March 4, 2005
Do You know what today is?
Well, Nazi Sam, I was planning on posting today anyway. In part to apologize for not posting, you know, in like FOREVER and in part to tell you
Yes, that’s right, its time for Moped Day, that yearly celebration of all things moped and moped related functions. I myself have planned a moped ride (which has been completed) and almost my entire family (well, at least my immediate family will be there and a few others) is coming down to (track meet) help me celebrate. Excitement!!!
Well, every march fourth (that you Mr. McKegan for marching forth) there is a little thing I like to call Moped Day. I made it all up back in 2001 when I was really excited to finally take the ‘ped out of hibernation and get back on the open road. Since then I have thawed and celebrate yearly with a whole slew of activities that are too amazing and numerous to list here.
I wrote two articles for the Exponent this year about moped day (a hattrick with my news article. Had I contributed to sports I would have been in every section of the paper this week) that pretty much sums up my thoughts on the greatest secular holiday I ever invented (that not only implies that I have invented several secular holidays but also several religious ones as well), so you should check them out here:
http://www.uwplatt.edu/org/exponent/opinions.html
and here:
well, I guess the second one isn’t on the web, but it’s a whole lot less interesting anyway. So don’t bother trying to find it I guess.
I don’t know what else to write, so I’m kinda rambling right now. I guess maybe I’ll tell a little something about my morning so far. I had a lot to do today, so I got up early and made a new “Born to Ride” t-shirt and ironed that on (with less than perfect results). Then I typed a paper and got ready for school. My first class is a wonderfully exciting 8 a.m. business communication course, so I had to leave my house at 7:30 ish. I had been calling the temp all morning to see what I was in for, but thankfully I was in luck: right before I left it went up! 23 degrees, baby! Let me tell you a little something about 23 degree rides for 15 minutes plus on a moped through the country: it is exactly as cold as you think it would be. Then, in my second to last class I started shivering (hours later) and couldn’t stop for like five minutes. So I decided I best skip my last class of the day and… GO MOPEDING! I went with my friend Krystle (she’s a midget) and her moped was faster than mine at every turn! Also, she has a little less weight than I do to haul around. Well, we rode from the school to the M and back. Slightly less cold this time. All in all it was a full rich day. Here’s a fun moped day activity. For more fun, time yourself and post your time on the comments and see who does the best!
MOPED!
Posted by Brandon O at March 4, 2005 4:05 PMI guess the proper reply to you would be "Happy Moped Day to you too" but you see, I don't believe in Moped Day. And, being a full fledged Democratic Republican, I have the innate right not to celebrate such holidays, and when conservative neo-nazis push their religious filth on me, well let me tell ya - it makes me want to run in a corner and read James Joyce for hours. Moped Day? You should call it "Take My Liberties Day" Humph
Posted by: tdawg at March 4, 2005 5:26 PMSee, now I know you're lying because nothing could make anyone want to read james joyce.
Posted by: brandon o at March 4, 2005 5:37 PMYou're right - I refuse to read that crap.... I'm a fraud...
Posted by: thomas at March 4, 2005 5:46 PMFRAUD!!!
Posted by: tdawg at March 4, 2005 5:47 PMI shall take this time to announce that at the poster sale at the local indie theater this morning I got a glorious full size poster of "Lost Skeleton of Cadavra" for only $4. And in the free bin I got a hipster's ransom in ironic flair pins, the crown jewel being a button that says "Swimfan: You want to pretend it never happened?"
Posted by: Dave at March 5, 2005 2:03 PMI can't type very well today. Also, I love that you have a swimfan button and a Lost Skeleton of Cadavara poster, but maybe you should have used some of that cash to send to me instead of a check. A check!?! Also, I do want to pretend Swimfan never happened as much as I want to pretend Jesse Bradford never happened.
Posted by: brandon o at March 5, 2005 2:56 PMBrandon, sending cash through the mail is a big no no - what if it got lost? Or if someone saw the $ through the envelope and decided to take it? Don't they teach you anything at the fancy UWP of yours?
Posted by: Dave at March 5, 2005 7:33 PMI don't believe STREET SMARTS is part of the comm major..... but it probably should be - I mean, most of those fools turn into drug dealers and whatnot, and boy howdy - sending dope money in CASH through the mail? That's crazy!
Posted by: thomas at March 6, 2005 8:40 PM