM